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National Order of Merit
Badge of the Order
Awarded by President of Algeria
Type	Order of merit
Awarded for	eminent civil, military or public service to the nation, and for exceptional service in the cause of the revolution.
Status	Order of merit
President of Algeria
Grades	6 (3 classes of 'Dignity' and commander, officer and knight).
Precedence
Next (higher)	None
Next (lower)	Medal for Martyrs of the War of National Liberation

The National Order of Merit (French: Ordre du Mérite National) is an order of merit awarded for all manner of services to Algeria. It was instituted 2 January 1984 and is quite complex, with three classes of 'Dignity' - each with collar, sash with badge and star - as well as Commander, Officer and Knight grades.^[1][2]

Recipients

Sadr

• Ahmed Ben Bella
• Houari Boumédiène (posthumously)
• Rabah Bitat
• Ali Kafi
• Abdelmadjid Tebboune, December 19, 2019
• Abdelkader Bensalah, December 19, 2019
• Ahmed Gaid Salah, December 19, 2019

Athir

Foreign personalities:

• Jean-Luc de Cabrières, French writer, December 3, 2000
• Émile Lahoud, President of the Lebanese Republic, July 23, 2002
• Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, October 2, 2002
• Thomas Klestil, Federal President of the Republic of Austria, June 14, 2003
• Rudolf Schuster, President of the Slovak Republic, June 14, 2003
• Jorge Sampaio, President of the Portuguese Republic, December 2, 2003
• Joaquim Chissano, President of the Republic of Mozambique, December 9, 2004
• Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi, President of the General Union of Women of the State of the United Arab Emirates, March 16, 2005
• Alejandro Toledo, President of the Republic of Peru, May 7, 2005
• Ricardo Lagos, President of the Republic of Chile, May 7, 2005
• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, February 7, 2006
• Roh Moo-hyun, President of the Republic of Korea, March 11, 2006
• Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian Director of the IAEA, January 7, 2007
• László Sólyom, President of the Republic of Hungary, June 2, 2007
• Hazza bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor to the UAE President, October 17, 2007
• Costa-Gavras, Greek-French film director and screenwriter, 4 November 2018^[3]
• Kais Saied, President of Tunisia, February 2, 2020
• Sergio Mattarella, President of Italy, November 6, 2021
• Abdullah II, King of Jordan, December 2022
• Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal, May 23, 2023

Algerian personalities:

• Slimane Amirat [fr], Mujahideen, July 22, 1992 (posthumously)
• Aïssat Idir [fr], Trade unionist, February 20, 2006 (posthumously)
• Abdelhak Benhamouda, Trade unionist, February 20, 2006 (posthumously)
• Zinedine Zidane, French footballer, December 11, 2006
• Smaïn Lamari, Major-General, September 11, 2007 (posthumously)
• Warda Al-Jazairia, Singer, the 1 st November 2004
• M'Hamed El Anka, Singer, July 4, 2009 (posthumously)
• Fadhéla Dziria, Singer, July 4, 2009 (posthumously)
• Mustapha Kateb [fr], Writer, July 4, 2009
• Bachir Mentouri, Physician, July 4, 2009

Achir

• Roger Hanin, French actor, December 3, 2000
• Algeria national football team, Winners of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, July 21, 2019^[4]

See also

• Orders, decorations, and medals of Algeria

References