National Order of Merit (Algeria)

The National Order of Merit (Ordre du Mérite National) is an order of merit awarded for all manner of services to Algeria. It was instituted 2 January 1984 and is quite complex, with three classes of 'Dignity' - each with collar, sash with badge and star - as well as Commander, Officer and Knight grades.

Recipients

 * Sadr
 * Ahmed Ben Bella
 * Houari Boumédiène (posthumously)
 * Rabah Bitat
 * Ali Kafi
 * Abdelmadjid Tebboune, December 19, 2019
 * Abdelkader Bensalah, December 19, 2019
 * Ahmed Gaid Salah, December 19, 2019


 * Athir

Foreign personalities:

Algerian personalities:
 * Jean-Luc de Cabrières, French writer, December 3, 2000
 * Émile Lahoud, President of the Lebanese Republic, July 23, 2002
 * Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, October 2, 2002
 * Thomas Klestil, Federal President of the Republic of Austria, June 14, 2003
 * Rudolf Schuster, President of the Slovak Republic, June 14, 2003
 * Jorge Sampaio, President of the Portuguese Republic, December 2, 2003
 * Joaquim Chissano, President of the Republic of Mozambique, December 9, 2004
 * Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi, President of the General Union of Women of the State of the United Arab Emirates, March 16, 2005
 * Alejandro Toledo, President of the Republic of Peru, May 7, 2005
 * Ricardo Lagos, President of the Republic of Chile, May 7, 2005
 * Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, February 7, 2006
 * Roh Moo-hyun, President of the Republic of Korea, March 11, 2006
 * Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian Director of the IAEA, January 7, 2007
 * László Sólyom, President of the Republic of Hungary, June 2, 2007
 * Hazza bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor to the UAE President, October 17, 2007
 * Costa-Gavras, Greek-French film director and screenwriter, 4 November 2018
 * Kais Saied, President of Tunisia, February 2, 2020
 * Sergio Mattarella, President of Italy, November 6, 2021
 * Abdullah II, King of Jordan, December 2022
 * Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal, May 23, 2023


 * Slimane Amirat, Mujahideen, July 22, 1992 (posthumously)
 * Aïssat Idir, Trade unionist, February 20, 2006 (posthumously)
 * Abdelhak Benhamouda, Trade unionist, February 20, 2006 (posthumously)
 * Zinedine Zidane, French footballer, December 11, 2006
 * Smaïn Lamari, Major-General, September 11, 2007 (posthumously)
 * Warda Al-Jazairia, Singer, the 1 st November 2004
 * M'Hamed El Anka, Singer, July 4, 2009 (posthumously)
 * Fadhéla Dziria, Singer, July 4, 2009 (posthumously)
 * Mustapha Kateb, Writer, July 4, 2009
 * Bachir Mentouri, Physician, July 4, 2009


 * Achir
 * Roger Hanin, French actor, December 3, 2000
 * Algeria national football team, Winners of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, July 21, 2019