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.
Ribbon barsMedalKnightOfficer CommanderGrand OfficerGrand Cross
Notable recipients
Grand Crosses Ban Ki-moon Maria Barroso Abdelouahed Belkeziz Prince Carl Philip, Duke of VärmlandState visit of Lula da Silva in 2007, ANP Photo of Victoria, Carl Philip & MadeleineDiário Oficial da União - DECRETO DE 5 DE SETEMBRO DE 2007 Olavo de Carvalho Pierre-François Forissier Frederik X of Denmark Édouard Guillaud Onno Hattinga van't Sant Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and GästriklandState visit of Lula da Silva in 2007, ANP Photo, Madeleine wearing the order Jean-Paul Paloméros Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira Rudolf Schuster Sadao Watanabe Mako Komuro, formerly Princess Mako of Akishino Grand Officers Beatriz Consuelo Vicente Blanco Gaspar Duarte de Freitas do Amaral Valdecy Urquiza Commanders Ayrton Senna Marta Laurindo Almeida Celso Antunes Silvio Barbato Gerard Béhague Luiz Bevilacqua Augustin Buzura António Costa Richard Descoings Graciano García García Gilberto Gil Rita Lee Marius Haas Angela Villela Olinto Andrew Parsons Edmond Safra Álvaro de Vasconcelos Adnan Kassar Officer Cafu Grzegorz Hajdarowicz Maria da Conceição Tavares Toots Thielemans Simona Miculescu Riordan Roett Roberto Ladijanski Knights Pelé Charlie Byrd Ryuichi Sakamoto Maha Mamo Medal Renato Aragão Elizabeth Bishop Yeda Pessoa de Castro Alfredo Chiaradía Maria d'Apparecida 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 Peter Sutherland Vladimir Vasiliev Inger Wikström
References
External links Decree nº51.697, de 5 february 1963 Ministério das Relações Exteriore - Ordem de Rio Branco Ministério das Relações Exteriore - Regulamento da Ordem de Rio Branco