Order of Diplomatic Service Merit
Order of Diplomatic Service Merit | |
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Awarded by South Korea | |
Type | Order of merit |
Established | 1963 |
Eligibility |
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Awarded for | Outstanding meritorious services in the interest of enhancing national prestige and promoting amity with allies. |
Status | Active |
Grades | Grand Gwanghwa Medal/Gwanghwa Medal Heungin Medal Sungnye Medal Changui Medal Sukjeong Medal |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Grand Order of Mugunghwa |
Related |
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Korean name | |
Hangul | 수교훈장 |
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Hanja | 修交勳章 |
Revised Romanization | Sugyohunjang |
McCune–Reischauer | Sugyohunjang |
The Order of Diplomatic Service Merit (
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Grades
The Order of Diplomatic Service Merit is divided into 5 grades. The first grade has two classes; the higher class is reserved for the most high-ranking diplomats.[3]
Grade | Name | Ribbon |
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1st | Grand Gwanghwa Medal (광화대장) | |
Gwanghwa Medal (광화장) | ||
2nd | Heungin Medal (흥인장) | |
3rd | Sungnye Medal (숭례장) | |
4th | Changui Medal (창의장) | |
5th | Sukjeong Medal (숙정장) |
Recipients
- David Manker Abshire, former Ambassador to NATO, United States
- Georges Arsenijevic, technical advisor, Korean Cultural Center, France
- Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, Bulgaria
- Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei
- Pengiran Muda Jefri Bolkiah, Member of the Bruneian Royal Family
- Sam Brownback, former US Senator from Kansas, current Governor of the State of Kansas, United States
- Fredrick Chien, Director-General of the Government Information Office, R.O.C., Taiwan
- Barry Devolin, MP, Canada
- Gyanendra, King of Nepal (then Prince of Nepal)
- Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
- Queen Silvia of Sweden
- Queen Sonja of Norway
- Queen Letizia of Spain
- Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Prime Minister, Pakistan
- Henry Hyde, Congressman, United States
- Lee Khoon Choy, MP and Ambassador, Singapore
- Darell Leiking, MP and former Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia
- Joe Lieberman, Senator, United States
- Pin Malakul, Minister of Education and Culture, Thailand
- Kamisese Mara, Prime Minister, Fiji
- Zoila Martínez, Ambassador to South Korea, Dominican Republic
- Alois Mock, Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister, Austria
- Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority, United Arab Emirates
- Nguyễn Bá Lương, Speaker of South Vietnam's House of Representatives[4]
- Anand Panyarachun, Thailand
- Bernhard Paus, humanitarian, Norway
- Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman, MP and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh
- Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister, Denmark
- Ryoichi Sasakawa, MP and industrialist, Japan
- Edward Seaga, Prime Minister, Jamaica
- Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand (then Crown Prince of Thailand)
- Sirindhorn, Princess Royal of Thailand
- Pramarn Adireksarn, former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand[5]
- Prem Tinsulanonda, former Prime Minister of Thailand
- Venu Srinivasan, industrialist, India
- Sergei Stepashin, Prime Minister, Russia
- James Van Fleet, Army General, United States
- Tengku Intan Zaharah, Queen consort of Malaysia
- Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia
- Ginandjar Kartasasmita, Speaker of the Regional Representative Council of Indonesia
- Thomas Lembong, Minister of Trade of Indonesia
- Hatta Rajasa, Coordinating Ministers for the Economy of Indonesia
- Widodo Budidarmo, Chief of the Indonesian National Police
- L. B. Moerdani, Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces
- Sudharmono, Vice President of Indonesia
- Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Sultanah ZanariahQueen Consort of Malaysia
- Amb. Anne Höglund, former ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden.[6]
- Park Hang-seo, head coach of the Vietnam national team.[7]
- Pham Binh Minh, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
- Dato Lim Jock, ASEAN General Secretary[8]
- Trần Văn Túy, Chairman of the Vietnam - Korea Parliamentary Friendship Group[9]
- Frédéric Jenny, chairman, OECD Competition Committee
- Agata Kornhauser-Duda, First Lady of Poland
- Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr., Ambassador of the U.S. to South Korea, 2018-2021
See also
References
- ^ Awards and Decorations Act (11690). March 23, 2013.(in English and Korean) Korea Legislation Research Institute. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ^ "GGGI Chair Rasmussen Receives Diplomatic Medal from Outgoing Korean President Lee". Global Green Growth Institute. 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ^ "훈장과 포장" [Orders and Medals]. Decorations of the Republic of Korea (in Korean). Ministry of Interior and Safety. 2015. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ^ "Who's who in Vietnam".
- ^ ราชกิจจานุเบกษา, แจ้งความสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานพระบรมราชานุญาตประดับเครื่องอิสริยาภรณ์ต่างประเทศ, เล่ม ๙๘ ตอนที่ ๑๐๕ ง ฉบับพิเศษ หน้า ๑๘, ๑ กรกฎาคม ๒๕๒๔
- ^ "Award ceremony of the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit, Gwanghwa to Amb. Anne Höglund : Korea.net : The official website of the Republic of Korea". Korea.net. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ^ "Chủ tịch nước Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Chính phủ Hàn Quốc trao huân chương cho ông Park" [President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the Government of the Republic of Korea award the medal to Mr. Park Hang-seo]. Báo Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ^ "Tổng Thư ký ASEAN nhận Huân chương Gwanghwa của Hàn Quốc". VOV.VN (in Vietnamese). 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
- ^ "Ông Trần Văn Túy được Hàn Quốc tặng Huân chương Quang Hoa". kinhtedautu.com (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2023-01-06.
External links
- Images of the Order of Service Merit (in Korean with some English)