Order of the Republic (Moldova)

The Order of the Republic (Ordinul Republicii) is Moldova's highest order. It is awarded by the President of Moldova for exceptional merits in all fields which benefit Moldova and humanity as a whole. The order was established in July 1992 and its collar and badge are made from silver.

A recipient cannot receive the award twice. The next (lower) award is the Order of Ștefan cel Mare.

1992

 * Anton Gămurari
 * Nicolae Sulac
 * Tudor Casapu
 * Maria Bieșu
 * Vladimir Curbet
 * Mihai Grecu
 * Doina and Ion Aldea Teodorovici

1993

 * Ion Bostan
 * Eva Gudumac
 * Pavel Barbalat

1995

 * Natalia Gheorghiu

1996

 * Anatol Codru
 * Sergiu Rădăuțanu
 * Vladimir Beșleagă
 * Vasile Vasilache
 * Mihai Cimpoi
 * Nicolae Dabija
 * Dumitru Matcovschi
 * Spiridon Vangheli
 * Grigore Vieru
 * Silviu Berejan
 * Anatol Ciobanu
 * Ion Hadârcă
 * Leonida Lari
 * Nicolae Juravschi
 * Vladimir Andrunakievici
 * Haralambie Corbu

1997

 * Eugen Doga
 * Sofia Rotaru
 * Eugen Coșeriu
 * Timofei Moșneaga

1998

 * Eugen Gladun
 * Ilie Bogdesco
 * Valeriu Gagiu
 * Victor Teleucă
 * Ada Zevin

1999

 * Metropolitan Vladimir
 * Victor Pușcaș

2000

 * Mircea Snegur
 * Serafim Urechean
 * Emil Loteanu

2001

 * Nicolae Filip
 * Mihai Dolgan
 * Leonid Talmaci

2002

 * Vasile Iovv

2003

 * Ivan Bodiul

2004

 * Ion Ababii
 * Ion Suruceanu

2005

 * Petru Lucinschi
 * Ivan Calin
 * Vadim Mișin
 * Gheorghe Ghidirim
 * Valerian Revenco

2006

 * Zinaida Greceanîi
 * Valeria Șterbeț

2007

 * Eugenia Ostapciuc

2008

 * Gheorghe Urschi
 * Vasile Tarlev
 * Anatolie Popușoi

2009

 * Dumitru Pulbere
 * Aurelian Silvestru
 * Petru Bogatu
 * Lorena Bogza
 * Vasile Botnaru
 * Val Butnaru
 * Corina Fusu
 * Aneta Grosu
 * Valeriu Saharneanu
 * Constantin Tănase
 * Valentina Ursu
 * Ion Ungureanu

2010

 * Petru Cărare
 * Ion Ciocanu
 * Nicolae Esinencu
 * Serafim Saca
 * Valeriu Boboc
 * Nicolae Mătcaș
 * Diomid Gherman
 * Ion Dediu
 * Valentin Mândâcanu
 * Petru Godiac
 * Ilie Ilașcu
 * Andrei Ivanțoc
 * Alexandru Leșco
 * Tudor Petrov-Popa
 * Ștefan Urîtu
 * Nicolai Costenco
 * Vadim Pirogan
 * Pantelimon Halippa
 * Alexandru Usatiuc-Bulgăr
 * Gheorghe Ghimpu
 * Valeriu Graur
 * Alexandru Șoltoianu
 * Nadejda Brînzan
 * Ion Ciuntu
 * Nicolae Costin
 * Mircea Druc
 * Lidia Istrati
 * Valeriu Matei
 * Ion Moraru
 * Alexandru Moșanu
 * Vasile Nedelciuc
 * Tudor Panțîru
 * Petru Soltan
 * Anatol Șalaru
 * Andrei Vartic
 * Ion Vatamanu
 * Boris Vieru
 * Gheorghe Vrabie
 * Adrian Păunescu
 * Ion Dumeniuc
 * Ion Iovcev
 * Nicolae Testemițanu
 * Andrei Eșanu
 * Nicolae Glib

2011

 * Alecu Reniță
 * Anatol Țăranu
 * Gheorghe Duca
 * Vitalie Gorincioi
 * Victor Berlinschi
 * Mihai Coșcodan
 * Gheorghe Hioară

2012

 * Valeriu Bulgari
 * Mihai Ghimpu
 * Vladimir Darie
 * Nicolae Negru
 * Alexei Barbăneagră

2013

 * Vladimir Hotineanu
 * Dumitru Diacov

2014

 * Anatol Vidrașcu
 * Anastasia Lazariuc
 * Ștefan Petrache
 * Mihai Severovan
 * Igor Corman
 * Natalia Gherman
 * Ana Guțu
 * Iurie Leancă
 * Marian Lupu
 * Liliana Palihovici
 * Ion Păduraru
 * Valeriu Streleț
 * Nicolae Osmochescu

2015

 * Mihail Cibotaru
 * Pavel Cebanu
 * Victor Catan

2016

 * Grigore Belostecinic
 * Vladimir Braga
 * Veaceslav Untilă
 * Mihai Furtună

2017

 * Dmitri Todoroglo
 * Ion Solonenco
 * Dumitru Braghiș
 * Victor Gaiciuc
 * Andrei Sangheli
 * Stepan Topal
 * Mihail Kendighelean

2018

 * Victor Țvircun
 * Victor Stepaniuc

2019

 * Valeriu Pasat
 * Vasile Stati
 * Larisa Șavga
 * Ion Dosca
 * Eduard Smirnov
 * Petru Pascari

2020

 * Mihail Pop
 * Valeriu Chițan
 * Valeriu Jereghi
 * Eugeniu Știrbu
 * Vladimir Țurcan
 * Valeriu Rudic
 * Alexandru Muravschi
 * Mitrofan Cioban

2021

 * Lidia Kulikovski
 * Nicolae Bulat
 * Viorel Iordachescu
 * Valeriu Mițul
 * Valeriu Muravschi
 * Valentina Naforniță
 * Tatiana Țîbuleac
 * Veaceslav Țurcan

2023

 * Tudor Zbârnea
 * Nicu Popescu



Foreign

 * Jacques Chirac – President of France (1995–2007)
 * Juan Antonio Samaranch – President of the International Olympic Committee (1980–2001)
 * Konstantinos Stephanopoulos – President of Greece (1995–2005)
 * Emil Constantinescu – President of Romania (1996–2000)
 * Leonid Kuchma – President of Ukraine (1994–2005)
 * Süleyman Demirel – President of Turkey (1993–2000)
 * Alexy II of Moscow – Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' (1990–2008)
 * Karolos Papoulias – President of Greece (2005–2015)
 * Stjepan Mesić – President of Croatia (2000–2010)
 * Georgi Parvanov – President of Bulgaria (2002–2012)
 * Alexey Miller
 * Traian Băsescu – President of Romania (2004–2014)
 * Eugen Simion
 * Tudor Gheorghe
 * Mikheil Saakashvili – President of Georgia (2004–2007; 2008–2013)
 * Kirill of Moscow – Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' (2009–present)
 * Bartholomew I of Constantinople – Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch (1991–present)
 * Irinel Popescu
 * Gheorghe Zamfir
 * Petro Poroshenko – President of Ukraine (2014–2019)
 * Bronislaw Komorowski – President of Poland (2010–2015)
 * Dalia Grybauskaitė – President of Lithuania (2009–2019)
 * Angela Merkel – Chancellor of Germany (2005–2021)
 * Klaus Iohannis – President of Romania (2014–present)
 * Alexander Lukashenko – President of Belarus (1994–present)
 * Rosen Plevneliev – President of Bulgaria (2012–2017)
 * Dacian Cioloș – Prime Minister of Romania (2015–2017)
 * Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow – President of Turkmenistan (2007–2022)
 * Victor Ponta – Prime Minister of Romania (2012–2015; 2015)
 * Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – President of Turkey (2014–present)
 * Emmanuel Macron – President of France (2017–present)
 * Elaine Marshall – Secretary of State of North Carolina (1997–present)

Institutional

 * Cricova winery
 * Joc National Ballet of Moldova
 * Lăutarii National Orchestra
 * Moldova State University
 * National Library of Moldova
 * Purcari winery
 * State Agrarian University of Moldova
 * Technical University of Moldova
 * Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy
 * State University of Physical Education and Sport
 * Timofei Moșneaga Republican Clinical Hospital
 * Diomid Gherman Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery
 * Mother and Child Institute
 * Orhei-Vit
 * Ionel clothing factory
 * Țiganca winery
 * Codreanca Dance Studio