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The President of the Republic awarded several individualities from the Portuguese Diaspora Communities, as well as foreign citizens, on the occasion of the National Day of Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese Communities with decorations which will be handed opportunely.

Following is the list of the individualities decorated:

National Orders:

Order of Prince Henry the Navigator

• Gerhard Schiesser – Austria (Commander)
• Hans Ottomeyer – Germany (Commander)
• Michael J. Rodrigues – EUA (Commander)

Orders of Civil Merit:

Order of Merit

• Ho Hau Wah, Edmundo - Macau, China (Grand Cross)
• Amaury Temporal – Brazil (Commander)
• Américo dos Santos Lopes – Brazil (Commander)
• António Paulo Neves Marques – France (Commander)
• Guy Reger – Luxembourg (Commander)
• Hermano Sanches Ruivo – France (Commander)
• Joaquim António Ribeiro Prazeres – Canada (Commander)
• José Álvaro Nolasco Santimano Menezes e Monteiro - East Timor (Commander)
• Juan Alberto Marques Rodrigues – Venezuela (Commander)
• Manuel Fernando Correia Vilar – Uruguay (Commander)
• Nanda Sadvissa Naique Counto – India (Commander)
• Rita Botelho dos Santos - Macau, China (Commander)
• Álvaro Cerqueira Machado – Marocco (Officer)
• João António Marques Roque – France (Officer)
• Manuel Pinto Pereira Viegas – EUA (Officer)