{{Short description|Honorific order of Brazil}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox order |name=Order of Rio Branco<br/> (''Ordem de Rio Branco'') |image=Order_Rio_Branco_Brazil_AEA_Collections.jpg |caption=Grand Cross insignia of the Order of Rio Branco. |established=5 February 1963 |founder=[[João Goulart]] |awarded_by = [[List of heads of state of Brazil|President of Brazil]] |type = [[Order (decoration)|Order]] |motto = ''UBIQUE PATRIAE MEMOR'' |day = |grades = Grand Cross<br>Grand Officer<br>Commander<br>Officer<br>Knight<br>Medal |for=Services to the state of Brazil |higher= |lower= |image2= |caption2= | status = Currently awarded | head_title=Grand Master |head= The [[President of Brazil]] |head2_title= Chancellor | head2= The [[Ministry of External Relations (Brazil)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] }} The '''Order of Rio Branco''' (''Ordem de Rio Branco'') is an honorific order of [[Brazil]] instituted by decree 51.697 of February 5, 1963. It is named in honor of the Brazilian diplomat [[José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco]].
The President of Brazil serves as the Grand Master of the Order while the Minister of Foreign Affairs is the order's Chancellor.
==Ranks== The order is composed of six ranks of merit : * Grand Cross (unlimited) * Grand Officer (60 members) * Commander (50 members) * Officer (40 members) * Knight (30 members) * Medal (unlimited)
==Insignia == The ribbon of the medal is blue with white borders.
{|align=center class=wikitable width=60% style="margin:1em auto;" ! colspan=6 align="center"|'''Ribbon bars''' |- |width=15% valign=top align=center|[[File:BRA Medalha do Merito de Rio Branco BAR.svg|100px|center]]<small>Medal</small> |width=15% valign=top align=center|[[File:BRA Ordem de Rio Branco Cavaleiro BAR.svg|100px|center]]<small>Knight</small> |width=15% valign=top align=center|[[File:BRA Ordem de Rio Branco Oficial BAR.svg|100px|center]]<small>Officer</small> |width=15% valign=top align=center|[[File:BRA Ordem de Rio Branco Comendador BAR.svg|100px|center]]<small>Commander</small> |width=15% valign=top align=center|[[File:BRA Ordem de Rio Branco Grande Oficial BAR.svg|100px|center]]<small>Grand Officer</small> |width=15% valign=top align=center|[[File:BRA Ordem de Rio Branco Gra-Cruz BAR.svg|100px|center]]<small>Grand Cross</small> |- |}
== Notable recipients == {{Div col}} * Grand Crosses ** [[Ban Ki-moon]] ** [[Maria Barroso]] ** [[Abdelouahed Belkeziz]] ** [[Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland]]<ref name="Lula">State visit of Lula da Silva in 2007, [http://www.anpfoto.nl/search.pp?page=1&ShowPicture=6279887&pos=1 ANP Photo] of Victoria, Carl Philip & Madeleine</ref><ref name="Sweden">[http://www.jusbrasil.com.br/diarios/708191/dou-secao-1-06-09-2007-pg-7 Diário Oficial da União] - DECRETO DE 5 DE SETEMBRO DE 2007</ref> ** [[Olavo de Carvalho]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://republicadecuritiba.net/2019/08/31/macron-uniu-brasil-em-torno-de-bolsonaro-diz-olavo-de-carvalho/|title="Macron uniu Brasil em torno de Bolsonaro", diz Olavo de Carvalho|date=August 31, 2019|access-date=September 17, 2019}}</ref> ** [[Pierre-François Forissier]] ** [[Frederik X|Frederik X of Denmark]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jusbrasil.com.br/diarios/1282642/pg-105-secao-1-diario-oficial-da-uniao-dou-de-01-07-1999|title=DOU 1/07/1999 - Pg. 105 - Seção 1 | Diário Oficial da União | Diários Jusbrasil|website=Jusbrasil|access-date=September 17, 2019}}</ref> ** [[Édouard Guillaud]] ** [[Onno Hattinga van't Sant]] ** [[Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland]]<ref>State visit of Lula da Silva in 2007, [http://www.anpfoto.nl/search.pp?page=1&ShowPicture=6279906&pos=5 ANP Photo], Madeleine wearing the order</ref><ref name="Lula" /><ref name="Sweden" /> ** [[Jean-Paul Paloméros]] ** [[Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco]] ** [[Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira]] ** [[Rudolf Schuster]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Tlačová agentúra Slovenskej republiky - TASR.sk |url=https://www.tasr.sk/tasr-clanok/TASR:2024011100000095 |website=www.tasr.sk |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> ** [[Sadao Watanabe (musician)|Sadao Watanabe]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sadao.com/en/biography-2/|title = Biography}}</ref> **[[Mako Komuro]], formerly [[Mako Komuro|Princess Mako of Akishino]] * Grand Officers ** [[Benedito Antônio de Lima]] ** [[Beatriz Consuelo]] ** [[Vicente Blanco Gaspar]] ** [[Duarte de Freitas do Amaral]] ** [[Valdecy Urquiza]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poder360.com.br/seguranca-publica/crime-organizado-virou-empresa-multinacional-diz-lula-na-interpol/|title=Crime organizado virou “empresa multinacional”, diz Lula na Interpol |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250609153428/https://www.poder360.com.br/seguranca-publica/crime-organizado-virou-empresa-multinacional-diz-lula-na-interpol/ |archive-date=9 June 2025|website=Poder 360|language=pt|date=9 June 2025}}</ref> * Commanders ** [[Ayrton Senna]] ** [[Marta (footballer)]] ** [[Laurindo Almeida]] ** [[Celso Antunes]] ** [[Silvio Barbato]] ** [[Gerard Béhague]] ** [[Luiz Bevilacqua]] ** [[Augustin Buzura]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.observatorcultural.ro/articol/murit-augustin-buzura/|title=A murit Augustin Buzura|lang=ro|magazine=[[Observator Cultural]]|volume=880|date=July 11, 2017|access-date=April 13, 2024}}</ref> ** [[António Costa]] ** [[Richard Descoings]] ** [[Gilbert Forray]] ** [[Graciano García García]] ** [[Gilberto Gil]] ** [[Rita Lee]] **[[Marius Haas]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in Lebanon|year=2007|publisher=Publitec Publications|isbn=978-3-598-07734-0|location=Beirut |edition=19th|url=https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110945904.476|page=143|doi=10.1515/9783110945904.476 }}</ref> ** [[Angela Villela Olinto]] ** [[Andrew Parsons (sports administrator)]] ** [[Edmond Safra]] ** [[Álvaro de Vasconcelos]] ** [[Adnan Kassar]] * Officer ** [[Roberto Ladijanski]] ** [[Cafu]] ** [[Alexandru Inversin]] ** [[Grzegorz Hajdarowicz]] ** [[Maria da Conceição Tavares]] ** [[Toots Thielemans]] ** [[Simona Miculescu]] ** [[Riordan Roett]] * Knights ** [[Pelé]] ** [[Charlie Byrd]] ** [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] ** [[Maha Mamo]] * Medal ** Diego Scardone ** [[Ramzi Salman]] * Unknown Class ** [[Renato Aragão]] ** [[Elizabeth Bishop]] ** [[Yeda Pessoa de Castro]] ** [[Alfredo Chiaradía]] ** [[Maria d'Apparecida]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Biographie Maria d'Apparecida|trans-title=Biography Maria d'Apparecida|url=https://www.whoswho.fr/decede/biographie-maria-d-apparecida_6566|encyclopedia=[[Who's Who in France]]|language=fr|access-date=7 November 2022}}</ref> ** [[Eli Whitney Debevoise II]] ** [[Tewolde Gebremariam]] ** [[Nahum Goldmann]] ** [[José Graziano da Silva]] ** [[Enrique V. Iglesias]] ** [[Ivan Izquierdo]] ** [[Álvaro Manzano]] ** [[Milinda Moragoda]] ** [[Airto Moreira]] ** [[Marlos Nobre]] ** [[Fayga Ostrower]] ** [[Flora Purim]] ** [[Ciro de Quadros]] ** [[Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo]] ** [[Edouard Saouma]] ** [[Mario Silva (politician)]] ** [[Peter Sutherland]] ** [[Vladimir Vasiliev (dancer)]] ** [[Inger Wikström]] {{Div col end}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links == * [http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/decreto/1950-1969/d51697.htm Decree nº51.697, de 5 february 1963] * [http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/pt-BR/cerimonial/5698-ordem-de-rio-branco Ministério das Relações Exteriore] - Ordem de Rio Branco * [http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/pt-BR/cerimonial/5699-regulamento-da-ordem-de-rio-branco Ministério das Relações Exteriore] - Regulamento da Ordem de Rio Branco
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