National Order of Merit (Ecuador)

National Order of Merit
National Order of Merit
	Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
Sponsored by	President of Ecuador
Country	Ecuador
Established	8 October 1921

The National Order of Merit (Spanish: Orden Nacional al Mérito) is a civil order granted by the President of Ecuador. The Order, which is the second highest among the decorations of Ecuador [es], was established on October 8, 1921,^[1] and promulgated in Registro Oficial [es] No. 337 on October 27, 1921. It was later modified by Decree No. 37 on June 28, 1937, and by Decree No. 3109 on September 26, 2002.^[2]

Degrees and distinctions

The National Order of Merit is presented by the President of the Republic at personal discretion or by the advice of the ministries. Applicants must have complied with the requirements of service or representation of the country in the civil, military, or police fields.^[2]^[3]

It has six grades:

Grand Collar
Grand Cross
Grand Officer
Commander
Officer
Knight

Ribbons

The ribbon for the collar grade is completely yellow.
The ribbon for other grades is yellow with thin blue and red stripes, one on each edge.

Selected recipients

Grand Collar

Grand Cross

Ecuadorians with the Grand Cross

Víctor Mideros
1981 María Augusta Urrutia
2004 Pavilion of the Society of Artisans of Ibarra
2004 Paolo Legnaioli
2004 Otch Von Finckenstein
2004 Mariana Yépez Andrade^[1]
2006 Luis Enrique Sarrazín Dávila^[7]
2006 Alejandro Serrano^[7]
2006 Gustavo Vega Delgado ^[7]
2006 Dr. Jose Santiago Castillo Barredo ^[8]
2006 Dr. Roberto Illingworth Baquerizo ^[9]
2007 Lautaro Pozo Malo^[10]
2015 Rodrigo Fierro
2016 Alfredo Vera Arrata^[11]
2017 Magdalena Barreiro

Grand Officer

2006 Karl Heinz Laudenbach^[7]
2007 Magdalena Barreiro^[10]
2013 Alex Patricio Guerra Leiva
2013 Gustavo Cornejo Montalvo
2014 Fundación Fe y Alegría
2020 Debbie Muscarsel-Powel^[12]

Commander

1954 Roberto Pettinato Sr.
1965 César Andrade y Cordero^[13]
2005 José Ramón Euceda Ucles
2006 Jorge Núñez Sánchez^[7]
2006 Dr. Enrique Alfonso Cedeño Cabanilla ^[14]
2006 Ernesto Gutierrez Vera ^[15]
2007 David Gerardo Samaniego Torres
2007 Carlos Ortega Maldonado

Officer

1979 Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow
2005 Verdy Rodríguez Zambrano
2005 Margarita Arosemena Gómez Lince
2006 Hebe de Bonafini^[16]
2006 Estela de Carlotto^[16]
2006 Elsa Sánchez de Oesterheld
2006 Jürgen Mertens^[7]
2006 Michael Wirtz^[7]
2006 Juan Eljuri Antón^[17]
2007 Fabián Albuja Chávez
2007 Fernando Javier Escalante Jiménez
2010 Grupo Social Fondo Ecuatoriano Populorum Progressio^[18]
2015 Teresa Zea Flor de Claero
2016 José Luis Perales
2016 Patricia González Avellán
2017 Grupo Pueblo Nuevo
2017 Father Antonio Polo
2019 Antonio Valencia^[19]

Knight

1946 Captain Eliecer Bayas Hidrobo
1989 Ing. Aerospacial Walter Valarezo Campozano
2005 Ángel Napoleón Medina Fabre
2006 Pavilion of the City of Cuenca^[17]
2006 Pierre Olivares^[7]
2006 Rosa Amelia Alvarado Roca ^[20]
2006 Pavilion of the Metropolitan district of Quito ^[21]
2007 Carlos Clemente Aguado
2007 Carlos Enrique Mejía Carrillo
2010 William W. Phillips
2010 José Tonello^[18]
2020 Sir David Attenborough^[22]

References

^ ^a ^b "Decreto No. 1478" (PDF). Registro Oficial de Ecuador (in Spanish) (296). Government of Ecuador: 5. March 19, 2004. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Decreto No. 3109". Registro Oficial de Ecuador (in Spanish) (671). Government of Ecuador. September 26, 2002. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^ "Ecuador: National Order of Merit". Medals of the World. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^ Registro Oficial N°410». Registro oficial de Ecuador. 7 de enero de 2015.
^ "Vizcarra recibe Orden Nacional al Mérito de Ecuador y augura 'futuro común'" [Vizcarra Receives National Order of Merit of Ecuador and Predicts 'Common Future']. La Hora (in Spanish). Quito. EFE. October 25, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^ "Confiérese la Condecoración de la Orden Nacional 'Al Mérito' en el Gradode Gran Collar, a su alteza Jeque Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir del Estado de Catar" [The Decoration of the National Order 'of Merit' in the Degree of Grand Collar Conferred on His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar] (PDF). Registro Oficial de Ecuador (in Spanish) (359). Government of Ecuador: 528. January 7, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
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^ "Funcion Ejecutiva" [Executive Function] (PDF). Registro Oficial de Ecuador (in Spanish) (420). Government of Ecuador. December 19, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
^ "Funcion Ejecutiva" [Executive Function] (PDF). Registro Oficial de Ecuador (in Spanish) (420). Government of Ecuador. December 19, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Funcion Ejecutiva" [Executive Function]. Registro Oficial de Ecuador (in Spanish) (9). Government of Ecuador. January 26, 2007. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^ "Correa condecora con Orden Nacional al Mérito a 'Cacho' Vera" [Correa Decorates 'Cacho' Vera with National Order of Merit]. La República (in Spanish). Quito. February 3, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^ "Mucarsel-Powell Receives The National Order of Merit Recognition from Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno". U.S. Representative Debbie Mucarsel-Powell. February 13, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
^ "Andrade Cordero Dr. César - Personajes Históricos". October 13, 2015.
^ "Funcion Ejecutiva" [Executive Function] (PDF). Registro Oficial de Ecuador (in Spanish) (420). Government of Ecuador. December 19, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
^ "Funcion Ejecutiva" [Executive Function] (PDF). Registro Oficial de Ecuador (in Spanish) (420). Government of Ecuador. December 19, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Condecoración a mujeres" [Women Decorated]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Quito. June 20, 2006. Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Funcion Ejecutiva" [Executive Function]. Registro Oficial de Ecuador (in Spanish) (404). Government of Ecuador. November 24, 2006. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Decreto No. 433". Registro Oficial de Ecuador (in Spanish) (249). Government of Ecuador. August 3, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^ "Antonio Valencia recibió la Orden Nacional al Mérito en el Grado de Oficial" [Antonio Valencia Receives the National Order of Merit in the Grade of Officer]. El Universo (in Spanish). Quito. May 14, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^ "Funcion Ejecutiva" [Executive Function] (PDF). Registro Oficial de Ecuador (in Spanish) (420). Government of Ecuador. December 19, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
^ "Funcion Ejecutiva" [Executive Function] (PDF). Registro Oficial de Ecuador (in Spanish) (420). Government of Ecuador. December 19, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
^ "Presidente Moreno derogó Decreto que redujo a la mitad su sueldo, el de la Vicepresidenta y ministros". El Comercio. Retrieved November 11, 2020.