Order of the Unity of the Nation
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| Order of the Unity of the Nation | |
|---|---|
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Awarded by  Syria | |
| Type | Order |
| Status | Currently constituted |
| Sovereign | Bashar al-Assad |
| Grades | Member 1st Class Member 2nd Class Member 3rd Class |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | None |
| Next (lower) | Hero of the Republic |
_-_ribbon_bar.gif){kind=small} Ribbon bar of the order | |
The Order of the Unity of the Nation (Arabic: وسام أمية الوطني) is the highest order of Syria.
History
[edit]The order was established on 12 July 1934.[1]
Classes
[edit]The order is composed of the following classes :
- Member 1st Class
- Member 2nd Class
- Member 3rd Class
Insignia
[edit]- The sash is green with thin black borders and white stripes.
Recipients
[edit]- Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
- Al-Waleed bin Talal
- Anwar Sadat
- Elias IV of Antioch
- Juan Domingo Perón[2]
- Émile Lahoud
- Farouk of Egypt
- Francisco Franco[3]
- Giorgio Napolitano
- Haile Selassie
- Hosni Mubarak
- Hugo Chávez
- Hussein of Jordan
- Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa
- Mohammed V of Morocco
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- Mustafa Tlass
- Qaboos bin Said al Said
- Sirajuddin of Perlis
- Suharto
- Siti Hartinah
- Anatoly Bibilov
References
[edit]- ^ وسام أمية الوطني ذو العقد
- ^ "FOR A GOOD ARAB, THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN OTHER ARAB": NATION, ETHNICITY AND CITIZENSHIP IN PERONIST ARGENTINA" (PDF). peronlibros.com (in Spanish).
- ^ "تقليد الجنرال فرانكو وشاح أمية ذو العقد سنة 1953". syrianhistory.com (in Arabic).