Order of Merit (Cameroon)

This article is about the Cameroonian order. For similarly named orders, see Order of Merit (disambiguation).

The Order of Merit is an order of knighthood of the Cameroon.

Order of Merit Ordre du Mérite Camerounais
Type	Order
Awarded for	High services to the State
Presented by	Cameroon
Ribbon bar of the order
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Valour
Next (lower)	Order of Agricultural Merit

History

It is regulated by the ordonnance N° 72/24 of 30 November 1972. It is one of the four orders of Cameroon:

• Order of Valour
• Order of Merit
• Order of Agricultural Merit
• Order of Sports Merit

Insignia

The ribbon of the order is yellow since 1972. It was made of red, yellow and green stripes earlier.

Grades

The Order of Merit is subdivided into four grades of merit:

• Grand Cordon
• Commander
• Officer
• Knight

Recipients

• Ulric Cross
• Cyprien Katsaris
• Henri Romans-Petit

Grand Cordons

• Françoise Foning
• Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
• Josip Broz Tito
• Pieter van Vollenhoven

See also

• Orders, decorations, and medals of Cameroon

External links

• "ORDONNANCE N° 72/24 DU 30/11/1972 Portant réorganisation des Ordres Nationaux et de la Grande Chancellerie de la République Unie du Cameroun" (PDF). Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reform. Retrieved 13 April 2018.