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Do not fill this in! == Notable recipients == [[File:Lote Schulz 2009.jpg|alt=Lotte Schulz, receiving her National Order of Merit in 2009.|thumb|[[Lotte Schulz]], receiving her National Order of Merit in 2009.]]{{Incomplete list|date=June 2020}} * [[Augusto Roa Bastos]], Paraguayan writer.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hiller|first=Anna E.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Na8SAAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Orden+Nacional+al+M%C3%A9rito%22+paraguay&pg=PA164|title=Great Spanish and Latin American Short Stories of the 20th Century/Grandes cuentos españoles y latinoamericanos del siglo XX: A Dual-Language Book|date=2013-09-19|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-47624-7|pages=164|language=en}}</ref> * [[Juan Crisóstomo Centurión]], [[Paraguayan Army]] officer.<ref name="Centurión">{{cite book|title=Memorias del coronel Juan Crisóstomo Centurión o sea reminiscencias históricas sobre la Guerra del Paraguay, vol. 4|last=Centurión |first= Juan C.|date=1901|publisher=Imprenta de Obras de J. A. Berra}}</ref> * [[Graziella Corvalán]], Paraguayan academic<ref>{{cite report |editor-last1=Sánchez |editor-first1=Vidalia |title=CEDAW Comentarios Inusuales |url=https://observatoriodegenero.csj.gov.py/media/uploadfiles/cedaw-comentarios-inusuales/CEDAW_ORIGINAL.pdf |publisher=Editorial Servilibro |access-date=24 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424162749/https://observatoriodegenero.csj.gov.py/media/uploadfiles/cedaw-comentarios-inusuales/CEDAW_ORIGINAL.pdf |archive-date=24 April 2023 |location=Asunción, Paraguay |chapter=Graziella Corvalán |pages=194–197 |language=Spanish |trans-title=CEDAW Unusual Comments |date=16 August 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Gildo Insfrán]], [[Argentines|Argentine]] politician.<ref name=":3" /> * [[Shinichi Kitaoka]], [[Japan|Japanese]] political scientist on behalf of the [[Japan International Cooperation Agency|Japanese International Cooperation Agency]] (JICA).<ref name=":1" /> * [[Eusebio Leal]], [[Cuba|Cuban]] historian.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Central|first=Redaccion|date=2018-10-04|title=Recibe Eusebio Leal orden nacional al mérito de la república de Paraguay|url=http://www.radioreloj.cu/es/noticias-radio-reloj/nacionales/recibe-eusebio-leal-orden-nacional-al-merito-la-republica-paraguay/|access-date=2020-06-24|website=Radio Reloj|language=es-ES}}</ref> * [[Francisco Solano López]], president of Paraguay.<ref name="Centurión" /> * [[José Mujica]], [[Uruguay|Uruguayan]] politician and president.<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 August 2010|title=Lugo entrega a Mujica Orden Nacional al Mérito Mcal. Francisco Solano López|url=https://www.abc.com.py/nacionales/lugo-entrega-a-mujica-orden-nacional-al-merito-mcal-francisco-solano-lopez-147502.html|access-date=2020-06-24|website=ABC Color|language=es}}</ref> * [[Aloysio Nunes]], [[Brazil|Brazilian]] politician.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Canciller Loizaga impuso la condecoración con la Orden Nacional al Mérito en el grado de Gran Cruz Extraordinaria al Canciller Nunes Ferreira del Brasil|url=https://www.mre.gov.py/index.php/noticias/canciller-loizaga-impuso-la-condecoracion-con-la-orden-nacional-al-merito-en-el-grado-de-gran-cruz-extraordinaria-al-canciller-n?ccm_paging_p=6|access-date=2020-06-24|website=Portal Oficial del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la República del Paraguay|language=es}}</ref> * [[Domingo Antonio Ortiz]], Paraguayan naval officer of the [[Triple Alliance War]].<ref name="Memorias">{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/memoriasdelaguerracontralatriplealianza/posts/2843183065915064/|title=CAPITAN DE NAVÍO DOMINGO ANTONIO ORTIZ|website=Facebook|access-date=2 January 2024}}</ref> * [[Berta Rojas]], Paraguayan musician.<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 January 2017|title=La guitarrista Berta Rojas recibe la máxima condecoración de la Cancillería paraguaya|url=https://www.efe.com/efe/america/cultura/la-guitarrista-berta-rojas-recibe-maxima-condecoracion-de-cancilleria-paraguaya/20000009-3147050|access-date=2020-06-24|website=Agencia EFE|language=es}}</ref> * [[Luis Szarán]], Paraguayan musician.<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 October 2016|title=El canciller paraguayo condecora al director de orquesta Luis Szarán y al pintor Koki Ruiz|url=https://www.efe.com/efe/cono-sur/cultura/el-canciller-paraguayo-condecora-al-director-de-orquesta-luis-szaran-y-pintor-koki-ruiz/50000756-3067292|access-date=2020-06-24|website=Agencia EFE|language=es}}</ref> *[[Lotte Schulz]], Paraguayan artist.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cáceres|first=Rocío|date=24 January 2016|title=El arte paraguayo está de luto con la partida de la gran artista Lotte Schulz|url=https://www.ultimahora.com/el-arte-paraguayo-esta-luto-la-partida-la-gran-artista-lotte-schulz-n961498.html|access-date=2020-06-22|website=Ultima Hora|language=es-ES}}</ref> *[[Peter Tomlinson (admiral)|Peter Tomlinson]], [[South Africa|South African]] admiral.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=December 2012|title=Obituaries|url=https://www.bishops.org.za/magazine/Dec2012/OD.pdf|journal=Old Diocesans Union|pages=144}}</ref> *[[Augusto Pinochet]], Chilean dictator.<ref name="PinochetOrders">{{Cite web|title=Biografía de los miembros de la Junta de Gobierno |url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0053665.pdf |website=memoriachilena.cl|access-date=13 January 2015}}</ref> * [[Fumihito, Prince Akishino]], Japanese Crown Prince.<ref name="The Nikkei">{{Cite news|author=|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUE0533E0V01C21A0000000/|title=眞子さま、パラグアイから勲章 外国から初めて|newspaper=[[The Nikkei]]|publisher=|date=2021-10-05|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005090712/https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUE0533E0V01C21A0000000/|archivedate=2021-10-05}}</ref> * former [[Mako Komuro|Princess Mako of Akishino]], Japanese Princess.<ref name="The Nikkei"/> <gallery> File:Paraguay Order of Merit Grand Cross breast star.png|Grand Cross grade of the order. File:Paraguay Order of Merit Grand Cross set.png|Set of insignia of the Grand Cross. File:Paraguay Order of Merit Grand Cross badge (obverse).png|Grand Cross badge (obverse). File:Paraguay Order of Merit Grand Cross badge (reverse).png|Grand Cross badge (reverse). File:Cordon of Francisco Solano López (Paraguay) - Memorial JK - Brasilia - DSC00452.JPG|[[Collar (order)|Collar]] of the order of [[Francisco Solano López]]. </gallery> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page