Order of the White Elephant
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The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant (Thai: เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือก; RTGS: Khrueang Ratcha-itsariyaphon An Pen Thi Choetchu Ying Chang Phueak) is an order of Thailand. It was established in 1861 by King Rama IV of the Kingdom of Siam. Along with the Order of the Crown of Thailand, it is regularly awarded to any government official for services rendered to Thailand for five years, making it Thailand's most-commonly awarded order.[clarification needed][1] the order features the three-headed Airavata, the mount of Sakra, or a white elephant.
The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือก | |
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![]() Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant | |
Awarded by ![]() the King of Thailand | |
Type | Military and Civilian Order |
Established | 1861 |
Eligibility | Royal officials |
Awarded for | Five years of public service |
Status | Currently constituted |
Founder | King Mongkut |
Sovereign | King Vajiralongkorn |
Grades | Knight Grand Cordon Knight Grand Cross Knight Commander Commander Companion Member Gold Medal Silver Medal |
Former grades | 4 until 1902, 6 until 1909 |
Statistics | |
First induction | 1861 |
Last induction | 23 March 2023 |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Order of Rama |
Next (lower) | Order of the Crown of Thailand |
![]() Ribbon bar of the Order of the Knight Grand Cordon |
Classes
editThe order consists of eight classes:
Ribbon | Class | Name | Former Name[2] | Postnominals | Established Date | Order of precedence[3] |
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Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) |
มหาปรมาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Maha Paramabhorn Chang Phueak) |
- | MPCh (GCE) | 16 November 1909 | 8 | |
Knight Grand Cross (First Class) |
ประถมาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Prathamabhorn Chang Phueak) |
มหาวราภรณ์ Maha Varabhorn |
PCh (KCE) | 1869 | 10 | |
Knight Commander (Second Class) |
ทวีติยาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Dvitiyabhorn Chang Phueak) |
จุลวราภรณ์ Chula Varabhorn |
DCh (KCE) | 1869 | 15 | |
Commander (Third Class) |
ตริตาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Tritabhorn Chang Phueak) |
นิภาภรณ์ Nibhabhorn |
TCh (CE) | 1869 | 23 | |
Companion (Fourth Class) |
จัตุรถาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (Chattruthabhorn Chang Phueak) |
ภูษนาภรณ์ Bhusanabhorn |
ChCh (OE) | 1869 | 28 | |
Member (Fifth Class) |
เบญจมาภรณ์ช้างเผือก (ฺBenchamabhorn Chang Phueak) |
ทิพยาภรณ์ Dibyabhorn |
BCh (ME) | 1873 | 33 | |
Gold Medal (Sixth Class) |
เหรียญทองช้างเผือก (Rian Thong Chang Phueak) |
- | RThCh (G.M.E.) | 20 July 1902 | 52 | |
Silver Medal (Seventh Class) |
เหรียญเงินช้างเผือก (Rian Ngoen Chang Phueak) |
- | RNgCh (S.M.E.) | 20 July 1902 | 55 |
Gallery
editOld designs
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A woodcarving of "Maha Varabhorn", the Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Order of the White Elephant, version that was used from 1869 to 1909, at the gates of Phra Vihara of Wat Ratchabophit Sathit Maha Simaram, Bangkok.
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A mother-of-pearl inlay of "Maha Varabhorn", the Knight Grand Cross (1st Class) of Order of the White Elephant, version that was used from 1869 to 1909, at the gates of Phra Uposatha of Wat Ratchabophit Sathit Maha Simaram, Bangkok.
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Badge of the Companion (4th Class) of Order of the White Elephant, design before 1909
Current designs
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Badge of the Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of Order of the White Elephant
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Knight Grand Cross (1st Class) of Order of the White Elephant
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Badge of the Knight Grand Cross (1st Class) of Order of the White Elephant
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Star of the Knight Grand Cross (1st Class) and the Knight Commander (2nd Class) of Order of the White Elephant
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Knight Commander (2nd Class) of Order of the White Elephant
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Badge of the Knight Commander (2nd Class) and the Commander (3rd Class) of Order of the White Elephant
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Badge of the Member (5th Class) of Order of the White Elephant
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Badge of the Member (5th Class) of Order of the White Elephant, female version
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Gold Medal (6th Class) of Order of the White Elephant, female version
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Silver Medal (7th Class) of Order of the White Elephant
Selected recipients
edit- Emperor Napoleon III - Knight Grand Cross (1851, Custom Design)
- Be Biauw Tjoan, Majoor-titulair der Chinezen – Knight (1895)[4]
- Plaek Phibunsongkhram - Knight Grand Cordon
- Sultan Ibrahim of Johor - Knight Grand Cordon
- Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah of Kedah - Knight Grand Cordon
- Chavalit Yongchaiyudh - Knight Grand Cordon
- Sarit Thanarat - Knight Grand Cordon
- Thanom Kittikachorn - Knight Grand Cordon
- Praphas Charusathien - Knight Grand Cordon
- Phin Choonhavan - Knight Grand Cordon
- Prem Tinsulanonda - Knight Grand Cordon
- Chatichai Choonhavan - Knight Grand Cordon
- Prayut Chan-o-cha - Knight Grand Cordon
- Surayud Chulanont - Knight Grand Cordon
- Arthit Kamlang-ek - Knight Grand Cordon
- Fuen Ronnaphagrad Ritthakhanee - Knight Grand Cordon
- Phao Siyanon - Knight Grand Cordon
- Chakthip Chaijinda - Knight Grand Cordon
- Somyot Poompanmoung - Knight Grand Cordon
- Thanasak Patimaprakorn - Knight Grand Cordon
- Pongsapat Pongcharoen - Knight Grand Cordon
- Apirat Kongsompong - Knight Grand Cross
- Pornpipat Benyasri - Knight Grand Cordon
- Chatchai Sriworakan - Knight Grand Cordon
- Chalermpol Srisawat - Knight Grand Cross
- Udomdej Sitabutr - Knight Grand Cordon
- Luechai Rutdit - Knight Grand Cordon
- Naris Pratumsuwan - Knight Grand Cordon
- Airbull Suttiwan - Knight Grand Cross
- Manat Wongwat - Knight Grand Cross
- Prince Paribatra Sukhumbandhu - Knight Grand Cordon
- Prince Bhanurangsi Savangwongse - Knight Grand Cordon
- Prince Narisara Nuwattiwong - Knight Grand Cordon
- Prince Damrong Rajanubhab - Knight Grand Cordon
- Prince Chula Chakrabongse - Knight Grand Cordon
- Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanath - Knight Grand Cordon
- Prince Suphayok Kasem - Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class)
- Na Arreenich - Knight Grand Cordon
- Alexander I of Yugoslavia - Knight Grand Cordon
- Bob Hawke - Knight Grand Cordon
- Albert du Roy de Blicquy
- Norodom of Cambodia - Knight Grand Cross
- John T. Cole - Knight Commander
- Pakubuwono X - Knight Grand Cross (1929)
- Try Sutrisno - Knight Grand Cross
- Widodo Adi Sutjipto - Knight Grand Cross
- Feisal Tanjung - Knight Grand Cross
- Maraden Panggabean - Knight Grand Cross
- Abdul Haris Nasution - Knight Grand Cross (1960)
- R.E. Martadinata - Knight Grand Cross
- Hamengkubuwono IX - Knight Grand Cross
- Endriartono Sutarto - Knight Grand Cross
- L. B. Moerdani - Knight Grand Cross
- Sumitro Djojohadikusumo - Knight Grand Cross[5]
- Kharis Suhud - Knight Grand Cross[6]
- Ali Alatas - Knight Grand Cross (1988)[7] & Knight Grand Cordon (2000)[8]
- Mohamed Bolkiah - Knight Grand Cross
- Jefri Bolkiah - Knight Grand Cordon
- Mahathir Mohamad - Knight Grand Cordon (1981)
- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi - Knight Grand Cross (1994)
- Miklós Horthy - Knight Grand Cross[9]
- The Earl Mountbatten of Burma - Knight Grand Cross
- Foster C. LaHue
- Ramon Magsaysay, 1955.
- Sir Samuel Robinson, 1923.[10]
- Graves B. Erskine - Knight Grand Cross
- Arne Skaug.[11]
- Pierra Vejjabul[12]
- Joseph J. Cappucci - Knight Commander (Second Class)
- David John Collins Awarded by King Rama V in 1897 (Fourth Class)
- Frederick William Verney - Commander[citation needed]
- Queen Victoria[13]
- General William Westmoreland - Knight Grand Cross
- Vice Admiral Józef Unrug
- Major General Richard Secord[14]
- Jiri Sitler - Knight Grand Cross (2006)[15]
- Lieutenant Commander Saman Kunan - Knight Grand Cross (2018)[16]
- Kirill Mikhailovich Barsky - Knight Grand Cross (2019)[17]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Regulation of the Office of the Prime Minister regarding nominations for the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant and the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, B.E. 2536. Royal Thai Government Gazette. 1993.
- ^ "The Order of the White Elephant, Rattanakosin Era 128, Volume 26, Part 0 B" (PDF). Royal Thai Government Gazette (in Thai). Government of Thailand. 28 November 1909. p. 70. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 14, 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "Announcement of the Prime Minister's Office Re: Order of Honor of Thai Insignia, Volume 110, Part 29 G, Special Issue" (PDF). Royal Thai Government Gazette (in Thai). Government of Thailand. 12 March 1993. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 14, 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ Post, Peter (2010). "Java's Capitan Cina and Javanese Royal families: Status, Modernity and Power- Major Titular Be Kwat Koen and Mungkunegoro VII". International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies. 13: 49–66. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ President Suharto [dead link]
- ^ Lembaga Pemilihan Umum 1983, p. 1023.
- ^ ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ให้แก่ชาวต่างประเทศ รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศอาเซียนและประเทศคู่เจรจา รวม ๖ ราย (PDF) (in Thai). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ให้แก่ชาวต่างประเทศ [นายอาลี อลาตัส] (PDF) (in Thai). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "A kormányzó érdemrendjei, kitüntetései és jelvényei" [The awards and badges of the governor]. Vitezirend.co.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ "Capt. Samuel Robinson, Who Won Fame For Rescue Work in Jap Quake, Dies," New York Times. September 7, 1958.
- ^ "Arne Skaug" (in Norwegian). Storting.
- ^ Windsor, Laura Lynn (2002). Women in medicine: an encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 204. ISBN 1-57607-392-0.
- ^ "Court Circular". Court and Social. The Times. No. 29924. London. 3 July 1880. col G, p. 11.
- ^ "Major General Richard V. Secord". af.mil. United States Air Force. February 1982. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ Jiri Sitler
- ^ "Ex-Seal Saman posthumously promoted". Bangkok Post. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ Royal Thai Embassy, Moscow, Russia (May 17, 2019). "Ceremony of the Conferment of the Royal Decoration Presented to the Former Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Thailand".
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External links
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- The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, Secretariat to the Cabinet of Thailand (archived 24 September 2005)