The Order José Martí (Orden José Martí) is a state honor in
Cuba. The Order was named so after
José Martí
José Julián Martí Pérez (; January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the libera ...
, the national hero of Cuba. The design was realized by the Cuban sculptor José Delarra.
Notable recipients
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Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лукашенко, Aleksandr Grigoryevich Lukas ...
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President of Belarus
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Armando Hart
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Antonio Gades
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António Mascarenhas Monteiro
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Early life and education
Born in Ribeira da Barca in 19 ...
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Michael Manley
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Leonid Brezhnev
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, (former
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Jiang Zemin
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, (former
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
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Persons Given name
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Xi Jinping
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General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
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Ali Abdullah Saleh
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, (former
President of Yemen
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Kim Il-sung, (
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
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Thomas Sankara
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Todor Zhivkov
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Salvador Allende
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Nicolae Ceaușescu
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Owen Arthur
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Hugo Chávez
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President of Venezuela
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Gustáv Husák
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(former
President of Czechoslovakia)
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Mengistu Haile Mariam
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Rafael Cancel Miranda
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Robert Mugabe
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Sam Nujoma
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Erich Honecker
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Felipe González
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Julius Nyerere
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Omar Torrijos
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Jacob Zuma
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Viktor Yanukovych
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Nguyễn Phú Trọng
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
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Tomislav Nikolić
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(former
President of Serbia
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Vladimir Putin
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President of Russia
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Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal
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, (former
President of Mongolia
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Demetris Christofias
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Saddam Hussein
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, (former
President of Iraq
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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
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Fanny Edelman
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Marien Ngouabi
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Marien Ngouabi was born in 1938 at the village of Ombellé, Cu ...
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People's Republic of the Congo
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Nicolás Maduro
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President of Venezuela
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Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
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President of Vietnam
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João Bernardo Vieira
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President of Guinea-Bissau
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador
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President of Mexico
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Ralph Gonsalves
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International José Martí Prize
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José Martí
José Julián Martí Pérez (; January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the libera ...
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Orders, decorations, and medals of Cuba
References
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Images of the Order of José Martí
Jose Marti
Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods.
* Jose ben Abin
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Awards established in 1972
1972 establishments in Cuba
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