Order of the Unity of the Nation

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Order of the Unity of the Nation

Awarded by  Syria
Type| Order
Status| Currently constituted
Grades| Member 1st Class
Member 2nd Class
Member 3rd Class
Precedence
Next (higher)| None
Next (lower)| Hero of the Republic

Ribbon bar of the order

The Order of the Unity of the Nation  (Arabic: وسام أمية الوطني) is the highest order of Syria.

## History

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The order was established on 12 July 1934.[1]

## Classes

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The order is composed of the following classes :

* Member 1st Class
* Member 2nd Class
* Member 3rd Class

## Insignia

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* The sash is green with thin black borders and white stripes.

## Recipients

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* Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
* Al-Waleed bin Talal
* Anwar Sadat
* Elias IV of Antioch
* Juan Domingo Perón[2]
* Émile Lahoud
* Farouk of Egypt
* Francisco Franco[3]
* Giorgio Napolitano
* Haile Selassie
* Hosni Mubarak
* Hugo Chávez
* Hussein of Jordan
* Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa
* Mohammed V of Morocco
* Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
* Mustafa Tlass
* Qaboos bin Said al Said
* Sirajuddin of Perlis
* Suharto
* Siti Hartinah
* Anatoly Bibilov
* Henryk Jabłoński

## References

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1. ^ وسام أمية الوطني ذو العقد
2. ^ "FOR A GOOD ARAB, THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN OTHER ARAB": NATION, ETHNICITY AND CITIZENSHIP IN PERONIST ARGENTINA" (PDF). peronlibros.com (in Spanish).
3. ^ "تقليد الجنرال فرانكو وشاح أمية ذو العقد سنة 1953". syrianhistory.com (in Arabic).

## External links

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* Pictures of the Order