| Order for Exceptional Merits | |
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| Type | Civil decoration |
| Awarded for | "exceptional work and services rendered in advancing the sovereignty, prosperity, renown and progress of Slovenia in the cultural, economic, scientific, social and political spheres" |
| Presented by | theRepublic of Slovenia |
| Eligibility | Heads of state |
| Status | Currently awarded |
| Website | http://www.up-rs.si/up-rs/uprs.nsf/objave/Red-za-izredne-zasluge?OpenDocument  |
.svg) Ribbon of the order | |
TheOrder for Exceptional Merits (Slovenian:Red za izredne zasluge), is a state order of theRepublic of Slovenia. It is awarded usually for exceptional work and services rendered in advancing the sovereignty, prosperity, renown and progress of Slovenia in the cultural, economic, scientific, social and political spheres. It is conferred to nationals of the country and, exceptionally, groups of citizens, legal persons and other organizations and foreign top statesmen. The order is usually presented by thePresident of Slovenia in person.
Alexander Van der Bellen (asPresident of Austria)
Frank-Walter Steinmeier (asPresident of Germany)
Sergio Mattarella (asPresident of Italy)Angela Merkel (asChancellor of Germany)[1]
Moon Jae-in (asPresident of South Korea)
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (asPresident of Portugal)
Katerina Sakellaropoulou (asPresident of Greece)
Kersti Kaljulaid (asPresident of Estonia)
Miloš Zeman(asPresident of the Czech Republic)[2]
Herman Van Rompuy(as FormerPresident of the European Council)[3]Joachim Gauck(asPresident of Germany)[4]
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts[5]
Harald V of Norway(as King of Norway)Queen Sonja of Norway(as Queen of Norway)Giorgio Napolitano(asPresident of Italy)[6]
Tarja Halonen(asPresident of Finland)[7]University of Ljubljana
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer(asSecretary General of NATO)[8]
Elizabeth II(asQueen of the United Kingdom)France Bučar
Tassos Papadopoulos(asPresident of Cyprus)
Albert II(as Prince of Monaco)Jože Pučnik (posthumously)
Davíð Oddsson(as Former Prime Minister of Iceland)Romano Prodi(as Former President of the European Commission)George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen(as Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)[9]Helmut Kohl(as Former Chancellor of Germany)
Ferenc Mádl(as President of Hungary)
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden(as King of Sweden)Queen Silvia of Sweden(as Queen of Sweden)
Javier Solana(as High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy)Günter Verheugen(as European Commissioner for Enlargement)