The Order of Boyacá (Spanish: Orden de Boyacá) is the highest peacetime decoration of Colombia.
The order is awarded for exceptional service to distinguished Colombian military officers and civilians as well as foreign citizens of friendly nations. Established in 1922, the Order of Boyacá traces its origin to a Cruz de Boyacá that was awarded to the generals who led their forces to victory in the Battle of Boyaca in 1819. Reestablished in 1919 as an award for military personnel the order has undergone revisions and expansions into its current form, with the biggest change happening in 1922 where civilians became eligible to be awarded the Order of Boyaca.
Order of Boyacá Orden de Boyacá | |
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Awarded by Colombia | |
Awarded for | Exceptional service to Colombia |
Status | Currently constituted |
Grand Master | President of Colombia |
Grades | Gran Collar, Gran Cruz Extraordinaria, Gran Cruz, Gran Official, Cruz de Plata, Comendador, Oficial, and Caballero |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Military Order of St. Matthew |
Next (lower) | Order of San Carlos |
Ribbon bar of the Order of Boyacá |
The Order of Boyacá is awarded in eight different grades:
Ribbon bars of the Order of Boyacá | |||||||
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Grand Collar | Grand Cross Extraordinary | Grand Cross | Grand Officer | ||||
Silver Cross | Commander | Officer | Knight |
Country | Name | Charge | Grand Collar | Grand Cross | Year |
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Chile | Gabriel Boric | President | 2023 | ||
Dominican Republic | Luis Abinader | President | 2022 | ||
South Korea | Moon Jae-in | President | 2021 | ||
United States | Joe Biden | Vice President | 2016 | ||
Spain | Felipe VI | King | 2015 | ||
Spain | Letizia | Queen | 2015 | ||
Brazil | Dilma Rousseff | President | 2015 | ||
Chile | Sebastián Piñera | President | 2010 | ||
United Kingdom | Tony Blair | Former Prime Minister | 2011 | ||
Brazil | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | President | 2005 | ||
United Kingdom | Elizabeth II | Queen | 1993 | ||
Morocco | Youssef Fassi Fihri | Ambassador | 1992 | ||
Poland | Mieczyslaw Biernacki | Ambassador | 1992 | ||
Finland | Urho Kekkonen | President | 1980 | ||
Mexico | José López Portillo | President | 1979 | ||
Spain | Juan Carlos I | King | 1976 | ||
Spain | Sofia | Queen | 1976 | ||
Republic of China | Chiang Kai-shek | President | 1963 | ||
Czechoslovakia | Tomáš Masaryk | Former President | 1937 | ||
Czechoslovakia | Edvard Beneš | President | 1937 | ||
Venezuela | Juan Vicente Gómez | President | 1925 | ||
Spain | Alfonso XIII | King | 1925 | ||
Spain | Victoria Eugenie | Queen | 1925 |
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