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:
- 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
Grand Officer
Commander
Officer
- 1979 Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow
- 2005 Verdy RodrÃÂguez 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
- 1946 Captain Eliecer Bayas Hidrobo
- 1989 Ing. Aerospacial Walter Valarezo Campozano
- 2005 ÃÂngel Napoleón Medina Fabre
- 2006 Pavilion of the City of Cuenca
- 2006 Pierre Olivares
- 2006 Rosa Amelia Alvarado Roca
- 2006 Pavilion of the Metropolitan district of Quito
- 2007 Carlos Clemente Aguado
- 2007 Carlos Enrique MejÃÂa Carrillo
- 2010 William W. Phillips
- 2010 José Tonello
- 2020 Sir David Attenborough
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