Order of the Equatorial Star

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Order of the Equatorial Star

Order awarded to David Ben Gurion

Type| Five-grade order
Awarded for| personal merit and service to the nation, both civil and military.
Presented by|  Gabon
Status| active
Established| August 6, 1959

Ribbon of the Order

Precedence
Next (higher)| none
Next (lower)| National Order of Merit

The Order of the Equatorial Star (French: Ordre de l'Etoile Equatoriale) is a state order of Gabon.

Instituted on 6 August 1959, it is awarded for personal merit and service to the nation, both civil and military.[1] It has five grades: Grand Cross, Grand Officer, Commander, Officer and Knight.

## Notable recipients

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* Virginie Ambougou – Gabonese royal and politician (1902–1992)
* Jean-Bédel Bokassa – Leader of Central Africa from 1966 to 1979
* Paul Boundoukou-Latha – Gabonese politician (1952–2020)
* Andrés Carrascosa Coso – Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1955) (Grand Officer) (2009)[2]
* Yvette Chassagne – French politician (1922–2007)
* Maurice Couve de Murville – Prime Minister of France from 1968 to 1969
* Michel Debré – Prime Minister of France from 1959 to 1962
* Lamine Diack – Senegalese businessman (1933–2021)
* Abba Hushi – Polish-born Israeli politician (1898–1969)
* Mordechai Ish-Shalom – Israeli politician and labor leader (1902–1991)
* Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – President of Brazil (2003–2011; 2023–present)
* Kadish Luz – Israeli politician (1895–1972)
* Ferdinand Marcos – President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
* Golda Meir – Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974
* Rose Christiane Raponda – Vice President of Gabon in 2023
* Albert Schweitzer – French-German theologian and philosopher (1875–1965)
* Zalman Shazar – President of Israel from 1963 to 1973
* Franz Josef Strauss – Chairman of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) from 1961 until 1988
* Seif el-Din el-Zoubi – Israeli politician (1913–1986)

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## References

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1. ^ "DES DECORATIONS ETRANGERES". semon.fr. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
2. ^ Douglas Anselme Ntoutoume (16 January 2009). "Gabon: Le Nonce Apostolique Andrés Carrascosa Coso élevé au Rang de grand Officier dans l'ordre de l'Etoile Equatorial" [Gabon: Apostolic Nuncio Andrés Carrascosa Coso elevated to the rank of Grand Officer in the Order of the Equatorial Star] (in French). Libreville. Gabonews - via fr.allafrica.com.

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