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Included in the celebration of the National Day of Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese Communities, the President of the Republic awarded decorations to several individualities from the Portuguese Communities and to foreign citizens which will opportunely be handed to them.

Following is the list of the decorated individualities:

Ancient Military Orders:

Order of Sant’Iago da Espada

• Ronald A. De Pinho - USA (Commander)

National Orders:

Order of Prince Henry the Navigator

• Alberto Nuñez Feijóo – Spain (Grand Cross)
• Ernest Moniz –USA (Grand Cross)
• António-Serge de Pinho Campinos – Belgium (Grand Officer)
• Fernando Frutuoso de Melo – Belgium (Grand Officer)
• João Aguiar Machado – Belgium (Grand Officer)
• Luís Matos –USA (Grand Officer)
• Roberto Irineu Marinho – Brazil (Grand Officer)
• Cristina Robalo Cordeiro – Morocco (Commander)
• Daniel Malcolm Cameron – United Kingdom (Commander)
• Emanoel Alves Araújo – Brazil (Commander)
• Rubens Ermírio de Moraes – Brazil (Commander)
• José António Silva e Sousa – Spain (Commander)
• Marie Hélène Piwnik – France (Commander)
• Markus Kerber – Germany (Commander)
• Marta Vieira Pires – Argentina (Commander) – Posthumous award
• Teresa Presas – Belgium (Commander)
• Peter Pereira – USA (Officer)

Orders of Civil Merit:

Order of Merit

• Sister Lúcia Pereira Rodrigues Cândido – S. Tomé and Príncipe (Grand Officer)
• Abílio Morgadinho Laceiras – France (Commander)
• António Eduardo Gil Figueira - Namibia (Commander)
• António Pereira Marques - France (Commander)
• Gentil Moreira de Sousa – Brazil (Commander)
• Helena Silva Marques Hughes – USA (Commander)
• Inácio Afonso de Gouveia Pereira – Venezuela (Commander)
• José António dos Santos Valentim – South Africa (Commander)
• Laurentino de Sousa Esteves – Canada (Commander)
• Martha Mesquita da Rocha – Brazil (Commander)
• Paulo Manuel Pires dos Santos Almeida – Brazil (Commander)
• Rogério Oliveira - Luxembourg (Commander)
• Analido Mendes Amaro – Argentina (Oficial)
• Gorongosa National Park – Mozambique (Honorary Member)

Order of Entrepreneurial Merit

Class of Commercial Merit
• Paula Maria Ramos dos Santos Caetano – South Africa (Commander)