The House of Representatives of the Philippines has three awards they confer to individuals; namely the Congressional Medal of Achievement (CMA), the Congressional Medal of Distinction (CMD), and the Congressional Medal of Excellence (CME).
Awards The three congressional awards conferred by the House of Representatives are:
Congressional Medal of Achievement (CMA): for "political, economic, and cultural leaders, who have distinguished themselves through their life-work and their vision" (2002). Congressional Medal of Distinction (CMD): for Filipino achievers in sports, business, medicine, science, and arts and culture. Congressional Medal of Excellence (CME): For "exceptional modern-day national heroes in sports who win the gold medal in the Olympics". The award was instituted as a response to Hidilyn Diaz winning the Philippines' first ever Olympic gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. (2021)
Recipients
Congressional Medal of Achievement Recipient Background Reason Year conferred Dutch diplomat and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Role in the creation of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly 2005 Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Improvement of the China–Philippines relations 2005 Filipino professional boxer 2005 President of India Improvement of the India–Philippines relations 2006 Filipino musical theater actress 2007 Filipino politician Secretary of the Interior and Local Government 2012 Filipino politician and businessman "Distinguished public servant and advocate of honourable governance"; Senator of the Philippines (1987–1992), Deputy Executive Secretary for Energy (1986–1987), chairman of the Board of Investments (1970–1974), Minister of Industry (1974–1979), Minister of Public Highways (1979–1980), Founding chairman of the Philippine Seven Corporation, President of the Philippine National Oil Company 2014 Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Improvement of the China–Philippines relations 2019 Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Improvement of the Philippines–Russia relations 2020
Congressional Medal of Distinction Recipient Background Reason Year conferred Beauty pageant participant Miss Earth 2017 winner 2017 Professional boxer Winning the WBO Bantamweight title in his fight against Zolani Tete of South Africa on November 30, 2019 2020 Professional boxer For the unprecedent feat of winning an eighth world boxing title 2010 Weightlifter 2016 Summer Olympics silver medalist 2016 Boxer 2020 Summer Olympics silver medalist 2021 Boxer 2020 Summer Olympics silver medalist 2021 Boxer 2020 Summer Olympics bronze medalist 2021
Congressional Medal of Excellence Recipient Sport Event Olympics Year conferred Edition Host Weightlifting Women's 55 kg 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 2021
See also Philippine Senate Medal of Excellence
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