| Order of Civil Merit of the Syrian Arab Republic وسام الاستحقاق المدني | |
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| Type | State decoration with five regular classes |
| Awarded for | "Service to the state or to the 'Arab cause'" |
| Country | Syria |
| Eligibility | Civil Service |
| Established | 25 June 1953 |
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Order of Civil Merit (Arabic: وسام الاستحقاق المدني) (French: Ordre du Mérite civil) is a Syrian decoration. It was established on 25 June 1953. The decoration is awarded for service to the state or to the Arab cause. It has five classes: the Excellent Class, awarded as a badge and star; the First Class, awarded as a badge or star; and the Second, Third, and Fourth Class, awarded as a medal. The Excellent and the First Class are worn on the breast, while the Second Class is worn on a ribbon around the neck. The Third and the Fourth Class are worn on a ribbon on the right side of a chest. The colours of the decoration's ribbon are white-green-white, each represented in equal ratio.
Notable recipients
- Khaled al-Asaad
- Bashar al-Assad
- Pavel Belyayev
- Djamila Bouhired
- Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
- Georges Catroux
- Mahmoud Darwish
- Alexander Dzasokhov
- Sabah Fakhri
- Gustáv Husák
- Taha Hussein
- Aram Karamanoukian
- Alexander Kinshchak
- Samir Kuntar
- Duraid Lahham
- Alexei Leonov
- Muhammad al-Maghut
- Nazir Nabaa
- Abdul-Salam Ojeili
- Dawoud Rajiha
- Asad Rustum
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
- Adib Shishakli
- Rafiq Subaie
- Michel Suleiman
- Valentina Tereshkova
- Muna Wassef
- Dmitry Yazov
- Ra'ad bin Zeid
- Walid Muallem
References
- "Syria: Order of Civil Merit". Medals of the World. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
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