Commander (Encomienda) - Golden order's star on a necklet. Officer's Cross (Cruz de Oficial) - Golden order's cross hanging from a ribbon. Knight's Cross (Cruz) - Silver order's cross hanging from a ribbon. Silver Cross (Cruz de Plata'') - Simpler silver cross hanging from a ribbon. Notable recipients of Collar or Grand Cross The Collar and Grand Cross of the Order have been awarded to royalty, heads of state and their spouses, and diplomats, including: Heads of state 2023: João Lourenço and Ana Dias Lourenço, president and first lady of the Angola 2021: Moon Jae-in and Kim Jung-sook, president and first lady of the Republic of Korea 2015: Mohamed Ould Ahmed Salem Ould Mohamed Rare interior minister of Mauritania 2012: Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, president of Mexico 2009: Sir Kenneth Hall and Lady Rheima Hall, governor-general and first lady of Jamaica 2010: Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine (then minister of foreign affairs) 2008: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates 2007: Roh Moo-hyun and Kwon Yang-suk, president and first lady of the Republic of Korea 2003: Georgi Parvanov and Zorka Parvanova, president and first lady of Bulgaria 2003: Ion Iliescu, president of Romania 2003: Islom Karimov, president of Uzbekistan 2002: Abdelaziz Bouteflika, president of Algeria 1999: Petar Stoyanov and Antonina Stoyanova, president and first lady of Bulgaria 1996: Leonid Kuchma and Lyudmila Kuchma, president and first lady of Ukraine 1995: Mohamed Mahathir, prime minister of Malaysia 1994: Fidel V. Ramos and Amelita Ramos, president and first lady of the Philippines 1993: Zhelyu Zhelev and Maria Zheleva, president and first lady of Bulgaria 1994: Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya and Aïcha Mint Ahmed Tolba, president and first lady of Mauritania 1988: Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, president of Indonesia 1979: Félix Houphouët-Boigny, president of Côte d'Ivoire 1978: Saddam Hussein, then vice president of Iraq 1968: Habib Bourguiba and Wassila Ben Ammar, president and first lady of Tunisia 1968: Habib Bourguiba Jr., minister of foreign affairs of Tunisia 1965: Chiang Kai-shek, president of the Republic of China 1957: Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon Foreign royalty 2021: Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland of Sweden 2021: Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland of Sweden 2021: Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland of Sweden 2008: H.H.E. Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah of Kuwait 2008: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed of Abu Dhabi 2006: Princess Märtha Louise of Norway 2000: King Mohammed VI of Morocco 2000: