The Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero () is the highest honour of Panama. Named after Manuel Amador Guerrero, the first president of Panama, the order was established on the 50th anniversary of Panama's independence on 29 October 1953. It is awarded to recognize distinguished people (Panamanians and non-Panamanians) in the sciences, arts, and politics. Grades There are four grades of the order: Collar (Collar) Grand-Cross (Gran-Cruz) Grand-Officer (Gran-Oficial) Commander (Comendador) Awardees Collar Elizabeth II, Queen of 7 States at the time of appointment, 29 November 1953 Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav Marshal and President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 15 March 1976 Don Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, 16 September 1977 Fra' Andrew Bertie, Grand-Master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, 2000 Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, 8 August 2001 Akihito, Emperor of Japan Rainier III, Sovereign Prince of Monaco Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo, former President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Nicos Anastasiades, President of Cyprus, 23 July 2013 Grand-Cross Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Consort of 7 States at the time of appointment, 29 November 1953 Carlos González Parrodi, 1981 Carmen Romano, 1981 Alfonso de Rosenzweig Díaz, 1981 Luis G. Zorrilla, 1981 Fredrick Chien, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, 1994 Eduardo Valdés Escoffery, 1994 Howard Baker Jr., 2001 Dionisio de Gracia Guillén, 2001 Suleiman Tayeb Ahmed Salem, 24 January 2008 Juan Daniel Alemán, General Secretary of the Central American Integration System, 11 October 2010 Juan Pablo de Laiglesia, 18 November 2011 Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, 1 June 2012 Yuan-Tseh Lee, 17 October 2012 Lawrence Edward Chewning Fábrega, Ambassador to the Organization of American States and Vatican City 18 August 2014 Dionisio Johnson, 30 December 2015 Grand-Officer Sir Anthony Bailey, interfaith campaigner Martin D. Young Sir Sean Connery, 11 March 2003 Paxson Offield, 2005 Robert Berry, 2005 Elsie Alvarado de Ricord, 2005 Eric Douglas Green, 17 October 2012 Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America Commander Jorge Illueca, sometime President of the Republic of Panama José López Portillo, President of the Mexican United States, 1981 Carlos Menem, President of the Argentine Republic, 1994 Sebastián Piñera, later President of the Republic of Chile, 2013 Unknown grade Eugene N. S. Girard II Anil K. Dhingra,