National Order of San Lorenzo

National Order of San Lorenzo
Grand Cross of the San Lorenzo Order.
Awarded by  Ecuador
Type Order
Awarded for Extraordinary civil merit.
Status Currently constituted
Sovereign President of Ecuador
Grades (w/ post-nominals) Grand Collar
Grand Cross
Grand Officer
Established 17 August 1809
First induction 17 August 1809
Precedence
Next (higher) None
Next (lower) National Order of Merit
Ribbon bar of the order.

The National Order of San Lorenzo was established as a military order medal by the President of the First Revolutionary Government of Quito, Juan Pío Montúfar, II Marquis de Selva Alegre, by a decree issued on August 17, 1809, in the Capitulate Hall of the Convent of San Agustín. All the members of the revolutionary Council were decorated with it. Once the Council disappeared and the power returned to Spanish hands, the Order also ceased for more than a century.[1]

It was restored by Ecuadorian President Camilo Ponce Enríquez on August 10, 1959. Finally the law was restructured on June 4 of 2001, during the government of president Gustavo Noboa Bejarano.[2] Nowadays it is the highest award granted in Ecuador, both in civil and military fields.

Insignia

The ribbon is red with black edges.

Notable recipients

Sources and references

World Medals Index, Ecuador: National Order of San Lorenzo

  1. Mena Villamar, Claudio (1997). El Quito Rebelde (1809-1812). Quito (Ecuador): Abya-Yala / UPS Publicaciones. p. 108. ISBN 9978-04-334-9.
  2. Derecho Ecuador. "Registro Oficial N°1566-A (4 de septiembre, 2001)". Retrieved 2013-02-13.
  3. Visita de Estado de los Reyes de España a Ecuador
  4. Foro Dinastías, State visit of Ecuador in Spain (April 1989), Photos of Sofia : 1, 2
  5. Visita de Estado de los Reyes de España a Ecuador
  6. Visita de Estado del Presidente de Ecuador a España
  7. "ECUADOR CONDECORA AL EX PRESIDENTE TABARÉ VÁSQUEZ". Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio e Integración - Ecuador. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2013. (Spanish)
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