Order of the Quetzal

Order of the Quetzal
*Orden del Quetzal*
Order of the Quetzal; Orden del Quetzal ;
	The star and the cordon of the order; (Grand Cross Rank)
Awarded by Guatemala
Type	Order
Awarded for	artistic, civic, humanitarian, or scientific merit
Status	Currently constituted
Sovereign	President of Guatemala
Grades	Chain; Grand Cross; Grand Officer; Commander; Officer; Knight
	; Ribbon bar for Grand Cross; ; Ribbon bar for Grand Officer; ; Ribbon bar for Commander; ; Ribbon bar for Officer; ; Ribbon bar for Knight; ;

The Order of the Quetzal (Spanish: Orden del Quetzal) is Guatemala's highest honor.

History and award conditions

Established in 1936, it is bestowed by the Government of Guatemala. The award acknowledges officials of nations, organizations and other entities whose artistic, civic, humanitarian, or scientific works merit special recognition.^[1]

Grades

Collar: Golden chain around the neck
Grand Cross: Badge hanging from a sash from right shoulder to left hip and star on the left chest
Grand Officer: Badge hanging from a sash around the neck and non-enamelled star^[2] on the left chest.
Commander: Badge hanging from a sash around the neck
Officer: Badge hanging from a ribbon with rosette on the left chest
Knight: Badge hanging from a ribbon without rosette on the left chest. The badge is not golden.

Insignia

The badge is a ten-pointed cross with five branches and a medallion representing the coat of arms of Guatemala. The branches are light blue with a wide dark blue border. On the white ring is inscribed "AL MERITO GUATEMALA". The ribbon is light blue with thin white borders.

Recipients

Year	Awarded to
1936	Benito Mussolini
1949	Edwin Jackson Kyle^[3]
1950	Juan Domingo Perón
1956	Chiang Kai-Shek
1959	Golda Meir
1958	Roberto González Goyri
1960	Flavio Herrera
1960	Frederic Rosengarten
1960	General Manuel Francisco Sosa Avila
1961	Paul Carpenter Standley
1962	François Durafour
1962	Martha Bolaños de Prado
1963	Johannes Marré
1963	Edwin M. Shook^[4]
1968	Augustus Ledyard Smith
1975	J. Eric S. Thompson
1976	Carmen Lind Pettersen^[5]
1977	Augusto Pinochet
1977	Francis Robicsek, MD, PhD
1978	Josefina Alonzo Martínez
1980	Tatiana Proskouriakoff
1980	Kjell Magne Bondevik
1985	Lee Teng-hui^[6]
1987	Richard von Weizsäcker
1987	Julio Abril Valdez
1991	Yuri Knorozov^[7]
1992	Fredrick Chien
1995	Michel Gabaudan^[8]
1995	Diego Molina Flores
1998	Teodoro Palacios Flores
2001	Jacques Diouf^[9]
2003	René Lara
2004	Michael D. Coe^[10]
2004	Jorge Briz
2005	Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch^[11]^[12]
1957, 2009	Alberto Fuentes Mohr^[13]
2009	Juan Carlos Plata
2009	Fidel Castro^[14]
2010	Carlos Castresana^[15]
2011	Rodolfo Mac Donald^[16]
2011	Leonel Fernández^[17]
2011	Stephen D. Houston^[18]
2011	Julia Isabel Urrutia Castellanos
2013	Ricardo Arjona
2013	National Geographic Society^[19]
2013	Rotary Foundation^[20]
2013	Michael Wiley McCord, M.D.
2014	Luis von Ahn^[21]
2015	Luis Argueta^[22]
2017	Fernando Mazariegos, Edmond Mulet, Richard Hansen^[23]
2017	Tsai Ing-wen^[24]
2017	Vehbi Esgel Etensel
?	José Antonio Padilla Segura
?	Julio María Sanguinetti
?	Rafael Arévalo Martínez
?	Raphael Girard
?	Alfredo Stroessner
?	Jorge Rafael Videla
?	Sophia of Spain and Juan Carlos I of Spain
2020	Vicente Gonzalez^[25]
2022	Andrés Manuel López Obrador

References

World Medals Index - Guatemala: Order of the Quetzal

^ "USAID Director Receives "Orden del Quetzal" - the Nation's Highest Honor". usaid.gov. 6 June 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
^ Grand officer's Star, World Medals Index - Guatemala: Order of the Quetzal
^ "TSHA | Kyle, Edwin Jackson".
^ Love, Michael (2002). "EDWIN M. SHOOK: 1911–2000". Ancient Mesoamerica. 13 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1017/S0956536102131014. ISSN 1469-1787 – via www.cambridge.org.
^ Sandoval, María (February 2017). "Carmen en los jardines" [Carmen in the gardens] (in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Relato. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
^ "Vice President Lee's Central American Visit". Free China Review. 1 November 1985. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
^ La guerra fría y el desciframiento de la escritura maya
^ "About Michel Gabaudan | Refugees International". Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
^ Acuerdo Gubernativo 459-2001.
^ condecoración al arqueólogo Michael D. Coe Archived 2006-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ Gonzalez, Luis (6 September 2020). "Luto en la sociedad guatemalteca, fallece Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch". Republica (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch". Fundacion Juan Bautista Gutiérrez (in Spanish). 21 October 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ Secretaría de la Paz (SEPAZ) (2009). "Alberto Fuentes Mohr". ACUERDO SOBRE EL FORTALECIMIENTO DEL PODER CIVIL Y FUNCIÓN DEL EJÉRCITO EN UNA SOCIEDAD DEMOCRÁTICA. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
^ Polémica por el otorgamiento de la Orden del Quetzal a Fidel Castro.
^ Gobierno condecora al magistrado español Carlos Castresana con la Orden del Quetzal
^ "Orden del Quetzal para el Doctor Rodolfo Mac Donald". Archived from the original on 5 March 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
^ Presidente de República Dominicana Leonel Fernández es condecorado con la Orden del Quetzal Archived 2012-07-02 at archive.today
^ Houston receives Guatemala's highest order
^ ‘The Storm God enters the sky’: Archaeologists uncover a 1,400-year-old sculpture of Mayan gods in Guatemala, National Post
^ "The Rotary Foundation receives Guatemala's highest honor". Retrieved 1 November 2013.
^ Von Ahn recibe Orden del Quetzal en grado de Gran Comendador
^ "Condecoran con la Orden del Quetzal al cineasta guatemalteco Luis Argueta – Prensa Libre".
^ Prensa Libre, 10 Marzo 2017, p. 12,35
^ "Morales decorates Taiwan's president, names her peace ambassador". noticias.alianzanews.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
^ Congressman Vicente Gonzalez receives Guatemala's highest honor by Ronnie Marley, CBS4 Valley Central, 20 January 2020

[usaid.gov-1] "USAID Director Receives "Orden del Quetzal" - the Nation's Highest Honor". usaid.gov. 6 June 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2011.

[2] Grand officer's Star, World Medals Index - Guatemala: Order of the Quetzal

[3] "TSHA | Kyle, Edwin Jackson".

[4] Love, Michael (2002). "EDWIN M. SHOOK: 1911–2000". Ancient Mesoamerica. 13 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1017/S0956536102131014. ISSN 1469-1787 – via www.cambridge.org.

[5] Sandoval, María (February 2017). "Carmen en los jardines" [Carmen in the gardens] (in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Relato. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.

[6] "Vice President Lee's Central American Visit". Free China Review. 1 November 1985. Retrieved 3 August 2023.

[7] La guerra fría y el desciframiento de la escritura maya

[8] "About Michel Gabaudan | Refugees International". Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

[9] Acuerdo Gubernativo 459-2001.

[10] ración al arqueólogo Michael D. Coe Archived 2006-10-21 at the Wayback Machine

[gonzalez-11] Gonzalez, Luis (6 September 2020). "Luto en la sociedad guatemalteca, fallece Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch". Republica (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[fundacion-12] "Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch". Fundacion Juan Bautista Gutiérrez (in Spanish). 21 October 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[13] Secretaría de la Paz (SEPAZ) (2009). "Alberto Fuentes Mohr". ACUERDO SOBRE EL FORTALECIMIENTO DEL PODER CIVIL Y FUNCIÓN DEL EJÉRCITO EN UNA SOCIEDAD DEMOCRÁTICA. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2012.

[14] Polémica por el otorgamiento de la Orden del Quetzal a Fidel Castro.

[15] Gobierno condecora al magistrado español Carlos Castresana con la Orden del Quetzal

[16] "Orden del Quetzal para el Doctor Rodolfo Mac Donald". Archived from the original on 5 March 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2012.

[17] Presidente de República Dominicana Leonel Fernández es condecorado con la Orden del Quetzal Archived 2012-07-02 at archive.today

[18] Houston receives Guatemala's highest order

[19] ‘The Storm God enters the sky’: Archaeologists uncover a 1,400-year-old sculpture of Mayan gods in Guatemala, National Post

[20] "The Rotary Foundation receives Guatemala's highest honor". Retrieved 1 November 2013.

[21] Von Ahn recibe Orden del Quetzal en grado de Gran Comendador

[22] "Condecoran con la Orden del Quetzal al cineasta guatemalteco Luis Argueta – Prensa Libre".

[23] Prensa Libre, 10 Marzo 2017, p. 12,35

[24] "Morales decorates Taiwan's president, names her peace ambassador". noticias.alianzanews.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

[25] Congressman Vicente Gonzalez receives Guatemala's highest honor by Ronnie Marley, CBS4 Valley Central, 20 January 2020

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Order of the Quetzal Orden del Quetzal
The star and the cordon of the order (Grand Cross Rank)
Awarded by Guatemala
Type	Order
Awarded for	artistic, civic, humanitarian, or scientific merit
Status	Currently constituted
Sovereign	President of Guatemala
Grades	Chain Grand Cross Grand Officer Commander Officer Knight
Ribbon bar for Grand Cross Ribbon bar for Grand Officer Ribbon bar for Commander Ribbon bar for Officer Ribbon bar for Knight