List of recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of Entrepreneurial Merit
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The Order of Entrepreneurial Merit (Portuguese: Ordem do Mérito Empresarial) is the most junior of the Portuguese civil orders of merit, and is intended to distinguish those who have rendered, as an entrepreneur or worker, outstanding service in promoting appreciation or services in an economic sector. The Order has three classes: Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial. The order was established in 1893 by King Carlos I as the Civil Order of Agricultural and Industrial Merit; the commercial class was added in 1991, and the order given its present name in 2011.[1]
The following is a list of recipients of the order's highest grade, Grand Cross.
Source for the list: "Entidades Nacionais Agraciadas com Ordens Portuguesas", Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas (Office of the President of Portugal). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
Agricultural class[edit]
Portuguese recipients[edit]
Foreign recipients[edit]
| Name | Date | Note | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomás de Allende y Garcia Baxter | 30 December 1970 | Spain | |
| Baron Pierre Le Roy de Boiseaumarie | 17 September 1963 | France | |
| Manuel Trucco Gaete | 5 August 1950 | Chile | |
| Cirilo Cánovas Garcia | 27 December 1960 | Engineer | Spain |
| Dr Hermann Hãcherl | 31 March 1969 | Germany | |
| Dr Adolfo Diaz Ambrona Moreno | 6 December 1966 | Spain |
Industrial class[edit]
Portuguese recipients[edit]
Foreign recipients[edit]
| Name | Date | Notes | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Despret | 20 August 1928 | Senator | Belgium |
| Pablo Verdaguez Gomes | 30 December 1929 | Spain | |
| Germain Martin | 2 September 1930 | France | |
| Alexandre Zeuceano | 2 September 1930 | Minister Pleniopotentary | Romania |
| Frederico Jarach | 16 March 1932 | Italy | |
| Ildefonso Gonzoly Fierro y Ordonez | 21 March 1934 | Spain | |
| Hans Eltze | 7 June 1943 | Germany | |
| Alexander Roger | 7 February 1946 | United Kingdom | |
| Don Fernando Guijarro Alconcer | 17 November 1949 | Spain | |
| Axel Axson Johnson | 25 April 1950 | Sweden | |
| Hermann Reinhardt | 29 May 1951 | Germany | |
| Thomás Sunez y Ferrer | 8 August 1951 | Spain | |
| José Navarro Revertez y Gomis | 14 May 1953 | Spain | |
| Juan António Suances Fernandez | 18 July 1953 | Spain | |
| Joaquim Planell Riera | 18 July 1953 | Spain | |
| Edmundo Penna Barbosa da Silva | 3 February 1956 | Brazil | |
| Jacques Van Offelen | 5 July 1960 | Belgium | |
| Dr Otto Stalmann | 29 May 1961 | Germany | |
| Dr Gunther Serres | 29 May 1961 | Germany | |
| Konsul Manfres von Mautnez Markhof | 3 February 1966 | Austria | |
| Francisco Giménez Torres | 20 April 1978 | Spain | |
| António Gomes da Costa | 22 September 1981 | Brazil | |
| António Garrigues Diaz Cauabate | 16 February 1982 | Spain | |
| Curt Nicolin | 11 December 1990 | Sweden | |
| Peter Wallenberg | 11 December 1990 | Sweden | |
| Abraham Kasinsky | 25 March 1996 | Brazil | |
| Dr Reinfried Franz Pohl | 22 December 1998 | Germany | |
| Josef Käser | 13 May 2015 | Germany | |
| Fernando da Cruz Souza Pinto | 12 January 2018 | Engineer | Brazil |
Commercial class (since 1991)[edit]
Portuguese recipients[edit]
| Name | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Manuel Eduardo de Noronha Gamito | 10 June 1991 | |
| Dr Manuel Ricardo Pinheiro Espirito Santo Silva | 31 October 1991 | |
| Dr Ma Man Kei | 30 March 1995 | |
| Dr Ruy Octávio Matos de Carvalho | 4 March 1998 | |
| Dr António Mota de Sousa Horta Osório | 9 June 2014 | |
| Zeinal Abedin Mohamed Bava | 9 June 2014 | Engineer |
| Elísio Alexandre Soares dos Santos | 17 March 2017 |
Foreign recipients[edit]
| Name | Date | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Tasuku Takagaki | 22 February 1994 | Japan |
References[edit]
- ^ "History: Orders of Entrepreneurial Merit", Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas (Office of the President of Portugal; in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
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