Ordem do Vulcão

Ordem do Vulcão (Portuguese for the Order of Vulcan or Order of the Volcano), also named as the Medal of the 1st Class of Ordem do Vulcão is a national award that is done each year by the President of Cape Verde, it is awarded to the greatest personalities of Cape Verde and non-Cape Verdeans, which contributes to an aggrandizement of the nation.[1] It is the main decoration of the country created after the independence of the nation.

Ranks

It has the following ranks:

  • Medal of the 1st Rank
  • Medal of the 2nd Rank
  • Medal of the 3rd Rank

Recipients
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References
  1. "Elsa Rodrigues dos Santos" (in Portuguese). Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. "Condecoração de Eugénio Tavares pelo presidente da Républica de Cabo Verde, Doutor António Mascarenhas Monteiro" [Decoration of Eugénio Tavares by the President of the Republic of Cape Verde, Dr. António Mascarenhas Monteiro] (in Portuguese). Eugénio Tavares Foundation. February 1995.
  3. "Curriculum vitæ" (in Portuguese). Website of João Lopes Filho. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  4. "Embaixada de Cabo Verde atribui `medalha do vulcão` a Amélia da Lomba" (in Portuguese). Angola Press. 7 December 2005. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  5. "Gil Semedo, Associação Deficientes de São Vicente e prof. Edite Broges condecorados com 1ª classe da ordem do Vulcão" (in Portuguese). RTC. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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