Type State Order Status Currently Constituted | Grand Master King Felipe VI | |
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Awarded for Recognition of activities in the fields of education, science, culture, higher education and research. Grand Chancellor Baron Íñigo Méndez de Vigo y Montojo, Minister of Education, Culture and Sport | ||
Order of Alfonso X the Wise (Spanish: Orden de Alfonso X el Sabio) is a Spanish civil order granted in recognition of activities in the fields of education, science, culture, higher education and research.
The order was created on 23 May 1902 by royal decree as the Order of Alfonso XII. In 1988 the order was reformed and given its current name. The 1988 reform’s main innovation was to discontinue the previous award’s practice of distinguishing male and female achievements, thereby eliminating explicit sexual discrimination.
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