The Bene Merito honorary distinction (; Latin for "well-merited" or "worthy") is a departmental (ministerial) decoration of Poland.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland awards the citizens of Poland and foreign nationals with this decoration "in recognition of their merits in promoting Poland abroad.""The Diplomatic Protocol partakes in the procedure of granting state awards of the Republic of Poland ... and in the procedure of granting the honourable distinction “Bene merito” by the minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Poland."
It was established in 2009 by the then Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski.
References