Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
The Order of Bernardo O'Higgins is an award issued by Chile. It is the highest civilian honor awarded to non-Chilean citizens. This award was established in 1965 and named after one of the founders of the Chilean state, the independentist general Bernardo O'Higgins, who was a leader of the struggle from 1810 to 1826 for independence of Spanish colonies which became Chile and Peru.
Grades
The order is made up of the following grades:KnightOfficerCommanderGrand OfficerGrand CrossCollar| Knight | Officer | Commander | Grand Officer | Grand Cross | Collar |
Recipients
- Emilio Álvarez Montalván
- Margot Benacerraf
- Rafael Bielsa
- Maria Cavaco Silva
- Artur Chilingarov
- Jack Dutton
- Carlos Escudé
- Bob Fulton, John Keenan and Robert Somerville
- Rev. Charles Roy Harper Jr. (2010)
- Clark Hewett Galloway
- Stanisław Gebhardt
- Thomas Kerstiens
- Antonio López-Istúriz White
- Mike Medavoy
- Adam Michnik
- Alois Mock
- Robert Keating O'Neill
- Óscar Osorio
- Park Young-ju
- Ada Rogato
- Dorothy Olive Royce,, for medical missionary service in Cholchol.
- William Rudolph
- Mercedes Sosa
- Héctor Valdez Albizu
- Stuart Van Dyke
- Oscar Von Kohorn
- Maxime Verhagen
- Max Westenhöfer
Grand Crosses
- Jan Peter Balkenende
- Xavier Barcons
- Maria Cavaco Silva
- Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
- Piet de Jong
- Ridzwan Dzafir
- Tim Fischer
- Stephen Kim Sou-hwan
- Roberto Kozak
- Mohammed VI of Morocco
- Jan Pronk
- Christopher Reeve
- Queen Silvia of Sweden
- Sunao Sonoda
- Tunku Abdullah
- Tunku Naquiyuddin
- Simon Wiesenthal