National Order of Merit (Ecuador)


The National Order of Merit is a civil order granted by the President of Ecuador. The Order, which is the second highest among the, was established on October 8, 1921, and promulgated in 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.

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.
It has six grades:

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

Grand Officer

Commander

Officer

  • 1979 Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow
  • 2005 ''Verdy Rodríguez Zambrano
  • 2005 Margarita Arosemena Gómez Lince
  • 2006 Hebe de Bonafini
  • 2006 Estela de Carlotto
  • 2006 Elsa Sánchez de Oesterheld
  • 2006 Jürgen Mertens
  • 2006 Michael Wirtz
  • 2006 Juan Eljuri Antón
  • 2007 Fabián Albuja Chávez
  • 2007 Fernando Javier Escalante Jiménez
  • 2010 Grupo Social Fondo Ecuatoriano Populorum Progressio
  • 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

Knight