Order of the Yugoslav Star

Order of the Yugoslav Star
The Order of the Yugoslav Star was the highest national order of merit awarded in Yugoslavia. It was divided into four classes. The highest class, the Yugoslav Great Star was the highest state decoration awarded in Yugoslavia. The order was mostly awarded to foreign heads of state for the development and strengthening of peace and cooperation between nations.
The Order of the Yugoslav Star was also the second highest order of merit in Serbia and Montenegro.
History
Order of the Yugoslav Star was founded by the President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito on 1 February 1954 and had three Classes. Law on Decorations was amended on 1 March 1961, so from then on, the Order had four Classes:
Yugoslav Great Star — highest decoration in SFR Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Star with Sash (before 1961 Order of the Yugoslav Star, I Class) — 6th highest decoration in SFR Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Star with Golden Wreath (before 1961 Order of the Yugoslav Star, II Class) — 14th highest decoration in SFR Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Star on Cravat (before 1961 Order of the Yugoslav Star, III Class) — 24th highest decoration in SFR Yugoslavia
After the Breakup of Yugoslavia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (and later Serbia and Montenegro) continued to use some of the decorations of former Yugoslavia, among them Order of the Yugoslav Star. In the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Order of the Yugoslav Star was the second highest order after the Order of Yugoslavia. During this time the four Classes of the order were named:
Yugoslav Great Star — 2nd highest decoration in FR Yugoslavia (after the Order of Yugoslavia)
Yugoslav Star, I Class — 7th highest decoration in FR Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Star, II Class — 20th highest decoration in FR Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Star, III Class — 31st highest decoration in FR Yugoslavia
Recipients
The Order was usually awarded to foreign heads of state and other distinguished foreigners who visited Yugoslavia. Up to 1985, the Yugoslav Great Star was awarded 127 times of which 115 to foreigners and 12 to Yugoslav citizens. Some of the notable recipients of the Yugoslav Great Star are:
Recipients of the SFRY
Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia – awarded on 1 February 1954
Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia – awarded on 11 February 1954
Celâl Bayar, President of Turkey – awarded on 13 April 1954
Paul I, King of Greece – awarded on 2 June 1954
Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt – awarded on 30 December 1955
René Coty, President of the French Republic – awarded on 7 May 1956
Sukarno, President of Indonesia – awarded on 12 September 1956
Norodom Suramarit, King of Cambodia – awarded on 6 August 1957
Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan – awarded on 1 November 1960
Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea – awarded on 7 January 1961
William Tubman, President of Liberia – awarded on 13 March 1961
Hassan II, King of Morocco – awarded on 1 April 1961
Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet leader – awarded in 1962
Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico – awarded on 30 March 1963
Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland – awarded on 6 May 1963
Ahmed Ben Bella, President of Algeria – awarded on 12 March 1964
Władysław Gomułka, First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party – awarded on 25 June 1964
Aleksander Zawadzki, Chairman of the Council of State of the People's Republic of Poland – awarded on 25 June 1964
István Dobi, chairman of the Presidential Council – awarded on 15 September 1964
János Kádár, Chairman of the Council of Ministers – awarded on 15 September 1964
Antonín Novotný, President of Czechoslovakia – awarded on 26 September 1964
Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia – awarded in 1965
Olav V, King of Norway – awarded on 13 May 1965
Walter Ulbricht, Chairman of the State Council – awarded on 9 June 1965
Todor Zhivkov, General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party and Prime Minister of Bulgaria – awarded on 22 September 1965
Georgi Traykov, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly – awarded on 22 September 1965
Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party – awarded on 18 April 1966
Chivu Stoica, President of the State Council – awarded on 18 April 1966
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran – awarded on 3 June 1966
Franz Jonas, President of Austria – awarded on 12 February 1967
Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia – awarded on 17 January 1968
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan – awarded on 8 April 1968
Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Prime Minister of Mongolia – awarded on 20 April 1968
Jamsrangiin Sambuu, Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Great Khural – awarded on 20 April 1968
Moktar Ould Daddah, President of Mauritania – awarded on 5 September 1968
Giuseppe Saragat, President of Italy – awarded on 2 October 1969
Edvard Kardelj – awarded on 23 January 1970
Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania – awarded on 27 January 1970
Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya – awarded on 12 February 1970
Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia – awarded on 7 May 1970
Gaafar Nimeiry, Chairman of the National Revolutionary Command Council and Prime Minister of Sudan – awarded on 16 June 1970
Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands – awarded on 20 August 1970
Bernhard, Prince consort of the Netherlands – awarded on 20 August 1970
Baudouin, King of the Belgians – awarded on 6 October 1970
Dolores Ibárruri, honorary president of the Communist Party of Spain – awarded on 19 May 1971
Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Prime Minister of France
Vladimir Bakarić – awarded on 21 April 1972
Petar Stambolić – awarded on 6 July 1972
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom – awarded on 19 October 1972
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh – awarded on 19 October 1972
Edward Gierek, First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party – awarded on 4 May 1973
Birendra, King of Nepal – awarded on 2 February 1974
Lazar Koliševski, member of the Presidency of Yugoslavia – awarded on 13 February 1974
Luis Echeverría, President of Mexico – awarded on 13 February 1974
Ne Win, President of Burma – awarded on 7 October 1974
Veljko Vlahović – awarded on 9 November 1974
Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark – awarded on 31 October 1974
Erich Honecker, first secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany – awarded on 12 November 1974
Đuro Pucar – awarded on 12 December 1974
Blažo Jovanović, President of the Constitutional court of Yugoslavia – awarded on 26 December 1974
Miha Marinko – awarded on 14 May 1975
Franc Leskošek – awarded on 14 May 1975
Léopold Sédar Senghor, President of Senegal – awarded on 31 August 1975
Soeharto, President of Indonesia – awarded on 1975
Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Jean-Bédel Bokassa, President of the Central African Republic – awarded on 3 May 1972
Francisco da Costa Gomes, President of Portugal – awarded on 23 October 1975
Jovan Veselinov – awarded on 25 January 1976
Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden – awarded on 29 March 1976
Konstantinos Tsatsos, President of Greece – awarded on 10 May 1976
Fahri Korutürk, President of Turkey – awarded on 8 June 1976
Kim Il Sung, President of North Korea – awarded on 29 August 1977
António Ramalho Eanes, President of Portugal – awarded on 17 October 1977
Ziaur Rahman, President of Bangladesh – awarded on 22 November 1978
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait – awarded on 3 February 1979
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, President of Iraq – awarded on 4 February 1979
Hussein I, King of Jordan – awarded on 11 February 1979
Julio César Turbay Ayala, President of Colombia – awarded on 29 June 1979
France-Albert René, President of Seychelles – awarded on 27 July 1979
Sandro Pertini, President of Italy – awarded on 11 October 1979
Fernando Belaúnde, President of Peru – awarded on 12 November 1980
Omar Bongo, President of Gabon – awarded on 22 March 1982
Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt – awarded on 26 February 1984
Miguel de la Madrid, President of Mexico – awarded on 24 January 1985
Mauno Koivisto, President of Finland
Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand
Recipients of the FRY and Serbia and Montenegro
Muammar al-Gaddafi, leader of Libya – awarded on 26 October 1999
Li Peng, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress – awarded on 12 June 2000
Akihito, Emperor of Japan
Ion Iliescu, President of Romania – awarded on 30 August 2004
See also
Orders, decorations, and medals of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Orders, decorations, and medals of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Notes
References
Yugoslav Star
Awards established in 1954
1954 establishments in Yugoslavia
Orders of chivalry awarded to heads of state, consorts and sovereign family members