Director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing Commander (CLH) (Komandante) – Conferred upon a civilian for acts of conspicuous merit benefiting the Republic of the Philippines; or upon a Chargé d'affaires, a.i., Counselor, First Secretary, Consul General in the consular section of an Embassy, Consular officer with a personal rank higher than Second Secretary, Director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing Officer (OLH) (Pinuno) – Conferred upon a civilian for acts of commendable merit benefiting the Republic of the Philippines; or upon a Second Secretary, Consul, Assistant Director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing Legionnaire (LLH) (Lehiyonaryo) – Conferred upon a civilian for acts of merit benefiting the Republic of the Philippines; or upon a Third Secretary, Vice Consul, Attaché, Principal Assistant, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing. The Armed Forces of the Philippines has its own regulations governing the conferment of the Philippine Legion of Honor. Notable recipients Chief Commander (CCLH) Emilio Aguinaldo, 1957, former President of the Philippines Akihito, Emperor of Japan, 2002 Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei Darussalam, 1998 Gregorio Pio Catapang, 2015, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Emmanuel T. Bautista, 2014, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Chiang Kai-shek, 1949, President of the Republic of China Hillary Clinton, 2013, former United States Secretary of State Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961, former President of the United States John W. Foss, 1981, Chief, JUSMAG Philippines Francisco Franco, 1951, head of the Spanish state Daniel Inouye, United States Senator José P. Laurel, 1959, former President of the Philippines Chino Roces, 1988, founder and owner of Associated Broadcasting Company and the Manila Times Jaime L. Cardinal Sin, 1992, Archbishop of Manila Lorenzo M. Tañada, 1986, Senator of the Philippines, Post-war Solicitor General, Nationalist and Human Rights advocate Ferdinand Marcos, 1972, former President of the Philippines Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines Douglas MacArthur, 1961, Philippine field marshal Sergio Osmeña, 1994, former President of the Philippines Fidel V. Ramos, former President of the Philippines Jesse Robredo, Secretary of the Interior and Local Government, given posthumously on August 28, 2012. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1947, former President of the United States (posthumous) Soekarno, 1951, President of Indonesia Maxwell D. Taylor, 1955, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Eduardo