List of recipients of the Order of the Three Stars

Here is a classification of the most notable recipients of Order of the Three Stars, the highest order of the Republic of Latvia.

Chronology of recipients

Commander Grand Cross (with Chain): Pre-World War II (1924–1940)

N° Recipients Quality Country Rank Date 1 Konstantin Päts State Elder (1921–1922; 1923–1924)   Commander GC with Chain 2 Jaan Tõnisson State Elder (1927–1928)   Commander GC with Chain 3 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk President (1918–1935)   Commander GC with Chain 4 Gaston Doumergue President (1924–1931)   Commander GC with Chain 5 Antanas Smetona President (1926–1940)   Commander GC with Chain 6 Ignacy Mościcki President (1926–1939)   Commander GC with Chain 7 Lauri Kristian Relander President (1925–1931)   Commander GC with Chain 8 Gustaf V of Sweden King (1907–1950)   Commander GC with Chain 9 Gustavs Zemgals President (1927–1930)   Commander GC with Chain 10 Albert I of Belgium King (1909–1934)   Commander GC with Chain 11 Alberts Kviesis President (1930–1936)   Commander GC with Chain 12 Pehr Evind Svinhufvud President (1931–1937)   Commander GC with Chain 14 December 1931 13 Kārlis Ulmanis President (1936–1940)   Commander GC with Chain 14 Miklós Horthy Regent (1920–1944 )   Commander GC with Chain 15 Antanas Merkys Mayor of Kaunas (1933–1939)   Commander GC 15 March 1937

Commander Grand Cross (with Chain): Modern era (since 1994)

N° Recipients Quality Country Rank Date Presidency of Guntis Ulmanis (1993–1999) 1 François Mitterrand President (1981–1995)   Commander GC with Chain 12 April 1995 Co-Prince (1981–1995)   2 Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden King (1973–)   Commander GC with Chain 25 September 1995 3 Queen Silvia of Sweden Queen Consort   Commander Grand Cross 25 September 1995 4 Algirdas Brazauskas President (1993–1988)   Commander Grand Cross 22 April 1996 5 Lennart Meri President (1992–2001)   Commander GC with Chain 9 October 1996 6 Elizabeth II Queen (1952–2022)   Commander GC with Chain 30 October 1996 7 Margrethe II of Denmark Queen (1972–2024)   Commander GC with Chain 12 March 1997 8 Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark Crown Prince, now King   Commander Grand Cross 12 March 1997 9 Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark Prince Consort   Commander Grand Cross 12 March 1997 10 Jacques Chirac President (1995–2007)   Commander Grand Cross 8 April 1997 Co-Prince (1995–2007)   11 Aleksander Kwaśniewski President (1995–2005)   Commander Grand Cross 23 April 1997 12 Oscar Luigi Scalfaro President (1992–1999)   Commander Grand Cross 23 April 1997 13 Martti Ahtisaari President (1994–2000)   Commander Grand Cross 17 October 1997 14 Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson President (1996–2016)   Commander Grand Cross 5 June 1998 15 Harald V of Norway King (1991–)   Commander GC with Chain 22 July 1998 16 Queen Sonja of Norway Queen Consort   Commander Grand Cross 22 July 1998 17 Guntis Ulmanis President (1993–1999)   Commander GC with Chain 26 October 1998 18 Konstantinos Stephanopoulos President (1995–2005)   Commander Grand Cross 22 March 1999 19 Roman Herzog President (1994–1999)   Commander Grand Cross 19 May 1999 20 Václav Havel President (1994–1999)   Commander GC with Chain 6 July 1999 Presidency of Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (1999–2007) N° Recipients Quality Country Rank Date 21 Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga President (1999–2007)   Commander GC with Chain 8 July 1999 22 Boris Yeltsin President (1992–2000)   Commander GC with Chain 18 February 2000 23 Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway Crown Prince   Commander Grand Cross 15 September 2000 24 Valdas Adamkus President (1998–2003/2004–09)   Commander GC with Chain 12 March 2001 25 Alma Adamkienė President's wife   Commander Grand Cross 12 March 2001 26 Tarja Halonen President (2000–2012)   Commander GC with Chain 12 April 2001 27 Pentti Arajärvi President's husband   Commander Grand Cross 12 April 2001 28 Ferenc Mádl President (2000–2005)   Commander GC with Chain 10 October 2001 29 Milan Kučan President (1991–2002)   Commander GC with Chain 12 April 2002 30 Johannes Rau President (1999–2004)   Commander GC with Chain 10 March 2003 31 Christina Rau President's wife   Commander Grand Cross 10 March 2003 32 Jorge Sampaio President (1996–2006)   Commander GC with Chain 8 May 2003 33 Maria José Ritta President's wife   Commander Grand Cross 8 May 2003 34 Georgi Parvanov President (2002–2012)   Commander GC with Chain 25 November 2003 35 Zorka Parvanova President's wife   Commander Grand Cross 25 November 2003 36 Guido de Marco President (1999–2004)   Commander Grand Cross 10 February 2004 37 Edward Fenech Adami Pr. Min. (1998–2003/2004)President (2004–2009)   Commander Grand Cross 10 February 2004 38 Violet de Marco President's wife   Commander Grand Cross 10 February 2004 39 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi President (1999–2006)   Commander GC with Chain 31 March 2004 Orders administered by the Chapter 40 Juan Carlos I of Spain King (1975–2014)   Commander GC with Chain 16 October 2004 N° Recipients Quality Country Rank Date 41 Queen Sofía of Spain Queen Consort (1975–2014)   Commander GC with Chain 16 October 2004 42 Felipe, Prince of Asturias Crown Prince now King (2014–)   Commander Grand Cross 16 October 2004 43 Letizia, Princess of Asturias Crown Princess C. now Queen consort (2014–)   Commander Grand Cross 16 October 2004 44 Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Secretary General of NATO   Commander Grand Cross 16 October 2004 45 Günter Verheugen European Commissioner   Commander Grand Cross 16 October 2004 46 Romano Prodi Pr. of Eur. Commission   Commander Grand Cross 16 October 2004 47 Pat Cox Pr. of the Eur. Parliament   Commander Grand Cross 16 October 2004 48 George Robertson Secretary General of NATO   Commander Grand Cross 16 October 2004 49 Ivan Gašparovič President (2004–2014 )   Commander Grand Cross 28 February 2005 50 George W. Bush President (2001–2009)   Commander GC with Chain 3 May 2005 51 Jolanta Kwaśniewska President's wife   Commander Grand Cross 4 July 2005 52 Arnold Rüütel President (2001–2006)   Commander GC with Chain 30 November 2005 53 Ingrid Rüütel President's wife   Commander Grand Cross 30 November 2005 54 Viktor Yushchenko President (2005–2010)   Commander GC with Chain 24 April 2006 55 Beatrix of the Netherlands Queen (1980–2013)   Commander GC with Chain 17 May 2006 56 Alexy II of Moscow Patriarch of Moscow (1990–2008)   Commander Grand Cross 25 May 2006 57 Mary Fenech Adami President's wife   Commander Grand Cross 15 June 2006 58 László Sólyom President (2005–2010)   Commander GC with Chain 31 August 2006 59 Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg Grand Duke (2000–2025)   Commander GC with Chain 4 December 2006 60 Maria Teresa, Gr.D. of Luxembourg Grand Duchess Consort (2000–2025)   Commander Grand Cross 4 December 2006 N° Recipients Quality Country Rank Date 61 Jean-Claude Juncker Pr. Minister (1995–2013)   Commander Grand Cross 4 December 2006 62 Imants Freibergs President's husband   Commander Grand Cross 15 March 2007 63 Albert II of Belgium King (1993–2013)   Commander GC with Chain 15 March 2007 64 Queen Paola of Belgium Queen Consort (1993–2013) now former Queen   Commander Grand Cross 15 March 2007 65 Mohammed VI of Morocco King (1999–)   Commander GC with Chain 15 March 2007 66 Akihito Emperor (1989–2019)   Commander GC with Chain 15 March 2007 67 Tassos Papadopoulos President (2003–2008)   Commander GC with Chain 15 March 2007 68 Foteini Papadopoulou President's wife   Commander Grand Cross 15 March 2007 Presidency of Valdis Zatlers (2007–2011) 69 Valdis Zatlers President (2007–2011)   Commander GC with Chain 11 April 2008 70 Kateryna Yushchenko President's wife   Commander Grand Cross 19 June 2008 71 Stjepan Mesić President (2000–2010)   Commander GC with Chain 1 September 2008 72 Nursultan Nazarbayev President (1990–2019)   Commander GC with Chain 1 October 2008 73 Islam Karimov President (1990–2016 )   Commander GC with Chain 1 October 2008 74 Matthew Festing Prince & Gr.Mast. (2008–2017)   Commander Grand Cross 14 October 2008 75 Hans-Gert Pöttering Pr. of the Eur. Parliament   Commander Grand Cross 12 January 2009 76 Toomas Hendrik Ilves President (2006–2016)   Commander GC with Chain 30 March 2009 77 Evelin Ilves President's wife   Commander Grand Cross 30 March 2009 78 Emomalii Rahmon President (1992–)   Commander GC with Chain 9 July 2009 79 Ilham Aliyev President (2003–)   Commander GC with Chain 6 August 2009 80 Dalia Grybauskaitė President (2009–2019)   Commander GC with Chain 4 February 2011 81 Traian Băsescu President (2004–2012)   Commander GC with Chain 28 February 2011 Presidency of Andris Bērziņš (2011–2015) 82 Andris Bērziņš President (2011–2015)   Commander GC with Chain 7 July 2011 83 Ivo Josipović President (2010–2015)   Commander GC with Chain 29 March 2012 84 Mikheil Saakashvili President (2008–2013)   Commander GC with Chain 28 May 2012 85 Bronisław Komorowski President (2010–2015)   Commander GC with Chain 22 November 2012 86 Anna Komorowska President's wife   Commander Grand Cross 22 November 2012 87 Joachim Gauck President (2012–2017)   Commander GC with Chain 3 July 2013 88 Daniela Schadt President's domestic partner   Commander Grand Cross 3 July 2013 89 Sauli Niinistö President (2012–)   Commander GC with Chain 9 September 2013 90 Jenni Haukio President's wife   Commander Grand Cross 9 September 2013 91 Heinz Fischer President (2004–2017)   Commander GC with Chain 2 April 2015 N° Recipients Quality Country Rank Date

Grand Officer

N° Recipients Quality Country Rank Date . Victoria, Cr. Pr. of Sweden Crown Princess   Grand Officer (2nd Cl.) 25 September 1995 . Princess Lilian, D. of Halland Princess   Grand Officer (2nd Cl.) 25 September 1995 . Prince Carl Philip Prince   Grand Officer (2nd Cl.) 22 March 2005 . Princess Madeleine Princess   Grand Officer (2nd Cl.) 22 March 2005 . Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany   Grand Officer (2nd Cl.) 19 February 2019

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