The Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero () is the highest honour of Panama. Named after Manuel Amador Guerrero, the first president of Panama, the order was established on the 50th anniversary of Panama's independence on 29 October 1953. It is awarded to recognize distinguished people (Panamanians and non-Panamanians) in the sciences, arts, and politics.
Grades There are four grades of the order: Collar (Collar) Grand-Cross (Gran-Cruz) Grand-Officer (Gran-Oficial) Commander (Comendador)
RibbonsCommanderGrand OfficerGrand CrossCollar
Awardees
Collar Elizabeth II, Queen of 7 States at the time of appointment, 29 November 1953 Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav Marshal and President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 15 March 1976 Don Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, 16 September 1977El Rey, con ocasión del intercambio de condecoraciones en Panamá Fidel Ramos, President of the Philippines, 18 September 1995 Servant of God Fra' Andrew Bertie, 78th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, 2000 Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, 8 August 2001 Akihito, Emperor of Japan Rainier III, Sovereign Prince of Monaco Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo, former President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Nicos Anastasiades, President of Cyprus, 23 July 2013 Ollanta Humala, President of Peru, 28 April 2014 Rodrigo Chaves Robles, President of Costa Rica, 23 August 2024
Grand-Cross Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Consort of 7 States at the time of appointment, 29 November 1953 Carlos González Parrodi, 1981 Carmen Romano, 1981 Alfonso de Rosenzweig Díaz, 1981 Luis G. Zorrilla, 1981 Fredrick Chien, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, 1994 Eduardo Valdés Escoffery, 1994 Howard Baker Jr., 2001 Dionisio de Gracia Guillén, 2001 Suleiman Tayeb Ahmed Salem, 24 January 2008 Juan Daniel Alemán, General Secretary of the Central American Integration System, 11 October 2010 Juan Pablo de Laiglesia, 18 November 2011 Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, 1 June 2012 Yuan-Tseh Lee, 17 October 2012 Lawrence Edward Chewning Fábrega, Ambassador to the Organization of American States and Vatican City 18 August 2014 Dionisio Johnson, 30 December 2015 Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, 14 January 2016 Elton D. Todd, who served as a manager for Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) in Panama,
Grand-Officer Anthony Bailey, interfaith campaigner, 2004 Martin D. Young Sir Sean Connery, 11 March 2003 Paxson Offield, 2005 Robert Berry, 2005 Elsie Alvarado de Ricord, 2005 Eric Douglas Green, 17 October 2012 Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America
Commander Jorge Illueca, sometime President of the Republic of Panama José López Portillo, President of the Mexican United States, 1981 Carlos Menem, President of the Argentine Republic, 1994 Sebastián Piñera, later President of the Republic of Chile, 2013
Unknown grade Eugene N. S. Girard II Anil K. Dhingra, 1997 Paul R. Noland, 1997 Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez, President of Chile Enrique Berruga, 1 June 2001 Fire Department of New York, 27 November 2001 Harriet Mayor Fulbright Jimmy Carter, President of the United States of America Karl Johnson, 2001 Ramiro Ordóñez Jonama, 2001 Ricardo M. Alba, 2002 Harold Bernstein, 2002 Raul Orillac Arango, 2003 Matt Kim, 2012 David Rockefeller Harold Christian Hofmann 2007 Luis Anderson McNeil
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