Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
The Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (French: Ordre de Mérite du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg) is an order of merit of Luxembourg, instituted on 23 January 1961 by Grand Duchess Charlotte. Grand Master of the order is the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Besides the five classes, a gilt medal can also be bestowed.
Grades
The order is composed of 5 grades :
Grand Cross
Grand Officer
Commander
Officer
Knight
Members
Members of the Order of Merit of Luxembourg include the following:
Grand Cross:
Antonios Chatzidakis, former General Manager of the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency NAMSA
Gabriele Albertini, Italian politician
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former secretary-general of the United Nations
Jos Chabert, vice-president of the parliament of Brussels
Didier Reynders
Konstantin Zhigalov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan
Astrid Lulling, Luxembourg politician, retired member of the European Parliament for Luxembourg
John L Murray, Chief Justice of Ireland
Grand Officer:
Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander
Tommy Koh, Singaporean Ambassador-at-Large, diplomatist and law professor
Nikolaos van Dam, Dutch ambassador to Indonesia
Jean-Marie Leblanc, former director of the Tour de France
Mikis Theodorakis, music composer
Joseph Weyland, permanent representative of Luxembourg to NATO
Gabriele Albertini, member of the European Parliament
James G. Stavridis, former commander of USEUCOM and Supreme Allied Commander Europe
José Lello, member of Portuguese Parliament, former President of NATO PA
Commander:
Nana Mouskouri, Greek and international singer
Vicky Leandros, Greek and international singer
Thomas Schaidhammer, United States Army Colonel, Berlin Attache
Svend-Aage Nielsen, Danish businessman
Carl Christian Nielsen, Danish businessman
Erik Ader, Dutch ambassador to Norway
Michel Carpentier, director general of the European Commission
Robert Engels, Dutch ambassador to Finland
Barend ter Haar, Dutch diplomat
Pascal Lamy, European Commissioner
Gilbert Renault, French resistance hero
Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi-hunter
Gerald Newton, Professor of German at the University of Sheffield
Michel Monnier, French diplomat
Wicher Wildeboer, Netherlands ambassador to Cuba and Jamaica
Robert DeFalco, American business executive
Alexei Mordashov, Russian businessman
Officer
Hanna Pri-zan, Israeli chairman of Peilim portfolio management
Alphonse Berns, Luxembourgish ambassador
Jacques Devillers, ArcelorMittal – LCE – Head of reporting
Gerard Druesne, Director-General of the European Institute of Public Affairs
Nicolas Majerus, Luxembourgish politician for the CSV party and heart specialist
Knight
Josy Linkels, painter
Fernand Roda, painter
Jean-Claude Schlim
Marianne Majerus, Anglo-Luxembourgish photographer
Marie-Joseé Stark
Martyn William Edwards
Thierry Terrens
Gallery
References
Le Mémorial 13 du 14 April 1961, Arrêté grand-ducal du 23 janvier 1961 portant institution de l'Ordre de Mérite du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Order of
Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
1961 establishments in Luxembourg
Awards established in 1961
Orders of merit