List of recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Colonial Empire
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The Order of the Colonial Empire (Portuguese:"Ordem do Império Colonial") was a Portuguese Order (decoration), established on 13 April 1932 as a colonial order of knighthood, to reward services by soldiers and civilians in the Portuguese colonies in Asia and Africa. It was discontinued after the Carnation Revolution in 1974.[1]
Source for the list: "Entidades Nacionais Agraciadas com Ordens Portuguesas", Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas (Office of the President of Portugal). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
Portuguese recipients
[edit]Foreign recipients
[edit]Name | Date | Note | Country |
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George V | 19 February 1934 | King of the United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
Albert Vleeschauwer | 10 October 1942 | Belgium | |
Pedro Cortina Mauri | 28 December 1960 | Minister Plenipotentiary | Spain |
José Ibanez Martin | 14 February 1962 | Spain |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ordens Nacionais", Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas (Office of the President of Portugal; in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 February 2019.