Order of the Republic (Moldova)

Order of the Republic Ordinul Republicii
Awarded by the President of Moldova
Type	Single-grade state order
Established	30 July 1992; 32 years ago (1992-07-30)
Country	Moldova
Ribbon
Eligibility	Moldovan and foreign individuals and organizations
Status	Active
Precedence
Next (higher)	None
Next (lower)	Order of Stephen the Great

The Order of the Republic (Romanian: Ordinul Republicii) is Moldova's highest order. It is awarded by the President of Moldova for exceptional merits in all fields which benefit Moldova and humanity as a whole. The order was established in July 1992 and its collar and badge are made from silver.

A recipient cannot receive the award twice. The next (lower) award is the Order of Ștefan cel Mare.

Recipients

Moldovan

1992

• Anton Gămurari
• Nicolae Sulac
• Tudor Casapu
• Maria Bieșu
• Vladimir Curbet
• Mihai Grecu
• Doina and Ion Aldea Teodorovici

1993

• Ion Bostan
• Eva Gudumac
• Pavel Barbalat

1995

• Natalia Gheorghiu

1996

• Anatol Codru
• Sergiu Rădăuțanu
• Vladimir Beșleagă
• Vasile Vasilache
• Mihai Cimpoi
• Nicolae Dabija
• Dumitru Matcovschi
• Spiridon Vangheli
• Grigore Vieru
• Silviu Berejan
• Anatol Ciobanu
• Ion Hadârcă
• Leonida Lari
• Nicolae Juravschi
• Vladimir Andrunakievici
• Haralambie Corbu

1997

• Eugen Doga
• Sofia Rotaru
• Eugen Coșeriu
• Timofei Moșneaga

1998

• Eugen Gladun
• Ilie Bogdesco
• Valeriu Gagiu
• Victor Teleucă
• Ada Zevin

1999

• Metropolitan Vladimir
• Victor Pușcaș

2000

• Mircea Snegur
• Serafim Urechean
• Emil Loteanu

2001

• Nicolae Filip
• Mihai Dolgan
• Leonid Talmaci

2002

• Vasile Iovv

2003

• Ivan Bodiul

2004

• Ion Ababii
• Ion Suruceanu

2005

• Petru Lucinschi
• Ivan Calin
• Vadim Mișin
• Gheorghe Ghidirim
• Valerian Revenco

2006

• Zinaida Greceanîi
• Valeria Șterbeț

2007

• Eugenia Ostapciuc

2008

• Gheorghe Urschi
• Vasile Tarlev
• Anatolie Popușoi

2009

• Dumitru Pulbere
• Aurelian Silvestru
• Petru Bogatu
• Lorena Bogza
• Vasile Botnaru
• Val Butnaru
• Corina Fusu
• Aneta Grosu
• Valeriu Saharneanu
• Constantin Tănase
• Valentina Ursu
• Ion Ungureanu

2010

• Petru Cărare
• Ion Ciocanu
• Nicolae Esinencu
• Serafim Saca
• Valeriu Boboc
• Nicolae Mătcaș
• Diomid Gherman
• Ion Dediu
• Valentin Mândâcanu
• Petru Godiac
• Ilie Ilașcu
• Andrei Ivanțoc
• Alexandru Leșco
• Tudor Petrov-Popa
• Ștefan Urîtu
• Nicolai Costenco
• Vadim Pirogan
• Pantelimon Halippa
• Alexandru Usatiuc-Bulgăr
• Gheorghe Ghimpu
• Valeriu Graur
• Alexandru Șoltoianu
• Nadejda Brînzan
• Ion Ciuntu
• Nicolae Costin
• Mircea Druc
• Lidia Istrati
• Valeriu Matei
• Ion Moraru
• Alexandru Moșanu
• Vasile Nedelciuc
• Tudor Panțîru
• Petru Soltan
• Anatol Șalaru
• Andrei Vartic
• Ion Vatamanu
• Boris Vieru
• Gheorghe Vrabie
• Adrian Păunescu
• Ion Dumeniuc
• Ion Iovcev
• Nicolae Testemițanu
• Andrei Eșanu
• Nicolae Glib

2011

• Alecu Reniță
• Anatol Țăranu
• Gheorghe Duca
• Vitalie Gorincioi
• Victor Berlinschi
• Mihai Coșcodan
• Gheorghe Hioară

2012

• Valeriu Bulgari
• Mihai Ghimpu
• Vladimir Darie
• Nicolae Negru
• Alexei Barbăneagră

2013

• Vladimir Hotineanu
• Dumitru Diacov

2014

• Anatol Vidrașcu
• Anastasia Lazariuc
• Ștefan Petrache
• Mihai Severovan
• Igor Corman
• Natalia Gherman
• Ana Guțu
• Iurie Leancă
• Marian Lupu
• Liliana Palihovici
• Ion Păduraru
• Valeriu Streleț
• Nicolae Osmochescu

2015

• Mihail Cibotaru
• Pavel Cebanu
• Victor Catan

2016

• Grigore Belostecinic
• Vladimir Braga
• Veaceslav Untilă
• Mihai Furtună

2017

• Dmitri Todoroglo
• Ion Solonenco
• Dumitru Braghiș
• Victor Gaiciuc
• Andrei Sangheli
• Stepan Topal
• Mihail Kendighelean

2018

• Victor Țvircun
• Victor Stepaniuc

2019

• Valeriu Pasat
• Vasile Stati
• Larisa Șavga
• Ion Dosca
• Eduard Smirnov
• Petru Pascari

2020

• Mihail Pop
• Valeriu Chițan
• Valeriu Jereghi
• Eugeniu Știrbu
• Vladimir Țurcan
• Valeriu Rudic
• Alexandru Muravschi
• Mitrofan Cioban

2021

• Lidia Kulikovski
• Nicolae Bulat
• Viorel Iordachescu
• Valeriu Mițul
• Valeriu Muravschi
• Valentina Naforniță
• Tatiana Țîbuleac
• Veaceslav Țurcan

2023

• Tudor Zbârnea
• Nicu Popescu

2024

• Petru Hadârcă

The order on a 1999 stamp of the Post of Moldova

Foreign

• Jacques Chirac – President of France (1995–2007)
• Juan Antonio Samaranch – President of the International Olympic Committee (1980–2001)
• Konstantinos Stephanopoulos – President of Greece (1995–2005)
• Emil Constantinescu – President of Romania (1996–2000)
• Leonid Kuchma – President of Ukraine (1994–2005)
• Süleyman Demirel – President of Turkey (1993–2000)
• Alexy II of Moscow – Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' (1990–2008)
• Karolos Papoulias – President of Greece (2005–2015)
• Stjepan Mesić – President of Croatia (2000–2010)
• Georgi Parvanov – President of Bulgaria (2002–2012)
• Alexey Miller
• Traian Băsescu – President of Romania (2004–2014)
• Eugen Simion
• Tudor Gheorghe
• Mikheil Saakashvili – President of Georgia (2004–2007; 2008–2013)
• Kirill of Moscow – Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' (2009–present)
• Bartholomew I of Constantinople – Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch (1991–present)
• Irinel Popescu
• Gheorghe Zamfir
• Petro Poroshenko – President of Ukraine (2014–2019)
• Bronislaw Komorowski – President of Poland (2010–2015)
• Dalia Grybauskaitė – President of Lithuania (2009–2019)
• Angela Merkel – Chancellor of Germany (2005–2021)
• Klaus Iohannis – President of Romania (2014–present)
• Alexander Lukashenko – President of Belarus (1994–present)
• Rosen Plevneliev – President of Bulgaria (2012–2017)
• Dacian Cioloș – Prime Minister of Romania (2015–2017)
• Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow – President of Turkmenistan (2007–2022)
• Victor Ponta – Prime Minister of Romania (2012–2015; 2015)
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – President of Turkey (2014–present)
• Emmanuel Macron – President of France (2017–present)
• Elaine Marshall – Secretary of State of North Carolina (1997–present)

Institutional

• Cricova winery
• Joc National Ballet of Moldova
• Lăutarii National Orchestra
• Moldova State University
• National Library of Moldova
• Purcari winery
• State Agrarian University of Moldova
• Technical University of Moldova
• Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy
• State University of Physical Education and Sport
• Timofei Moșneaga Republican Clinical Hospital
• Diomid Gherman Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Mother and Child Institute
• Orhei-Vit
• Ionel clothing factory
• Țiganca winery
• Codreanca Dance Studio

References

External links

• (in Romanian) Preşedinţia Republicii Moldova