Order_of_Diplomatic_Service_Merit Knowpia

Korean name
Hangul	수교훈장
Hanja	修交勳章
Revised Romanization	Sugyohunjang
McCune–Reischauer	Sugyohunjang

Order of Diplomatic Service Merit
Order of Diplomatic Service Merit ;
	Grand Gwanghwa Medal
Awarded by South Korea
Type	Order of merit
Established	1963
Eligibility	Diplomatic officials; Government representatives; Others;
Awarded for	Outstanding meritorious services in the interest of enhancing national prestige and promoting amity with allies.
Status	Active
Grades	Grand Gwanghwa Medal/Gwanghwa Medal; Heungin Medal; Sungnye Medal; Changui Medal; Sukjeong Medal
Precedence
Next (higher)	Grand Order of Mugunghwa
Related	Order of National Foundation; Order of Civil Merit; Order of Military Merit; Order of Service Merit; Order of National Security Merit; Order of Industrial Service Merit; Order of Saemaeul Service Merit; Order of Cultural Merit; Order of Sports Merit; Order of Science and Technology Merit;
	; ;

The Order of Diplomatic Service Merit (Korean: 수교훈장) is one of South Korea's orders of merit. It is awarded by the President of South Korea for "outstanding meritorious services in the interest of enhancing national prestige and promoting amity with allies."^[1] It is a relatively rare honor, being usually awarded to a handful of people every year^{[citation needed]}, and is one of the highest civilian awards of South Korea.^[2]^{[better source needed]}

Grades edit

The Order of Diplomatic Service Merit is divided into 5 grades. The first grade has two classes; the higher class is reserved for the most high-ranking diplomats.^[3]

Grade	Name	Ribbon
1st	Grand Gwanghwa Medal (광화대장)
1st	Gwanghwa Medal (광화장)
2nd	Heungin Medal (흥인장)
3rd	Sungnye Medal (숭례장)
4th	Changui Medal (창의장)
5th	Sukjeong Medal (숙정장)

Recipients edit

David Manker Abshire, former Ambassador to NATO, United States
Georges Arsenijevic, technical advisor, Korean Cultural Center, France
Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, Bulgaria
Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei
Pengiran Muda Jefri Bolkiah, Member of the Bruneian Royal Family
Sam Brownback, former US Senator from Kansas, current Governor of the State of Kansas, United States
Fredrick Chien, Director-General of the Government Information Office, R.O.C., Taiwan
Barry Devolin, MP, Canada
Gyanendra, King of Nepal (then Prince of Nepal)
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Queen Silvia of Sweden
Queen Sonja of Norway
Queen Letizia of Spain
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Prime Minister, Pakistan
Henry Hyde, Congressman, United States
Lee Khoon Choy, MP and Ambassador, Singapore
Darell Leiking, MP and former Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia
Joe Lieberman, Senator, United States
Pin Malakul, Minister of Education and Culture, Thailand
Kamisese Mara, Prime Minister, Fiji
Zoila Martínez, Ambassador to South Korea, Dominican Republic
Alois Mock, Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister, Austria
Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority, United Arab Emirates
Nguyễn Bá Lương, Speaker of South Vietnam's House of Representatives^[4]
Anand Panyarachun, Thailand
Bernhard Paus, humanitarian, Norway
Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman, MP and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh
Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister, Denmark
Ryoichi Sasakawa, MP and industrialist, Japan
Edward Seaga, Prime Minister, Jamaica
Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand (then Crown Prince of Thailand)
Sirindhorn, Princess Royal of Thailand
Pramarn Adireksarn, former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand^[5]
Prem Tinsulanonda, former Prime Minister of Thailand
Venu Srinivasan, industrialist, India
Sergei Stepashin, Prime Minister, Russia
James Van Fleet, Army General, United States
Tengku Intan Zaharah, Queen consort of Malaysia
Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia
Ginandjar Kartasasmita, Speaker of the Regional Representative Council of Indonesia
Thomas Lembong, Minister of Trade of Indonesia
Hatta Rajasa, Coordinating Ministers for the Economy of Indonesia
Widodo Budidarmo, Chief of the Indonesian National Police
L. B. Moerdani, Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces
Sudharmono, Vice President of Indonesia
Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia
Sultanah Zanariah Queen Consort of Malaysia
Amb. Anne Höglund, former ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden.^[6]
Park Hang-seo, head coach of the Vietnam national team.^[7]
Pham Binh Minh, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
Dato Lim Jock, ASEAN General Secretary^[8]
Trần Văn Túy, Chairman of the Vietnam - Korea Parliamentary Friendship Group^[9]
Frédéric Jenny, chairman, OECD Competition Committee
Agata Kornhauser-Duda, First Lady of Poland
Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr., Ambassador of the U.S. to South Korea, 2018-2021

References edit

^ "Awards and Decorations Act". Act No. 11690 of March 23, 2013.(in English and Korean) Korea Legislation Research Institute. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
^ "GGGI Chair Rasmussen Receives Diplomatic Medal from Outgoing Korean President Lee". Global Green Growth Institute. 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
^ "훈장과 포장" [Orders and Medals]. Decorations of the Republic of Korea (in Korean). Ministry of Interior and Safety. 2015. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
^ "Who's who in Vietnam".
^ ราชกิจจานุเบกษา, แจ้งความสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานพระบรมราชานุญาตประดับเครื่องอิสริยาภรณ์ต่างประเทศ, เล่ม ๙๘ ตอนที่ ๑๐๕ ง ฉบับพิเศษ หน้า ๑๘, ๑ กรกฎาคม ๒๕๒๔
^ "Award ceremony of the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit, Gwanghwa to Amb. Anne Höglund : Korea.net : The official website of the Republic of Korea". Korea.net. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
^ "Chủ tịch nước Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Chính phủ Hàn Quốc trao huân chương cho ông Park" [President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the Government of the Republic of Korea award the medal to Mr. Park Hang-seo]. Báo Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
^ "Tổng Thư ký ASEAN nhận Huân chương Gwanghwa của Hàn Quốc". VOV.VN (in Vietnamese). 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
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