Order of the Liberator General San Martín
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Order of the Liberator
General San Martin
Orden del Libertador General San
Martín
Awarded by
Type
Established
17 August 1943
Status
Currently awarded
Grades
Collar
Grand Cross
Grand Officer
Commander
Officer
Member
Precedence
Next (lower)
Ribbon bar of the order
The
Order of the Liberator General San Martín
(
:
Orden del
Libertador General San Martín
) is the highest decoration in Argentina. It is
awarded to foreign politicians or military, deemed worthy of the highest
recognition from Argentina. It is granted by the sitting
.
History
[
]
It owes its name to General
, called Father of the Nation
and Liberator
. The original design was made by the Argentine engineer and
sculptor
. It was created by Decree No. 5,000 of
17 August 1943
; amended by Law No. 13. 202 of 21 May 1948; which in turn
was repealed by Decree Law No. 16.628 of 17 December 1957, which re-creates
the Order. The modifications introduced were only in the form. The regulations
still in force were approved by Decree No. 16,643 of 18 December 1967.
Grades
[
]
The Order is issued in a number of grades
. These are:
Collar (
:
Collar
)
Grand Cross (
:
Gran Cruz
)
Grand Officer (
:
Gran Oficial
)
Commander (
:
Comendador
)
Officer (
:
Oficial
)
Knight (
:
Caballero
)
Notable recipients
[
]
Main article:
Date
Recipient
Grade
8 June 1947
– Caudillo
(1936–1975)
Collar
16 August 1947
– President
(1946–1951)
Collar
20 December
1948
– Former president
(1920–1925; 1932-1938)
Grand Cross
1950
– President
(1948–1950; 1950-1956)
Collar
12 May 1950
– General
(1953–1961)
Grand Cross
4 April 1951
– Prince
(1948–1980)
Grand Cross
18 July 1952
– First Lady
(1946–1952)
Extraordinary
19 February
1953
– President
(1927–1931; 1952–1958)
Collar
15 August 1954
– President
(1954–1989)
Collar
2 February 1959
– Prime Minister
(1955–1957; 1959–1960)
Grand Cross
1960
– King
(1951–1993)
Collar
8 May 1960
– President
(1959–1969)
Collar
June 1960
– Chancellor
(1949–1963)
Grand Cross
1 July 1960
– Queen
(1948–1980)
Collar
4 July 1960
– Queen
(1952–2022)
Collar
October 1960
– President
(1950–1975)
Collar
9 April 1961
– President
(1955–1962)
Collar
8 July 1961
– President
(1952–1956; 1960–1964; 1985–1989)
Collar
8 December
1961
– King
(1946–2016)
Collar
– Queen
(1950–2016)
Grand Cross
– Prime Minister
(1959–1963)
Grand Cross
22 March 1962
– Prince
(1952–2021)
Grand Cross
10 May 1965
– Shah
(1941–1979)
Collar
– Shahbanu
(1961–1979)
Grand Cross
15 September
1965
– President
(1964–1971)
Collar
29 October
1965
– President
(1964–1970)
Collar
1966
– King
(1941–1970, 1993-2004)
Collar
25 March 1966
– Princess
(1940–1972;
: 1972–2024)
Grand Cross
18 September
1967
– King
(1957–1991)
Collar
1970
– Emperor
(1930–1974)
Collar
18 April 1971
– President
(1948–1949; 1953–1958; 1970–1974)
Collar
13 October
1971
– President
(1968–1975)
Collar
1972
– President
(1962-1979)
Collar
– President
(1968-1998)
Collar
– First Lady
(1968-1998)
Grand Cross
16 June 1973
– President
(1973)
Grand Cross
5 March 1974
– Gran Maestre P-2
(1973)
Grand Cross
– President
(1967–1989)
Collar
– First Lady
(1974–1989)
Grand Cross
1976
– President
(1973-1990)
/ Revoked by President
.
Grand Cross
4 March 1978
– President
(1975–1980)
Collar
1 December
1978
– King
(1975–2014)
Collar
– Queen
(1975–2014)
Grand Cross
8 October 1979
– Emperor
(1926–1989)
Collar
7 June 1985
– President
(1963–1968; 1980–1985)
Collar
17 July 1986
– President
(1986–1992)
Collar
19 July 1986
– King
(1982–2005)
Collar
28 July 1986
– President
(1985–1990)
Collar
5 July 1990
– President
(1990–1992)
Collar
27 August 1990
– President
(1990–1994)
Collar
1991
– Prime Minister
(1981–2003, 2018-
2020)
[
]
Grand Cross
1992
– King
(1961–1999)
Collar
– King
(1952–1999)
Collar
11 May 1992
– President
(1981–2011)
Collar
27 March 1994
– Infanta
(1963–1995)
Grand Cross
– Infanta
(1965–1997)
Grand Cross
6 May 1994
– Prince
(1993–2013)
Grand Cross
1 December
1994
– President
(1990–1999)
Collar
21 February
1995
– President
(1990–1995)
Collar
24 February
1995
– President
(1994–1999)
Collar
31 May 1995
– President
(1992–2004)
Collar
14 March 1996
– President
(1992–1998)
Collar
8 April 1996
– President
(1995–2002)
Collar
16 July 1996
– President
(1992–1998)
Collar
27 September
1996
– President
(1993–2003)
Collar
12 November
1996
– President
(1994–2000)
Collar
3 March 1997
– President
(1994–2000)
Collar
7 April 1997
– President
(1990–2000)
Collar
9 April 1997
– Prime Minister
(1996–1997)
Grand Cross
21 April 1997
– President
(1996–2004)
Grand Cross
28 April 1997
– President
(1996–2001; 2006-2011)
Collar
26 May 1998
– King
(1973–
incumbent
)
Collar
– Queen
(1976–
incumbent
)
Grand Cross
– Princess
(1976–2013)
Grand Cross
16 July 1998
– Secretary-General
(1997–2006)
[
]
Grand Cross
10 August 1998
– President
(1997–2002)
Collar
29 September
1998
– Prince
(1990–
Incumbent
)
Grand Cross
2 December
1998
– Emperor
(1989–2019)
Collar
– Empress
(1989–2019)
Grand Cross
20 September
1999
– President
(1998–2001)
[
]
Collar
15 May 2000
– President
(1999–2003)
[
]
Collar
18 May 2000
– President
(2000–2006)
Collar
25 September
2000
– Prince
(1982–2005)
Grand Cross
12 October
2000
– President
(1998–2002)
Collar
14 March 2001
– President
(1999–2006)
Collar
21 August 2001
– President
(2000–2004)
Collar
15 November
2001
– President
(1996–2006)
Collar
7 April 2003
– Prince and Grand Master
(1988–2008)
Grand Cross
29 April 2003
– President
(2000–2005)
Collar
7 December
2004
– King
(1999–
incumbent
)
Collar
21 April 2008
– President
(2007–2017)
Collar
24 November
2008
– President
(2006–2012)
Collar
9 February 2009
– Princess
(2004–2014)
Grand Cross
16 January
2011
– Emir
(2006–2020)
Collar
– Prince
(2006–2020)
Grand Cross
28 November
2012
– President
(2011–2016)
Collar
8 May 2013
– President
(2013–
Incumbent
) / Revoked by President
.
Collar
2016
– Prime Minister
(2006–2007, 2012–2020)
Grand Cross
25 February
2016
– President
(2012–2017)
Collar
29 July 2016
– President
(2012–2018)
Collar
8 August 2016
– Secretary-General
(2007–2016)
Grand Cross
9 August 2016
– Governor-General
(2014–2019)
Collar
22 February
2017
– King
(2014–
Incumbent
)
Collar
27 March 2017
– King
(2013–
incumbent
)
Collar
13 November
2017
– Former president
(1977–1981)
Grand Cross
8 May 2017
– President
(2015–
Incumbent
)
Collar
6 March 2018
– King
(1991–
incumbent
)
Collar
2 December
2018
– President
(2013–
Incumbent
)
Collar
25 January 2021
– Former president
(2010–2015)
Collar
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2026
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]
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