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The President of the Republic will decorate, at the Commemorative Ceremony of the National Day of Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese Communities, to be held in Guarda on 10 June instant, the following individualities and institutions:

Former Military Orders

• Dr. António Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino – Military Order of Christ (Grand-Cross)
• Judge Councillor Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira – Military Order of Christ (Grand-Cross)
• Vice-Admiral José António de Oliveira Viegas – Military Order of Avis (Grand-Cross)
• Lieutenant-General António José Maia de Mascarenhas – Military Order of Avis (Grand-Cross)
• Major-General Sílvio José Pimenta Sampaio – Military Order of Avis (Grand-Officer)
• Dr. Mário Costa Martins de Carvalho – Order of Sant’Iago da Espada (Grand-Officer)
• Prof. Doctor Rui L. Reis – Order of Sant’Iago da Espada (Commander)
• Doctor Rui M. Costa – Order of Sant’Iago da Espada (Commander)
• Rui Chafes – Order of Sant’Iago da Espada (Officer)

National Orders

• Dr. António Castel-Branco do Amaral Borges – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Grand-Cross) – Posthumously
• Prof. Doctor Manuel António Garcia Braga da Cruz – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Grand-Cross)
• Dr. Miguel António Igrejas Horta e Costa – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Grand-Cross)
• Prof. Doctor Eduardo Lourenço – Order of Freedom (Grand-Cross)
• Dr. Álvaro dos Santos Amaro – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Grand-Officer)
• Prof. Doctor António Ressano Garcia Lamas – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Grand-Officer)
• Maria João Avillez Van Zeller – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Grand-Officer)
• Rodrigo Costa Leão Munoz Miguez – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Grand-Officer)
• Luís Manuel Godinho de Matos – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Commander)
• Maria Cristina de Castro – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Commander) - Posthumously

Orders of Civil Merit

• Prof. Doctor Jorge Quina Ribeiro de Araújo – Order of Public Education (Grand-Cross)
• Dr. António Mota de Sousa Horta Osório – Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Commercial Merit (Grand-Cross)
• Eng. Zeinal Abedin Mohamed Bava – Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Commercial Merit (Grand-Cross)
• Eng. António Afonso Reynaud de Melo Pires – Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Industrial Merit(Grand-Officer)
• Alfredo Henriques – Order of Merit (Commander)
• Eng. António Jorge Nunes – Order of Merit (Commander)
• Dr. António Magalhães da Silva – Order of Merit (Commander)
• Maria da Luz Rosinha – Order of Merit (Commander)
• Dr. Maria das Dores Meira – Order of Merit (Commander))
• Dr. Sebastião Francisco Seruca Emídio – Order of Merit (Commander)
• Mário Sérgio Alves Nuno – Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Agricultural Merit (Commander)
• Alberto Machado Ferreira – Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Industrial Merit (Commander)
• Dr. Isabel Maria Mendes Furtado – Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Industrial Merit (Commander)
• João Miranda – Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Industrial Merit (Commander)
• José Eduardo Marques de Amorim – Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Industrial Merit (Commander)
• Manuel Barbeiro Costa – Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Industrial Merit (Commander)
• Manuel Madeira Grilo – Order of Merit (Officer)
• Jorge Nunes - Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Commercial Merit (Officer)
• Outeiro de S. Miguel Regional School – Order of Merit (Honorary Member)