page_title: 2009 Canadian honours
section_title: Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 Canadian honours / Commonwealth and Foreign Orders, Decorations and Medal awarded to Canadians / From the President of Hungary / Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit
caption_attribution_description: English: Canadian General Ray Henault, cropped from 071010-D-7203T-004 From left, Canadian Forces Gen. Ray Henault, chairman of the NATO Military Committee, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Victoria Nuland and Mary Beth Long, acting assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, attend a breakfast meeting at the Pentagon Oct. 10, 2007. DoD photo by Cherie A. Thurlby. (Released)
context_page_description: The following are the appointments to various Canadian Honours of 2009. Usually, they are announced as part of the New Year and Canada Day celebrations and are published within the Canada Gazette during year. This follows the custom set out within the United Kingdom which publishes its appoints of various British Honours for New Year's and for monarch's official birthday. However, instead of the midyear appointments announced on Victoria Day, the official birthday of the Canadian Monarch, this custom has been transferred with the celebration of Canadian Confederation and the creation of the Order of Canada.
  However, as the Canada Gazette publishes appointment to various orders, decorations and medal, either Canadian or from Commonwealth and foreign states, this article will reference all Canadians so honoured during the 2009 calendar year.
  Provincial Honours are not listed within the Canada Gazette, however they are listed within the various publications of each provincial government. Provincial honours are listed within the page.
context_section_description: General Raymond Henault, C.M.M., M.S.C., C.D.
caption: Former Chief of Defence Staff General Raymond Henault, honoured with the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary
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