The President of the Republic decorated a number of individualities in the fields of Culture and Science.

The following individualities were decorated with several grades of Portuguese Honorific Orders:

Prof. Doctor Henrique Leitão - Commander of the Order of Sant’Iago da Espada
Father José Tolentino Mendonça - Commander of the Order of Sant’Iago da Espada
Prof. Doctor José Manuel Malheiro Holtreman Roquette – Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator
Prof. Doctor Maria Salomé Soares Pais – Commander of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator
Dr. Mário Assis Ferreira - Commander of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator

The President of the Republic delivered an address at the ceremony.