Order of Ouissam Alaouite

The Order of Ouissam Alaouite (Template:Langx) or the Sharifian Order of Al-AlaouiTemplate:Citation needed is a military decoration of Morocco which is bestowed by the King of Morocco upon those civilians and military officers who have displayed heroism in combat or have contributed meritorious service to the Moroccan state. The decoration was established on 11 January 1913 in replacement of the Order of Ouissam Hafidien. It is awarded in five classes: Grand Cordon (Grand Cordon), Grand Officer (Grand Officier), Commander (Commandeur), Officer (Officier) and Knight (Chevalier).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Order of Ouissam Alaouite is similar to the Legion of Merit, awarded by the United States military.

History

The 1913 to 1934 Knight of the Order of Ouissan Alaouite Medal.

The order of Ouissam Alaouite was created during the colonial period. The French authorities in Morocco considered it necessary to have the power to bestow an official honour or decoration in response to loyal service; and they wanted to avoid over-burdening the bureaucracy of the order of the Légion d'Honneur in Paris.<ref>Bidwell, Robin Leonard. Morocco Under Colonial Rule, p. 89.</ref> The ribbon of the order during this period was a shade of orange<ref>Wyllie, Robert E. (1921). Orders, Decorations and Insignia, Military and Civil: With the History and Romance of Their Origin and a Full Description of Each, p. 135.</ref> or pumpkin-coloured.<ref name="patton34">Patton, George. (1995), The War as I Knew It, p. 34.</ref> In 1934, a white stripe was added on each side of the ribbon.

During the Second World War, the Order of Ouissam Alaouite was awarded frequently to United States military personnel who had participated in the planning and execution of Operation Torch, the invasion of French Morocco. Morocco was a protectorate of France from 1912 to 1956, and the decoration was bestowed frequently on French military officers during that period.

After Moroccan independence in 1956, the Alawid Order became a prerogative of the Alawid King and his heirs. The Order continues through the present day, the original medal and the 1934's ribbon unchanged.

Ribbons (1913–1934)
Knight	Officer	Commander	Grand Officer	Grand Cordon

Ribbons (1934–present)
File:Ordre de l'Ouissam Alaouite Chevalier ribbon (Maroc).svg Knight	File:Ordre de l'Ouissam Alaouite Officier ribbon (Maroc).svg Officer	File:Ordre de l'Ouissam Alaouite Commandeur ribbon (Maroc).svg Commander	File:Ordre de l'Ouissam Alaouite GO ribbon (Maroc).svg Grand Officer	File:Ordre de l'Ouissam Alaouite GC ribbon (Maroc).svg Grand Cordon

Recipients

Grand cordon

1916

• Henri Gouraud: acting French resident-general in Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1922

• Laurent Eynac: undersecretary of state for aeronautics.

1926

• José Sanjurjo: High Commissioner of Spain to Morocco.

1929

• Hédi Lakhoua: Tunisian Minister of the Pen.

1930

• Louis-Athanase Dubois: French counter admiral.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• André Maginot: French minister of war.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jacques-Louis Dumesnil: French naval minister.
• Louis Rollin: French minister of merchant marine.
• Léon Baréty: undersecretary of state for the budget.

1931

• Luciano López Ferrer: Spanish high commissioner in Tétouan<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1941

• Charles Platon: French admiral.

1943

• Dwight D. Eisenhower: US General.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• George C. Marshall: Chief of Staff of the United States Army.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• George S. Patton: US General.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

1945

• Jean de Lattre de Tassigny: French general.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Antoine Béthouart: French general.
• Émile Bollaert: regional commissioner of the Republic in Strasbourg<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Georges Bidault: chief of the French delegation to the San Francisco Conference.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

1946

• Edmond Michelet: French army minister.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque: French general.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Vincent Auriol: President of France.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1950

• De Blesson: general delegate at the residence.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1952

• Jacques Gavini: French secretary of state for the Navy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Roger Duchet: French Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1953

• Matthew Ridgway: Supreme Allied Commander Europe.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Louis Christiaens: secretary of state for aeronautics.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1954

• William Fechteler: American admiral<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Carleton H. Wright: American Rear Admiral.
• Georges Hutin: secretary general of the protectorate.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ludovic Chancel: general delegate at the residence.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jacques Chevallier: French secretary of state for war.

1955

• Gilbert Grandval: French resident-general in Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• André-Louis Dubois: French resident-general in Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin: French resident-general in Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jacques-Louis Murtin: air commander in Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Burgund: French general and senior commander of French troops in Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Hassan El Bakouri: Egyptian Minister of Wakfs.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Émile Roche: president of the French Economic Council.
• Si Sayed Hassan Ibrahim: minister of state of Yemen.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1956

• Rafael García Valiño: high commissioner of Spain to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1957

• Eduardo González-Gallarza: Spanish Air minister.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Habib Bourguiba: President of Tunisia.
• Giorgio La Pira: Mayor of Florence.
• Louis Massignon: French Islamologist.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1962

• Roger Seydoux: French ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

1970

• Jacques Gillet: French doctor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1980

• David C. Jones: chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1987

• Walter Jesser: German ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1988

• William Henry Draper III: administrator of the United Nations Development Programme.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Aníbal Cavaco Silva: Prime Minister of Portugal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1990

• Colin Powell: chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1992

• Jacques Lanxade: chief of staff of the French armies.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

1993

• Édouard Balladur: Prime Minister of France.<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>

1994

• Philippe Morillon: French general.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1996

• Helmut Kohl: Chancellor of Germany.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Philippe Séguin: President of the National Assembly of France.
• José María Aznar: president of the Spanish government.

1997

• Lionel Jospin: French Prime Minister.

1999

• James Gustave Speth: Administrator of the United Nations Development Program.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Prime Minister of India

2000

• Sepp Blatter: president of FIFA<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Nicole Fontaine: President of the European Parliament<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2001

• Doudou Sala Diop: ambassador of Senegal to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Suleiman Ibrahim All Marjan:: ambassador of Kuwait to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Indrajit Singh Rathor: ambassador of India to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jordi Pujol: President of the Government of Catalonia.

2002

• Michel de Bonnecorse: French ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Husein Naci Akinci: Turkish ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2003

• James Wolfensohn: president of the World Bank Group<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Allan Wagner Tizon: Minister of Foreign Relations of Peru.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mahmoud Ben Ali Ben Mohamed Al Rahma: ambassador of Oman to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Isabel Allende: President of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Moustapha Hassan Moustapha: ambassador of Lebanon to Morocco.<ref name="Vers la relance de la Haute commission mixte2">Template:Cite web</ref>

2004

• Mohamed Daoudia: Jordanian ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa: prime minister of Bahrain<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Edith Lucie Bongo Ondimba: first lady of Gabon.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ántero Flores-Aráoz: President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru.

2005

• Wu Bangguo: Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Boualem Bessayah: Algerian ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Cristina Funes-Noppen: Ambassador of Belgium to Morocco.
• Wajih Hassan Ali Kassem (Abou Marouane): Palestinian ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2006

• Óscar Maúrtua: Minister of Foreign Relations of Perú.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Siriwat Suthigasame: Ambassador of Thailand to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mamadou Saliou Sylla: Ambassador of Guinea to Morocco.

2007

• Ahmed Ben Bella: former President of Algeria.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller: chairperson of Maersk.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• John Danilovich: chief executive officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Carlos Ghosn: chairman and CEO of Renault and Nissan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Issa Hamad Abou Chihab: Ambassador of UAE to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2008

• Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund<ref name="S.M. Mohammed VI préside une réception à l'occasion de la Fête du Trône et reçoit les vœux2">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Armand De Decker: president of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Arne Aasheim: ambassador of Norway to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Alexandre Tokovinine: ambassador of Russia to Morocco.
• Mauricio Torbay Hachem: Venezuelan businessman.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Carlos Alberto Simas Magalhaes: ambassador of Brazil to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2009

• Thomas Riley: ambassador of the United States to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Cheyakh Ould Ely: ambassador of Mauritania to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Saleh Bekkari: ambassador of Tunisia to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jean-François Thibault: ambassador of France to Morocco.
• Kobina Annan: ambassador of Ghana to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Hassan Abdelkader: ambassador of Palestine to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Georgios Georgountzos: ambassador of Greece to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Kadri Fathi Abdelmottalab: ambassador of Egypt to Morocco.
• Vercauteren Drubbel: ambassador of Belgium to Morocco.
• Salah Mohamed Saoud Al-Baïjane: ambassador of Kuwait to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mohamad Ben Abdellah Al Farissi: ambassador of Oman to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Adolfo Zaldivar: president of the Chilean senate.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Sigmund Sternberg: president of the Three Religions Forum.<ref name=sternberg>Le Matin</ref>
• Paulette Brisepierre: honorary president of the France-Morocco Friendship Group.

2010

• Sepp Blatter: president of FIFA.
• Alberto de Núnez: ambassador of Argentine to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Robert Zoellick: President of the World Bank.

2011

• Issa Hayatou: president of CAF.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud: Saudi prince.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Vasile Gheorge Popovici: former ambassador of Romania to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Luis Planas: ambassador of Spain to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ibou Ndaye: former ambassador of Senegal to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Charles Aké Tchimou: former ambassador of Ivory Coast to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2012

• Ibrahim Traore: ambassador of Burkina Faso to Morocco
• François Banga Eboumi: ambassador of Gabon to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Timothy Colin Morris: ambassador of United Kingdom to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mamadouba Diabaté: ambassador of Guinea to Morocco
• Bruno Joubert: ambassador of France to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Sakr Ben Moubarak Al-Mansouri: ambassador of Qatar to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Fayçal Al Choubaki: former ambassador of Jordan to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Joao Rosa Là: former ambassador of Portugal to Morocco

2013

• Khaled Ben Salmane Ben Ahmed Al Khalifa: ambassador of Bahrain to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ahmed Hassan Sobh: ambassador of Palestine to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Boris Bolotine: ambassador of Russia to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Shlomo Amar: Chief Rabbi.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jean-Luc Bodson: ambassador of Belgium to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Clifford Nii Amon Kotey: ambassador of Ghana to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Moussa Ben Hamdan Attaai: ambassador of Oman to Morocco.
• Alberto Navarro: ambassador of Spain to Morocco.

2014

• Mohammed Ben Abdurahman Al Becher: ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Fred Harald Nomme: ambassador of Norway to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Toumani Djimé Diallo: former ambassador of Mali to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jack Lang: president of the Arab World Institute in Paris and former French Minister of Culture.<ref name=":12">Template:Cite web</ref>
• Tosari Widjaja: ambassador of Indonesia to Morocco.<ref name=":22">Template:Cite web</ref>
• Kundalee Prachimdhit: former ambassador of Thaïland to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2015

• Bertrand Louis: ambassador of Switzerland to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Witold Spirydowicz: ambassador of Poland to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Christina Harttil: ambassador of Finland to Morocco.
• Charles Fries: ambassador of France to Morocco.<ref name="S.M. le Roi reçoit les ambassadeurs de la République de France et du Royaume d'Espagne venus prendre congé du Souverain au terme de leurs missions dans le Royaume2">Template:Cite web</ref>
• Antonio Sozzo: apostolic nuncio in Rabat.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2016

• Al Asri Said Ahmed Al Dahiri: UAE Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Michaela Froňková: ambassador of Czech to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Pierre Bergé: president of Majorelle Garden Foundation<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero: former Prime Minister of Spain<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Raymond L. Conner: president of Boeing<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Simona Ioan: ambassador of Romania to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2019

• Tarek Aliev: former Azerbaijani ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Boriana Ivanova Simeonova: Bulgarian Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Abdu Razzaq Guy Kambogo: former ambassador of Gabon to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Abdullah Falah Bin Abdullah Al Dosari: Qatari Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jean-François Girault: French Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ousmane Amadou Sy: ambassador of Mali to Morocco

2020

• Sladjana Prica Tavciovska: former Serbian ambassador to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Maria Rita da Franca Sousa Ferro Levy Gomes: former Portuguese ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2021

• Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello: former Brazilian president<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Óscar Rodolfo Benítez Estragó: former ambassador of Paraguay to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Soultana Leila Houssain: former ambassador of Bangladesh to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2023

• Cheikh Saeed bin Mohammed bin Ali Albarami: former Omani ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Klaus Kogeler: former Austrian ambassador to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Julio Bitelli: former Brazilian ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Vito Rallo: former apostolic nuncio in Rabat.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2024

• Nell Stewart: former Canadian ambassador to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Idrissa Traoré: former ambassador of Ivory Coast to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Astanah Abdul Aziz: former Malaysian ambassador to Morocco.

Grand officer

1920

• Sabino Rinella: Consul General of Italy in Tangier.
• Khelil Bouhageb: President of the Municipality of Tunis.
• Chedly El Okby: Governor of Cap-Bon in Nabeul.

1926

• Duvernoy: Secretary General of the Protectorate.
• Bertrand: French General and Commander of the Coastal Troops.

1927

• Léon Champion: General Councillor of the Seine Department and Mayor of Maisons-Alfort.

1930

• Henri Gamard: French Member of Parliament.

1932

• Bénazet: Director of Indigenous Affairs
• Colombani: Director of Public Health and Hygiene.

1933

• Ernesto Burzagli: Commander-in-Chief of the First Italian Squadron.

1952

• Soulmagnon: Director of Agriculture, Trade and Forestry.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Nguyễn Văn Thiệu: Minister of National Defense of Vietnam.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1954

• Christian Fouchet: French Minister of Tunisian and Moroccan Affairs.

1955

• Lamy: Finance Director<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jean Marin: Director General of Agence France-Presse.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Germaine Peyroles: Vice President of the National Assembly.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1956

• Jean de Lipkowski: French deputy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

1999

• Charles Josselin: Minister Delegate for Cooperation and Francophonie.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2002

• Mohamed Amamou: Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Abdeljabar Omar Addouri: Iraqi Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2004

• Mohammed Bin Hammam: President of the Asian Football Confederation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2006

• José Manuel de Carvalho Lameiras: Portuguese Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2007

• Akin Algan: Turkish Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Christine Lagarde: French Minister of Economy, Finance and Employment.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2008

• Bernard Rudolph Bot: former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Hans Dijkstal: former Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister.<ref name="Vers la relance de la Haute commission mixte2" />
• Sjoerd Leenstra: Dutch Ambassador to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Charles Gray: British Ambassador to Morocco.
• Eleonora Urbanova: Czech Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2009

• Brice Hortefeux: French Minister of Labor, Social Relations, Family, Solidarity and the city.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Bruno Dethomas: Head of the European Commission delegation to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Yahia Abdeljalil Mahmoud: Sudanese Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gong Yuanxing: Chinese Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Oswaldo Rivera: former minister and director of the cultural institute of Providencia.

2010

• Haruko Hirose: Japanese Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Rachida Dati: former French Minister of Justice <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Raymond Safia: former inspector general of the French national police.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Othmane Ben Samine: Malaysian Ambassador to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2012

• Rafii Ben Achour: Tunisian Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2013

• Santiago Marcovich:former Peruvian ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Malcolm Hoenlein: Vice President of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations of the United States<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mautner Markhof: former Austrian ambassador to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Alberto Navarro: former Spanish ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2014

• Navanethem Pillay: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.<ref name=":32">Template:Cite web</ref>

2016

• Chafik Hajji: Tunisian Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Alex Geiger Soffia: former Chilean ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ronald Gerard Strikker: Dutch Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jose Gutierrez Maxwell: former Argentine ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2017

• Dwight. L. Bush: U.S. Ambassador to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Carlos Manuel Alfredo Velasco Menidiola: former Peruvian ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Carlos Charme Silva: former Chilean ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Pham Truong Giang: former Vietnamese ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Luis Maria Linde de Castro: governor of the Bank of Spain.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2018

• Zvonimir Frka Petesic: former Croatian ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>′<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Suphorn Pholmani: former Thai ambassador to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2019

• Marek Ziolkowski: former Polish ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Anne Vasara: former Finnish ambassador to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2020

• Tran Quoc Thuy: Vietnamese Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Yeshi Tamrat Bitew: former Ethiopian ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ethem Barkan Öz: former Turkish ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Alex Geiger Soffia: former Chilean ambassador to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jacobo Cuyún: former ambassador of Guatemala to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2021

• Daniela Bazavan: former Romanian ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Commander

1919

• René Thiérry: Secretary of the Embassy at the French Legation in Portugal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1920

• Neigel: Director of the Muslim College of Rabat.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1922

• Pierre-Georges Latécoère: airline operations manager Latécoère.

1926

• Louis Jean Martin: Inspector General of Bridges and Roads.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1937

• François-Didier Gregh: financial inspector.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1948

• Marcel Cerdan: French boxer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1950

• Harold D. Harris: United States Marine Corps general.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1953

• John Utter: Director for Africa at the US State Department.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Duchateau: President of the Moroccan Association of Former Students of C.E.F Italy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1955

• Monroe L. Nute: President of the Lions Clubs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Bouillot: director of the BRPM.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1970

• Jean-Claude Winkler: French chargé d'affaires in Morocco<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1971

• Vassili Nesterenko: Soviet physicist.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1995

• Stevie Wonder: American singer.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2000

• Victor J.B. Pastor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• John Duke Anthony: chairman of the U.S.-Morocco Affairs Council.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2002

• Nabil Khoury: Consul General of the United States in Casablanca.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Chira Ratanarat: consul général honoraire du Maroc en Thaïlande.

2003

• Xiong Zhanqi: Chinese Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Alaiin Delon: French actor and singer.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Oliver Stone: American filmmaker.
• Ridley Scott: British film director and producer.
• Margaret Debardeleben Tutwiler: U.S. Ambassador to Morocco.

2004

• Jean Roatta: President of the France-Morocco friendship group at'Assemblée nationale française.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ramiah Rajagopalan: Indian Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jérôme Champagne: FIFA Deputy Secretary General.

2005

• Gérard Pélisson: Founding co-president of the group Accor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mohamed Abdallah Guergaoui: Chairman of Dubai Holding.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Corinne Breuzé: Consul General of France in Casablanca.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Norman Baker: Heroes of the Odyssey RA II.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• John McCain: United States Senator.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Lincoln Diaz-Balart: U.S. House of Representatives.
• Richard Lugar: United States Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2006

• Philippe Faure: French Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri: general manager of the ISESCO.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mohamed El Abar: Chairman of the Emirati Group Emaar.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Nabil Cherif: Jordanian Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Christian de Boissieu: president of the Conseil d'Analyse Économique (CAE)and professor at the Université Paris-1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2007

• Enrique Mugica: Spanish Ombudsman (Mediator), former minister and historical figure of the PSOE.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Maria Rosa de Madariaga: historian and specialist in Moroccan-Spanish relations and the Rif War.
• Carmen Romero López: former deputy and activist for the rapprochement between Morocco and Spain.
• Juan Goytisolo: the great friend of Morocco, writer and citizen of Marrakech.
• Paquita Rumbao: assistant to several Moroccan ambassadors since independence.
• Juan Antonio Mateos: Former Mexican Ambassador to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2008

• Fatoumata Diakité Ndaye: mediator of the republic of Mali<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jean-Paul Delevoye: Mediator of the French Republic.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gottfrid Haas: German Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2009

• Nicolas Merindol: former CEO of Groupe Caisse d'Epargne and current chairman of the Board of Directors of Crédit Foncier de France.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Frédéric Jousset: founder and co-chairman of Webhelp.
• Warda Al Jazairia: Musical artist.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Nour Eccharif: Egyptian actor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2011

• Mohamed Saleh Ahmed Al-Tuwaikh: Kuwaiti Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Manuel Valls: Mayor of Évry.and member of the National Assembly for Essonne.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Patrick Kron: chairman and chief executive of Alstom.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2012

• Jacques Bourdillon: former manager at the national irrigation office.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Tunç Ugdul: former Turkish ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2013

• Francis Gurry: director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Christian Cambon: Senator and President of the France-Morocco Friendship Group in the French Senate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gilles Pargneaux: president of the EU-Morocco friendship group at the au European parliament and member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Abdelaziz Abderrahman Tourki Assbii: former Qatari ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jacqueline Boix: official at the Royal Palace.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Pedro José Pico: former Argentine ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mohamed Ould Talba & Mohamed Ould Mouâouia: former ambassadors of Mauritania to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2014

• Irina Bokova: Director General of UNESCO.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mo Ibrahim: businessman and entrepreneur, president of the "Mo Ibrahim Foundation for Better Governance in Africa".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mamadou Diagna Ndiaye: President of Senegalese National Olympic and Sports Committee.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2015

• Ugur Ariner: former Turkish ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jean-Paul Carteron: Honorary Consul of Bulgaria in Monaco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="S.M. le Roi reçoit les ambassadeurs de la République de France et du Royaume d'Espagne venus prendre congé du Souverain au terme de leurs missions dans le Royaume2" />
• Jamil Soulaymane Hamza Jalal: Moutaouif at Al-Haram Ashcharif in Mecca.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Bruce Lustig: of the Hebrew Congregation of Washington.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Théodore Edgar McCarrick: Archbishop of Washington, D.C.
• Talib M. Shareef: President of the Nation's Mosque, Masjid Mohammed in Washington.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Arthur Schneier: founder of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Timothy M. Dolan: Archbishop of New York.
• Demetrios: Archbishop of America.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Clive Alderton: Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Morocco.

2016

• Abderrahmane ben Mohamed Al Jedaia: Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Md Monirul Islam: Bangladesh Ambassador to Morocco.

2017

• Luc Chatel: president of the France-Morocco friendship group at the National Assembly.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2020

• Baba Garba: Nigerian Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2021

• Dam Boontham: former Ambassador of Thaïland to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• David T. Fischer: former US Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Bérénice Owen Jones: former Australian Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• LI Li: former Chinese Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mónica Renata Bolaños Pérez: former Ambassador of Guatemala to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Grecia Fiorda Pichardo De Camps: former Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2022

• Takashi Shinozuka: former Japanese Ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2024

• Mohamed Ould Hanani: Ambassador of Mauritania to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Keeyong Chung: former Ambassador of South Korea to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Đặng Thị Thu Hà former Vietnamese ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Officer

1927

• Risterucci: civil controller.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1975

• Pelé: Brazilian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1978

• Attilio Gaudio: Journalist and professor at the École d'anthropologie de Paris.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1992

• Rudy Boschwitz: United States Senator.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1994

• Torsten Wolfgramm: member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1995

• Nikolaus Voegeli: Honorary Consul General of Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1999

• Emilio Martínez Rosales: Chamber of Representatives of Colombia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2001

• Mohamed Lemine Ould Cheiguer: President of the Mauritanian Football Federation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2002

• Situ Shuang: Doctor of Letters from the Sorbonne University who wrote a book on Morocco in Chinese.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Haj Imam Hilaludine: President of the Islamic Association of China.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Xu Zhihong: President of Peking University.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Saïd Kamilov: Russian scholar who translated Hassanian talks into Russian.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2004

• Bernard Kasriel: CEO of Lafarge.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2005

• Juan Pena Fernandez.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2007

• Spanish consul general in Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Manuel Palomo Romero: President of the Association of Former Residents of Al-Hoceima in Spain.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Fréderic Damgaard: gallery owner, art critic and historian.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2008

• Hans Van Baalen: member of the Foreign Affairs commission<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mohamed Aïssa Al-Adoaune: Director of the Jordanian Documentation Center<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• David Messas: Chief Rabbi of Paris.<ref name="S.M. Mohammed VI préside une réception à l'occasion de la Fête du Trône et reçoit les vœux2" />
• John Van Ameijden.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• José Monleon: director of the International Institute of Mediterranean Theater.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Maria Dolores Lopez Enamorado: current director of the Cervantes Institute of Marrakech.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gonzalo Fernandez Parilla: one of the founders of the School of Translators of Toledo.
• Enrique Cascallana: socialist mayor of Alcorcon.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Imanol Arias: actor.

2009

• Dimitris Haholiades: honorary consul of Morocco in Cyprus.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2010

• Jean-Paul Herteman: CEO of the group Safran.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2011

• Stefaan Vandevelde: President of the electrical and electronic distribution networks at the American group "Delphi" in Tangier.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Meté Esin: Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Turkish company Toros.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2012

• Bertrand Piccard: pilot of the solar plane and founder of Solar Impulse.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• André Borchberg: pilot of the same plane and co-founder of Solar Impulse.
• Gerard Detourbet: director of the "Logan World" program.
• Richard Weber: former Deputy Director General of EuropeAid.<ref name=":42">Template:Cite web</ref>

2013

• Amani Abou Zeid: resident representative of the African Development Bank in Morocco.<ref name=":12" />
• Ishtiaq Baig: honorary consul general of Morocco in Karachi.<ref name=":22" />
• Horst Rudolph: executive chairman of the group "Yazaki Europe Limited".<ref name=":52">Template:Cite web</ref>

2014

• Akihiko Tanaka: president of Japan International Cooperation Agency.<ref name=":62">Template:Cite web</ref>
• Pier Antonio Panzeri: member of the European Parliament and former chairman of the Committee on Relations with the Maghreb Countries in the European Parliament.<ref name=":52" />
• Vanessa Branson: president and founder of the Arts Festival in Marrakech, now known as the Marrakech Biennale.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Elisabeth Bauchet Bouhlal: artist and art collector.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2015

• José Alberto Alegria: Honorary Consul of Morocco in the Algarve.<ref name=":62" />
• Dalila Araujo: former Portuguese Secretary of State for the Interior.<ref name=":32" />
• Jean-Luc Martinez: President of the Louvre<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Eve Branson: Founder and director of the Eve Branson Foundation Philanthropist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2016

• William E. Heinecke: chairman of Minor International<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Bariza Khiari: vice-president of the France-Morocco friendship group of the Senate.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2020

• Panayotis N. Sarris: former Greek ambassador to Morocco<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2021

• Barbara Bregato: Italian former ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Knight

1931

• Robert Vaucher: Swiss journalist.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1933

• René Lepage: owner of the tanneries René Lepage.<ref name=":02">Template:Cite web.</ref>

1955

• Marcel Lepainteur: French Gendarme.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2002

• George François: former president of the Sylea Group<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Wieland Neuberth: President of the Roesner Company.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2007

• Dominique Nadjilla Mehadji: painter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2012

• Margareth Obank: director of the British magazine Banipal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2013

• Honorary Consul of Morocco in Hong Kong.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2014

• Yannick Lintz: Director of the Department of Islamic Arts at the Louvre Museum in Paris.<ref name=":42" />

2017

• Pham Truong Giang: former Vietnamese ambassador to Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• Albert I of Belgium<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Anthony Bailey (PR advisor)
• Paul Biya
• Prince Dominique de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel
• Wesley Clark
• Ernest J. Dawley
• Thomas Scheen Falck
• Mohamed Habib Gherab
• Jean Gilles (French Army officer)
• Edvard Hambro
• René Imbot
• Jared Kushner<ref name="auto">Template:Cite web</ref>
• André Malraux
• Miguel Ángel Moratinos
• Michel Raingeard
• Elliott Roosevelt
• Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder
• Officers
  • Dimitri Amilakhvari
  • Paul Arnaud de Foïard
  • Serge Dumont
  • Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves
  • Abdelkader Mesli<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
  • Xavier Rolet
  • Yuri Senkevich
• Knights
  • Gustave Daladier
• Commanders
  • Andrew Cunningham<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Marcel Alessandri
  • Georges Bergé
  • Gaston Billotte
  • Pierre Billotte
  • Pierre Clostermann
  • Jean-Paul David
  • Harold D. Harris
  • Antoine Huré
  • Georges Journois
  • Curtis LeMay
  • John A. Lynn
  • Yves Pouliquen
  • Peter Sutherland
  • Joseph Vuillemin
• Grand Officers
  • Cristian Barros
  • Dominique de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel
  • Avi Berkowitz<ref name="auto"/>
  • Eugène Claudius-Petit
  • Willy Coppens
  • Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope<ref>Cunningham, Andrew Browne. (1951). A Sailor's Odyssey: The Autobiography of Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, p. 541.</ref>
  • Jean-Philippe Douin
  • Robert de Foy
  • Ernest N. Harmon
  • Thor Heyerdahl
  • Raoul Magrin-Vernerey
  • Maurice Pellé
  • Benoît Puga
  • Josef Šnejdárek
  • Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz
• Grand Crosses
  • Hubert Lyautey
  • Abbas II of Egypt
  • Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer)
  • Henry H. Arnold
  • Bảo Đại
  • René Pleven
  • Jean-Bédel Bokassa
  • Mark W. Clark
  • Henri Claudel
  • Ferdinand Foch
  • Jaime Gama
  • Alexander Godley
  • Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton
  • Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
  • Charles Huntziger
  • Joseph Joffre
  • Alphonse Juin
  • Marie-Pierre Kœnig
  • Lucien Loizeau
  • Margrethe II of Denmark
  • Pakubuwana X
  • Muhammad VIII al-Amin
  • Friis Arne Petersen
  • Jagatjit Singh
  • Walter Bedell Smith
  • Witold Spirydowicz
  • Jan Syrový
  • Maxime WeygandTemplate:Div col end

1943 ceremony

File:Award of Order of Ouissam Alaouite.jpg

Moroccan decree (dahir) which proclaims and confirms that the Order of Oissam Alaouite is conferred on Ernesto Burzagli in 1922.

In the opening scene of the film Patton, George C. Scott, portraying then-Major General Patton, is shown receiving the Grand Cross of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite. This was no mere Hollywood contrivance. Under Patton's command, Allied forces took Casablanca after only four days of fighting. So impressed was the Sultan of Morocco that he presented Patton with the special Order of Ouissam Alaouite, with the citation: "Les Lions dans leurs tanières tremblent en le voyant approcher" (The lions in their dens tremble at his approach).<ref name="star1943">"Man Under a Star," Time. 29 March 1943.</ref> Patton wryly described the ceremony as a "non-military activity,"<ref>Blumenson, Martin. (1996). The Patton Papers, p. 156.</ref> but in his memoirs, he does not fail to note the Operation Torch staff officers who were similarly honored on that occasion.<ref name="patton34"/>

References

• Bidwell, Robin Leonard. (1973). Morocco Under Colonial Rule: French Administration of Tribal Areas, 1912–1956. London: Routledge. Template:ISBN
• Wyllie, Robert E. (1921). Orders, Decorations and Insignia, Military and Civil: With the History and Romance of Their Origin and a Full Description of Each. New York: G. P. Putnam.
• Rousseau, Pierre. (2005) Ordres et décorations de l'Empire chérifien au temps du Protectorat français au Maroc (1912–1956). Versailles: Mémoire & Documents. Template:ISBN; OCLC 60513643
• Décret royal n° 199-66 du 1er ramadan 1386 (14 décembre 1966) portant création des ordres du Royaume – website of the government of Morocco Template:In lang