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Condecoración Miguel Hidalgo

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Type
  
Order

Sovereign
  
United Mexican States

Eligibility
  
Mexican citizens

Awarded for
  
Eminent or distinguished merits; exemplar conduct or life's work; relevant services rendered unto the Nation or to Humanity; or heroic acts

Status
  
active de jure, dormant de facto

Grades
  
Collar, Cross, Band and Plaque

The Condecoración "Miguel Hidalgo" or Miguel Hidalgo Decoration forms part of the Mexican Honours System. It is the highest award that the United Mexican States can issue its citizens. It is awarded for eminent or distinguished merits; exemplar conduct or life's work; relevant services rendered unto the Nation or to Mankind; or heroic acts. There are very few records of it being awarded.

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Background

The award is named after Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753-1811), Mexican Catholic priest and main leader of the Mexican War of Independence.

In 1975, President Luis Echeverría signed the decree establishing the Mexican Law of Prizes, Stimuli and Civil Rewards, which lists the awards issued by the Executive Branch of the Government of Mexico and established the Condecoración "Miguel Hidalgo" as the nation's highest award to its own citizens.

Description

The decoration consists of four classes:

  • Collar:
  • For heroic acts, difficult to repeat by a person of exemplary conduct;
  • For services rendered unto the Nation or to Humanity, of a transcendent and extremely beneficial nature.
  • Cross:
  • For eminent merits;
  • For outstandingly exemplar conduct;
  • For heroic acts or services rendered which would not merit a collar.
  • Band:
  • For distinguished merits;
  • For conduct so exemplary that it warrants making it public knowledge.
  • Plaque:
  • For merits not contemplated by the previous grades.

    • Recipients

  • Hilario Durán Herreros - Received the Band in 1978 for contributions to the development of Mexico's Customs Regulations and Administrative Reform.
  • Jesús Silva Herzog - Received the Collar in 1979 for his contributions to Mexico's academic system.

    • References

    Condecoración Miguel Hidalgo Wikipedia
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