Order of Rio Branco

The Order of Rio Branco (Ordem de Rio Branco) is an honorific order of Brazil instituted by decree 51.697 of February 5, 1963. It is named in honor of the Brazilian diplomat José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco.

The President of Brazil serves as the Grand Master of the Order while the Minister of Foreign Affairs is the order's Chancellor.

Ranks
The order is composed of six ranks of merit :
 * Grand Cross (unlimited)
 * Grand Officer (60 members)
 * Commander (50 members)
 * Officer (40 members)
 * Knight (30 members)
 * Medal (unlimited)

Insignia
The ribbon of the medal is blue with white borders.

Notable recipients

 * Grand Crosses
 * Ban Ki-moon
 * Maria Barroso
 * Abdelouahed Belkeziz
 * Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
 * Olavo de Carvalho
 * Pierre-François Forissier
 * Frederik X of Denmark
 * Édouard Guillaud
 * Onno Hattinga van't Sant
 * Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
 * Jean-Paul Paloméros
 * Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco
 * Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira
 * Rudolf Schuster
 * Sadao Watanabe
 * Mako Komuro, formerly Princess Mako of Akishino
 * Grand Officers
 * Benedito Antônio de Lima
 * Beatriz Consuelo
 * Vicente Blanco Gaspar
 * Duarte de Freitas do Amaral
 * Commanders
 * Laurindo Almeida
 * Celso Antunes
 * Silvio Barbato
 * Gerard Béhague
 * Luiz Bevilacqua
 * Augustin Buzura
 * António Costa
 * Richard Descoings
 * Gilbert Forray
 * Graciano García García
 * Gilberto Gil
 * Marius Haas
 * Knights
 * Adnan Kassar
 * Maha Mamo
 * Simona Miculescu
 * Andrew Parsons (sports administrator)
 * Mario Pavan
 * Riordan Roett
 * Edmond Safra
 * Toots Thielemans
 * Álvaro de Vasconcelos
 * Officer
 * Roberto Ladijanski
 * Cafu
 * Alexandru Inversin
 * Grzegorz Hajdarowicz
 * Maria da Conceição Tavares
 * Julija Bal
 * Pelé
 * Charlie Byrd
 * Ryuichi Sakamoto
 * Medal
 * Diego Scardone
 * Unknown Class
 * Renato Aragão
 * Elizabeth Bishop
 * Yeda Pessoa de Castro
 * Alfredo Chiaradía
 * Maria d'Apparecida
 * Eli Whitney Debevoise II
 * Tewolde Gebremariam
 * Nahum Goldmann
 * José Graziano da Silva
 * Enrique V. Iglesias
 * Ivan Izquierdo
 * Álvaro Manzano
 * Milinda Moragoda
 * Airto Moreira
 * Marlos Nobre
 * Fayga Ostrower
 * Flora Purim
 * Ciro de Quadros
 * Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
 * Edouard Saouma
 * Mario Silva (politician)
 * Peter Sutherland
 * Vladimir Vasiliev (dancer)
 * Inger Wikström