Order of Merit (Portugal)

The Order of Good Merit (Portuguese: Ordem do Mérito) is a Portuguese honor given to people who do good work for the country. The President awards the medals to a person or a group for their contributions to society. It is given to both Portuguese and foreign citizens. Receivers include representatives, businesspeople, military personnel, athletes, and musicians.

 Versions 
 80px Grand Cross (GCM) (Grã-Cruz)
 80px Grand Officer (GOM) (Grande-Oficial)
 80px Commander (ComM) (Comendador or Comendadeira)
 80px Officer (OM) (Oficial)
 80px Medal (MedM) (Medalha)
 Honorary Member (MHM) (Membro Honorário) List of all appointments to the Order of Merit correct as at December 2007

 Notable awardees 

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 Name
 Post-nominal
 Occupation
 Date appointed Carlos Manuel Cabral Verissimo
 ComM
 Businessman
 10 June 1990 José Cardoso Pires
 GCM
 Writer
 4 February 1989 Ruy de Carvalho
 GCM
 Actor
 1 March 2017 Mário Coelho
 ComM
 Bullfighter
 23 June 2005 Nicolau Breyner
 GOM
 Actor
 9 June 2005 Carlos do Carmo
 GOM
 Fado singer
 3 December 2016 Valentim Loureiro
 ComM
 Politician
 18 September 1989 Raul Nery
 ComM
 Musician
 8 June 2012 Peter Trickett
 ComM
 Scholar
 8 October 2009 Luso-Can Tuna
 MHM
 Tuna
 28 February 2014 Bruno Alves, Eduardo Carvalho, Ricardo Carvalho, William Carvalho, Eder, Eliseu, José Fonte, André Gomes, Raphaël Guerreiro, Anthony Lopes, João Mário, João Moutinho, Nani, Rui Patrício, Pepe, Danilo Pereira, Vieirinha, Ricardo Quaresma, Cristiano Ronaldo, Renato Sanches, Adrien Silva, Rafa Silva, Cédric Soares as UEFA Euro 2016 winners
 ComM
 Footballers
 10 July 2016 Tsanko Arnaudov, Jéssica Augusto, Marisa Barros, Ana Dulce Félix, Vanessa Fernandes, Patrícia Mamona, Sara Moreira
 ComM
 Athletes
 13 July 2016 Fernando Pimenta
 ComM
 Canoeist
 13 July 2016 Salvador Sobral, Luísa Sobral
 ComM
 Musicians
 23 April 2018 Fernando Santos 
 GOM
 Football coach
 10 July 2016 Fernanda Freitas
 OM
 Journalist
 10 July 2013 Jim Costa
 ComM
 Politician
 8 June 1996 Andrzej Duda
 GCM
 Politician
 26 February 2009 Antonio Felix da Costa
 CommM
 Formula E driver
 3 September 2020

 References 

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