Order of the Equatorial Star

Order of the Equatorial Star
Order awarded to David Ben Gurion
Type	Five-grade order
Awarded for	personal merit and service to the nation, both civil and military.
Presented by	Gabon
Status	active
Established	August 6, 1959
Ribbon of the Order
Precedence
Next (higher)	none
Next (lower)	National Order of Merit

The Order of the Equatorial Star (French: Ordre de l'Etoile Equatoriale) is a state order of Gabon.

Instituted on 6 August 1959, it is awarded for personal merit and service to the nation, both civil and military.^[1] It has five grades: Grand Cross, Grand Officer, Commander, Officer and Knight.

Notable recipients

• Virginie Ambougou – Gabonese royal and politician (1902–1992)
• Jean-Bédel Bokassa – Leader of Central Africa from 1966 to 1979
• Paul Boundoukou-Latha – Gabonese politician (1952–2020)
• Andrés Carrascosa Coso – Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1955) (Grand Officer) (2009)^[2]
• Yvette Chassagne – French politician (1922–2007)
• Maurice Couve de Murville – Prime Minister of France from 1968 to 1969
• Michel Debré – Prime Minister of France from 1959 to 1962
• Lamine Diack – Senegalese businessman (1933–2021)
• Abba Hushi – Polish-born Israeli politician (1898–1969)
• Mordechai Ish-Shalom – Israeli politician and labor leader (1902–1991)
• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – President of Brazil (2003–2011, 2023–present)
• Kadish Luz – Israeli politician (1895–1972)
• Ferdinand Marcos – President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• Golda Meir – Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974
• Rose Christiane Raponda – Vice President of Gabon in 2023
• Albert Schweitzer – German-French theologian and philosopher (1875–1965)
• Zalman Shazar – President of Israel from 1963 to 1973
• Franz Josef Strauss – Chairman of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) from 1961 until 1988
• Seif el-Din el-Zoubi – Israeli politician (1913–1986)

References

1. "DES DECORATIONS ETRANGERES". semon.fr. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
2. Douglas Anselme Ntoutoume (16 January 2009). "Gabon: Le Nonce Apostolique Andrés Carrascosa Coso élevé au Rang de grand Officier dans l'ordre de l'Etoile Equatorial" [Gabon: Apostolic Nuncio Andrés Carrascosa Coso elevated to the rank of Grand Officer in the Order of the Equatorial Star] (in French). Libreville. Gabonews – via fr.allafrica.com.