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The President of the Republic will decorate, during the Commemoration Ceremonies of the National Day of Portugal, in Setúbal, the following personalities: 

Former Military Orders:

Order of Christ

- Councillor Artur Joaquim de Faria Maurício ( Grand-Cross )

- Bishop Manuel Martins ( Grand-Cross )

Order of Avis

- Lieutenant-General Luís Miguel da Costa Alcide de Oliveira ( Grand-Cross )

- Major-General António Maria Antunes Moreira ( Grand Officer )

- Rear-Admiral Vasco António Leitão Rodrigues ( Grand Officer )

Order of Sant’Iago da Espada

- Prof. Doctor Aníbal Pinto de Castro ( Grand Officer )

National Orders:

Order of Prince Henry the Navigator

- Eng. Luís Fernando Mira Amaral ( Grand-Cross )

- Dr. Abílio Miguel Joaquim Dias Fernandes ( Grand Officer )

- Prof. Doctor Arsélio Pato de Carvalho ( Grand Officer )

- Fernando Echevarría ( Grand Officer )

- Prof. Doctor José Guilherme da Cunha Vaz (Grand Officer)

- Dr. José Pedro Machado, posthumously (Grand Officer)

- Prof. Doctor Maria Alzira Seixo (Grand Officer)

- Prof. Doctor Martim de Albuquerque (Grand Officer)

- Prof. Doctor Rafael Adolfo Coelho (Grand Officer)

- Prof. Doctor António Dias Farinha ( Commander )

- João Ramos Jorge (Rão Kyao) ( Officer )

- Association of Commandos ( Honorary Member)

Order of Civil Merit:

Order of Merit

- Prof. Doctor Apolinário José Barbosa da Cruz Vaz de Portugal ( Grand-Cross )

- Eng. Eduardo Ribeiro Pereira ( Grand-Cross )

- Eng. Fernando António de Miranda Guedes Bianchi-de-Aguiar ( Grand-Cross )

- Eng. José Bernardo Falcão e Cunha ( Grand-Cross )

- Dr. Eugénio José da Cruz Fonseca (Grand Officer )

- Prof. Doctor Fernando Martins Peres (Grand Officer )

- Dr. Jorge Maria Soares Lopes de Carvalho (Grand Officer )

- Dr. Maria Catalina Batalha Pestana (Grand Officer )

- Maria Cristina Andrada Léon (Grand Officer )

- Painter Nuno Siqueira (Grand Officer )

- Professor Alice Gaivão ( Commander )

- Dr. Francisco Augusto Caimoto Amaral ( Commander )

- Serafim Marques ( Commander )

- ARCIL – Association for the Recovery of Handicapped Persons ( Honorary Member )

- Portuguese League of Handicapped Persons ( Honorary Member )

- Évora Recreation and Dramatic Society ( Honorary Member )

Order of Public Education

- Professor Fernando Alves Cristóvão (Grand Officer )

- Dr. Albertina Olímpia Pereira Mateus ( Commander )

Order of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Merit
Class of Industrial Merit

- Eng. Sérgio Mendes de Melo ( Commander )