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The President of the Republic decorates, in the Commemorative Ceremonies of the National Day of Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese Communities, to be held in Lamego, on 10th June instant, the following individualities and institutions:

Ancient Military Orders
• Prof. Doctor Fernando Teixeira dos Santos – Military Order of Christ (Grand Cross)
• Prof. Doctor José Mariano Gago – Military Order of Christ (Grand Cross)– Posthumously
• Vice-Admiral José Alfredo Monteiro Montenegro – Military Order of Avis (Grand Cross)
• Lieutenant-General Frederico José Rovisco Duarte – Military Order of Avis (Grand Cross)
• Lieutenant-General PILAV António Afonso dos Santos Allen Revez – Military Order of Avis (Grand Cross)
• Master Querubim Lapa – Order of Sant’Iago da Espada (Grand-Officer)
• Dr. Fátima Cardoso – Order of Sant’Iago da Espada (Commander)
• Doctor Henrique Veiga-Fernandes – Order of Sant’Iago da Espada (Commander)
• Dr. Isabel Silveira Godinho – Order of Sant’Iago da Espada (Commander)
• Dr. Pedro Mexia – Order of Sant’Iago da Espada (Officer)
• Prof. Doctor Vítor Cardoso – Order of Sant’Iago da Espada (Commander)
• Doctor Zita Martins – Order of Sant’Iago da Espada (Officer)
• Alexandre Farto (Vhils) – Order of Sant’Iago da Espada (Knight)

National Orders
• Master António Lagarto – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Grand Officer)
• Júlio Pereira – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Grand Officer)
• António Zambujo – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Commander)
• Carlos Gil – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Commander)
• Dr. João Diogo Pinto – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Commander)
• Dr. Felipe Oliveira Baptista – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Commander)
• Eng. Francisco Lopes – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Commander)
• Eng. Francisco Maria Pinto Balsemão – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Commander)
• José Pracana – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Commander)
• Nuno Baltazar – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Commander)
• Nuno Gama – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Commander)
• Dr. Sara Pereira – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Commander)
• Maestro Dinis Sousa – Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Knight)
• Bruno Neto – Order of Freedom (Knight)
• APAV – Portuguese Association for Victim Support – Order of Freedom (Honorary Member)

Orders of Civil Merit
• Doctor Arlindo Marques da Cunha – Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Agricultural Merit (Grand Cross)
• Dr. António Travassos – Order of Merit (Grand-Officer)
• Dr. João Pedro Mendes de Almeida Lopes - Order of Merit (Grand-Officer)
• Professor Orlando da Costa Lourenço - Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Agricultural Merit (Grand-Officer)
• Eng. António Manuel Leitão Borges – Order of Merit (Commander)
• Dr. Francisco José da Conceição Espadinha – Order of Merit (Commander)
• Hernâni Almeida – Order of Merit (Commander)
• Dr. José Mário de Almeida Cardoso – Order of Merit (Commander)
• Dr. Maria Teresa Osório Mesquita Montes – Order of Merit (Commander)
• Prof. Doctor Francisco Artur de Vaz Tomé Laranjo – Order of Public Education (Commander)
• Dr. Ana Paula Rafael – Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Industrial Merit (Commander)
• Eurico Manuel da Silva Ferreira – Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Industrial Merit (Commander)
• Dr. Miguel Pavão – Order of Merit (Officer)
• Dr. Filipe Cameirinha Ramos – Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Agricultural Merit (Officer)
• Eng. Luís Sabbo – Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Agricultural Merit (Officer)
• Dr. Miguel Neiva - Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Commercial Merit (Officer)
• Mestre Miguel Pina Martins - Order of Entrepreneurial Merit – Class of Commercial Merit (Officer)
• ANAFRE – National Parish Association – Order of Merit (Honorary Member)
• “Os Serranos” Cultural Centre, from Newark, New Jersey, USA – Order of Merit (Honorary Member)