The Order of National Hero ( ka, ეროვნული გმირის ორდენი, ''erovnuli gmiris ordeni'') is the highest
honor awarded by the government of
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
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together with the title of National Hero. It was established in 2004.
Statute
The Order of National Hero was established on 24 June 2004. It is conferred on individuals for an "exceptional, distinguishable heroic" service to Georgia. The award carries the monetary grant of 10,000
Georgian lari.
Recipients
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Zhiuli Shartava
Zhiuli Shartava (; March 7, 1944 – September 27, 1993) was a Georgian politician and the Head of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia who was killed by Abkhaz militants during the ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Ab ...
– Georgian politician; posthumously, 2004.
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Zaza Damenia – Georgian army corporal; posthumously, 2004.
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John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms ...
– United States politician; 2010.
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Lech Kaczyński
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (; 18 June 194910 April 2010) was a Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010. Before his tenure as president, he prev ...
– President of Poland; posthumously, 2010.
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Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Zviad Konstantines dze Gamsakhurdia ( ka, ზვიად გამსახურდია, tr; russian: Звиа́д Константи́нович Гамсаху́рдия, Zviad Konstantinovich Gamsakhurdiya; 31 March 1939 – 31 December 1 ...
– the first President of Georgia; posthumously, 2013.
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Merab Kostava – Georgian Soviet-era dissident; posthumously, 2013.
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* ]Giorgi Mazniashvili
Giorgi Mazniashvili ( ka, გიორგი მაზნიაშვილი) (6 April 1870 – 16 December 1937) was a Georgian general and one of the most prominent military figures in the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921). Durin ...
– Georgian general; posthumously, 2013.Grigol Peradze
Saint Grigol Peradze ( ka, გრიგოლ ფერაძე; 13 September 1899 – 6 December 1942) was a prominent Georgian ecclesiastic figure, philologist, theologian, historian, and professor of patristics in the interwar period.
Life ...
– Georgian churchman and scholar; posthumously, 2013.[
* ]Ekvtime Takaishvili
Ekvtime Takaishvili (also spelled Taqaishvili) () (January 5, 1862 – February 21, 1953) was a Georgian historian, archaeologist and public benefactor.
Born in the village of Likhauri in the western Georgian province of Guria to a local noblema ...
– Georgian historian and archaeologist; posthumously, 2013.[
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* Alejandra Ambrosi, Mexican television actress
* Christie Ambrosi (born 1976), American softball player
* Francesco Ambrosi (1821–1897), Italian botan ...
– Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia; posthumously, 2013.[
* ]Mikheil Tsereteli
Prince Mikheil "Mikhako" G. Tsereteli also known as Michael von Zereteli ( ka, მიხეილ "მიხაკო" წერეთელი) (December 23, 1878 – March 2, 1965) was a Georgian prince, historian, philologist, sociologist ...
– Georgian historian; posthumously, 2013.[
* Giorgi Antsukhelidze – Georgian army sergeant; posthumously, 2013.
* Zurab Iarajuli – Georgian Air Force officer; posthumously, 2013.
* Maro Makashvili – Georgian Red Cross nurse, the first woman to be awarded the Order; posthumously, 2015.
* ]Guram Gabiskiria
Guram Gabiskiria ( ka, გურამ გაბესკირია; 2 March 1947 – 27 September 1993) was a Mayor of Sukhumi who was murdered by Abkhaz separatists during the ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia in 1993.
Biography
Gu ...
– Mayor of Sukhumi
Sukhumi (russian: Суху́м(и), ) or Sokhumi ( ka, სოხუმი, ), also known by its Abkhaz name Aqwa ( ab, Аҟәа, ''Aqwa''), is a city in a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast. It is both the capital and largest city o ...
during the separatist war in Abkhazia; posthumously, 2017.
* Zurab Chavchavadze – Soviet-era dissident; posthumously, 2018.
See also
* Orders, decorations, and medals of Georgia
* Order of Queen Tamara (2009)
References
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Orders, decorations, and medals of Georgia (country)
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2004 establishments in Georgia (country)
Awards established in 2004
Hero (title)