Order of the Republic (Egypt)
Egyptian order of knighthood
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The Order of the Republic is an Egyptian order of knighthood.
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| Type | Order |
| Awarded for | Valuable services to Egypt |
| Presented by |  Egypt |
| Established | 1953 |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Order of the Nile |
| Next (lower) | Order of Merit |
History
The Order was founded in 1953 to celebrate the rebirth of the Republic of Egypt.
Classes
The order is composed of the following classes of merit :[1]
- First class – Grand Cordon
- Second class
- Third class
- Fourth class
- Fifth class
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Insignia
- The ribbon is green with golden and red borders.
Notable recipients
- Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain (24 January 1973)
- Omar Sharaf, Egyptian diplomat (February 1973)
- Ginandjar Kartasasmita, Speaker of the Regional Representative Council of Indonesia (1978)
- Sudharmono, Vice President of Indonesia
- L. B. Moerdani, Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces
- Idham Chalid, Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia (1959)
- Che Guevara, Argentine revolutionary (1959)
- Hassan Shehata, Egyptian footballer (1980)
- Charles III, King of the United Kingdom, then Prince of Wales (1981)
- Ghada Salah El Manbawi, Vice President of the Military Medical Academy, when she was awarded the medal (2017)
- Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian Music composer
- Mohammed al-Ghazali, Islamic cleric (1988)
- Ihsan Abdel Quddous, Egyptian writer (1990)
- Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer and actress
- Salah Zulfikar, Egyptian actor and producer[2][3]
- Ahmed Moharram, Egyptian engineer and politician
- Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress
- Kamal Rifaat, Egyptian military officer and politician[4]
- Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer
- Vladimir Alexeyev, Soviet admiral
- Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, Egyptian film director[5]
- Jože Brilej, Yugoslavian diplomat
- Mashhour Ahmed Mashhour, Chairman of Suez Canal Authority
- J. William Middendorf, American diplomat
- Muhammad Naji Al-Mahlawi, President of Ain Shams University
- Song Aiguo, Chinese diplomat[6]