# Order of the Republic (Moldova)

The Order of the Republic (Romanian: 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.

## Recipients
### Moldovan
#### 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 Andrunakievich
* Haralambie Corbu

#### 1997

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

#### 1998

* Eugen Gladun
* Ilie Bogdesko
* 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

#### 2024

* Petru Hadârcă

#### 2025

* Emilian Galaicu-Păun

### 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 (2014–2025)
* 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
* Joc National Ballet of Moldova
* Lăutarii National Orchestra
* Moldova State University
* National Library of Moldova
* Purcari
* 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
* National Museum of Fine Arts of Moldova