{{Short description|Honorary distinction of Mali}} {{use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2013}} {{Infobox order |image2=100px |caption2= Ribbon of the order |image=Insigne de chevalier de l'ordre national du Mali-Musée de la Légion d'honneur (1).jpg|awarded_by=President of Mali |established=31 May 1963 |status = Currently constituted |grades= Grand Cross<br>Grand Officer<br>Commander<br>Officer<br>Knight |higher = |lower = }} The '''National Order of Mali''' ({{langx|fr|Ordre National du Mali}}) is the highest of honorific orders of Mali.
== History == The National Order of Mali was founded on 31 May 1963<ref name=medals>{{Cite web |title=Republic of Mali: National Order |work=Medals of the World |date= 2013-02-26 |access-date= 2021-04-23 |url= https://www.medals.org.uk/mali/mali001.htm |language=en }}</ref> to celebrate the independence of the country acquired in 1960 after decades of French colonisation. As such, the order was granted to deserving personalities to the state and could also be granted to foreign heads of state as a sign of friendship.
== Classes == The Order consists of the following classes of merit:<ref name=medals/> {|class=wikitable width=60% align=center style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;" |- ! colspan=5 |'''Ribbon bars''' |- |width=20% valign=top align=center|106px|center<small>Grand Cross</small> |width=20% valign=top align=center|106px|center<small>Grand Officer</small> |width=20% valign=top align=center|106px|center<small>Commander</small> |width=20% valign=top align=center|106px|center<small>Officer</small> |width=20% valign=top align=center|106px|center<small>Knight</small> |}
== Recipients == * Sira Diop, Malian educator and trades unionist, Grand officier, 2005 * Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey<ref>{{cite news |title=Primary targets of organizations such as DAESH, Al-Qaeda and Boko Haram have always been Muslims |url=https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/90622/primary-targets-of-organizations-such-as-daesh-al-qaeda-and-boko-haram-have-always-been-muslims |access-date=31 March 2022 |work=Presidency Of The Republic Of Turkey |issue=2 March 2018}}</ref> * Kim Il Sung, President of North Korea<!--Grand Cross, 18 May 1976--><ref name=Summary>{{cite book|title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East, Part 3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PEvRAAAAMAAJ|date=May 1976|publisher=Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation|page=A–5|location=Reading|oclc=976978783}}</ref> * Kim Song-ae, wife of Kim Il Sung<ref name=Summary/> * Kim Jong Il, heir apparent of Kim Il Sung<!--Grand Cross, 17 December 1992--><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Kim|first=Mi Ye|title=Infinite Admiration for the Great Person|number=2|year=2021|volume=782|magazine=Pictorial Korea|issn=1727-9208|pages=1–9|url=https://kkfonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Dpr-Korea-Juche-110-2.pdf|postscript=,}} {{p.|5}}.</ref>
== Insignia == The ''medal'' of the Order is composed on the model of French Legion of Honor with a ten-pointed yellow outer cross, each point ending in a gold pearl and a ten-pointed smaller inner red cross, edged in gold. At the center of the crosses is a medallion of red enamel with the letters "RM" ("République du Mali"), surrounded by a golden ring, bearing the phrase "ORDRE NATIONAL" ("National Order") in red letters above and two crossed laurel branches under.
The ''plaque '' has the same design as the medal, on an eight-pointed "silver rays" star.
The ''ribbon'' is yellow with a green border on one side and a red one on the other,<ref name=medals/> which remember the colours of the national flag of Mali.
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Recipients of the National Order of Mali Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Mali Mali, National Order of Category:Awards established in 1963 Category:1963 establishments in Africa