Order of Civil Merit ( ar, وسام الاستحقاق المدني) (french: Ordre du Mérite civil) is a

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

n decoration. It was established on 25 June 1953. The decoration is awarded for service to the state or to the Arab cause. It has five classes, including the Excellent Class awarded in badge of star; the First Class, awarded in badge or star; the Second Class; the Third Class and the Fourth Class. The Excellent and the First Class are worn on a suit, while the Second Class is worn on a ribbon around the neck. The Third and the Fourth Class are worn on a ribbon on the right side of a chest. The colours of the decoration's ribbon are white-green-white, each represented in equal ratio.

Notable recipients

* Khaled al-Asaad *

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* Djamila Bouhired *

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* Georges Catroux * Alexander Dzasokhov * Sabah Fakhri *

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* Aram Karamanoukian * Alexander Kinshchak *

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* Duraid Lahham *

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* Muhammad al-Maghut * Nazir Nabaa * Abdul-Salam Ojeili *

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Adib Shishakli Adib al-Shishakli (1909 – 27 September 1964 ar, أديب الشيشكلي, ʾAdīb aš-Šīšaklī) was a Syrian military leader and President of Syria from 1953 to 1954. Early life Adib Shishakli was born (1909) in the Hama Sanjak of Ot ...

* Rafiq Subaie *

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* Ra'ad bin Zeid * Walid Muallem

References

{{Reflist Civil Merit Awards established in 1953 Orders of merit 1950s establishments in Syria