"Legion of Honor" redirects here. For other uses, see Legion of Honor (disambiguation).
National Order of the Legion of Honour
Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur
Current version of the Grand Cross of the order given by President René Coty to Dutch Prime Minister Willem Drees
Awarded by President of France
Type
Order of merit
Established
19 May 1802
Country
France
Motto
Honneur et patrie ("Honour and Fatherland")
Eligibility
Military and civilians
Awarded for
Excellent civil or military conduct delivered, upon official investigation
Founder
Napoleon Bonaparte
Grand Master
Emmanuel Macron, President of France
Grand Chancellor
François Lecointre
Secretary-General
Julien Le Gars
Classes
(in 2010)
00,0 1 Grand-maître
00,067 Grand(s)-croix
00,314 Grand(s) officier(s)
03,009 Commandeur(s)
17,032 Officier(s)
74,384 Chevalier(s)
Statistics
First induction
15 July 1804
Precedence
Next (higher)
None
Next (lower)
Order of Liberation (ceased 24 January 1946)[1]
Order's streamer
Grand-croix
Grand-officier
Commandeur
Officier
Chevalier
Ribbon bars of the order
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (French: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur[ɔʁdʁnɑsjɔnaldəlaleʒjɔ̃dɔnœʁ]), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte, it has been retained (with occasional slight alterations) by all later French governments and regimes.
The order's motto is Honneur et Patrie ("Honour and Fatherland"); its seat is the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur next to the Musée d'Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine in Paris.[a] Since 1 February 2023, the Order's grand chancellor has been retired General François Lecointre, who succeeded fellow retired General Benoît Puga in office.
The order is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand officier (Grand Officer) and Grand-croix (Grand Cross).
^Le petit Larousse 2013, p.1567.
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