National Order of Merit (Ecuador)

The National Order of Merit (Orden Nacional al Mérito) is a civil order granted by the President of Ecuador. The Order, which is the second highest among the decorations of Ecuador, was established on October 8, 1921, and promulgated in Registro Oficial de Ecuador No. 337 on October 27, 1921. It was later modified by Decree No. 37 on June 28, 1937, and by Decree No. 3109 on September 26, 2002.

Degrees and distinctions
The National Order of Merit is presented by the President of the Republic at personal discretion or by the advice of the ministries. Applicants must have complied with the requirements of service or representation of the country in the civil, military, or police fields.

It has six grades:


 * Grand Collar
 * Grand Cross
 * Grand Officer
 * Commander
 * Officer
 * Knight

Ribbons

 * National Order of Merit (Ecuador) - ribbon bar.gif The ribbon for the collar grade is completely yellow.
 * National Order of Merit-Grand Cross (Ecuador) - ribbon bar.gif The ribbon for other grades is yellow with thin blue and red stripes, one on each edge.

Grand Collar

 * 2014 🇺🇾 José Mujica
 * 2018 🇵🇪 Martín Vizcarra
 * 2018 🇶🇦 Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Grand Cross

 * 🇩🇴 Rafael Trujillo
 * 🇩🇴 Hugo Tolentino Dipp
 * 2016 🇨🇴 Luis Alberto Moreno
 * 2016 🇨🇴 María Ángela Holguín
 * 2016 🇨🇺 Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
 * 2016 🇧🇴 David Choquehuanca

Ecuadorians with the Grand Cross

 * 🇪🇨 Víctor Mideros
 * 1981 🇪🇨 María Augusta Urrutia
 * 2004 🇪🇨 Pavilion of the Society of Artisans of Ibarra
 * 2004 🇪🇨 Paolo Legnaioli
 * 2004 🇪🇨 Otch Von Finckenstein
 * 2004 🇪🇨 Mariana Yépez Andrade
 * 2006 🇪🇨 Luis Enrique Sarrazín Dávila
 * 2006 🇪🇨 Alejandro Serrano
 * 2006 🇪🇨 Gustavo Vega Delgado
 * 2007 🇪🇨 Lautaro Pozo Malo
 * 2015 🇪🇨 Rodrigo Fierro
 * 2016 🇪🇨 Alfredo Vera Arrata
 * 2017 🇪🇨 Magdalena Barreiro

Grand Officer

 * 2006 🇩🇪 Karl Heinz Laudenbach
 * 2007 🇪🇨 Magdalena Barreiro
 * 2013 🇪🇨 Alex Patricio Guerra Leiva
 * 2013 🇪🇨 Gustavo Cornejo Montalvo
 * 2014 🇪🇨 Fundación Fe y Alegría
 * 2020 🇺🇸 Debbie Muscarsel-Powel

Commander

 * 1954 🇪🇨 Roberto Pettinato Sr.
 * 1965 🇪🇨 César Andrade y Cordero 
 * 2005 🇪🇨 José Ramón Euceda Ucles
 * 2006 🇪🇨 Jorge Núñez Sánchez
 * 2007 🇪🇨 David Gerardo Samaniego Torres
 * 2007 🇪🇨 Carlos Ortega Maldonado

Officer

 * 1979 🇸🇳 Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow
 * 2005 🇪🇨 Verdy Rodríguez Zambrano
 * 2005 🇪🇨 Margarita Arosemena Gómez Lince
 * 2006 🇦🇷 Hebe de Bonafini
 * 2006 🇦🇷 Estela de Carlotto
 * 2006 🇦🇷 Elsa Sánchez de Oesterheld
 * 2006 🇪🇨 Jürgen Mertens
 * 2006 🇪🇨 Michael Wirtz
 * 2006 🇪🇨 Juan Eljuri Antón
 * 2007 🇪🇨 Fabián Albuja Chávez
 * 2007 🇪🇨 Fernando Javier Escalante Jiménez
 * 2010 🇪🇨 Grupo Social Fondo Ecuatoriano Populorum Progressio
 * 2015 🇪🇨 Teresa Zea Flor de Claero
 * 2016 🇪🇸 José Luis Perales
 * 2016 🇪🇨 Patricia González Avellán
 * 2017 🇪🇨 Grupo Pueblo Nuevo
 * 2017 🇪🇨 Father Antonio Polo
 * 2019 🇪🇨 Antonio Valencia

Knight

 * 1946 🇪🇨 Captain Eliecer Bayas Hidrobo
 * 1989 🇺🇸 Ing. Aerospacial Walter Valarezo Campozano
 * 2005 🇪🇨 Ángel Napoleón Medina Fabre
 * 2006 🇪🇨 Pavilion of the City of Cuenca
 * 2006 🇪🇨 Pierre Olivares
 * 2007 🇪🇨 Carlos Clemente Aguado
 * 2007 🇪🇨 Carlos Enrique Mejía Carrillo
 * 2010 🇪🇨 William W. Phillips
 * 2010 🇪🇨 José Tonello
 * 2020 Sir David Attenborough