Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay

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|year=1993|reward=|acts=|preshow_host=|former name=|presenter=|subheader=|country=|location=<!-- or | venue = or | site = -->|date=<!-- -->|sponsor=[[President of Uruguay|Presidency of Uruguay]]|awarded_for=Reciprocity reasons|caption=[[Coat of arms of Uruguay]]|alt=|image_size=|image=Coat of arms of Uruguay.svg|image2_size=150px}}The '''Medal of the [[Uruguay|Oriental Republic of Uruguay]]''' is a distinction of Uruguay created by Law No. 16300 and awarded by the [[President of Uruguay|Presidency of the Republic]] at the initiative of the [[Ministry of Foreign Relations (Uruguay)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] to foreign personalities, by reason of the principle of protocol reciprocity.<ref name=":0"></ref>

The Law by which it was created, on August 28, 1992, establishes that the [[Politics of Uruguay|Executive Power]] is authorized to mint the medal, with the objective that the Presidency, at the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, deliver it to foreign personalities with reasons reciprocity, previously reporting to the [[General Assembly of Uruguay|General Assembly]], and entrusts the Executive Power with the regulation of the registration, design, ceremony and other matters of the medal.<ref name=":0" /> The regulation of the law was given by Decree No. 132/993 of March 16, 1993, which approves the Regulation of the Medal.<ref></ref>

== Characteristics ==
The distinction consists of the medal and the diploma.<ref name=":1"></ref> The medal is characterized by having on its forehead the [[Coat of arms of Uruguay|National Coat of Arms]], made of 24-karat gold-plated metal with dimensions of 65 millimeters high by 60 millimeters wide. Its Sun is carved, the laurel and olive leaves accompany the oval of the Coat of Arms in half a carved point, and its center have a "bulge", with white and blue enameled colors with a glass finish.<ref name=":1" /> The reverse of it contains the text "Oriental Republic of Uruguay" in relief and with a diameter of 41 millimeters, and in the center the text "Medal of the Republic" in relief, straight in three lines.<ref name=":1" />

To reward the Medal there is a public act directed by the President of the Republic, who reward the Medal along with a Diploma signed by himself. If award is not possible because the beneficiary is abroad, it can be done by a person designated by the Executive Power.<ref name=":1" />

== Recipients ==
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!Recipient
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! colspan="2" |1993
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| – President [[Carlos Salinas de Gortari]]
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| – President [[Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier]]
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|-
! colspan="2" |1994
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| – President of the Regional Government of Galicia [[Manuel Fraga Iribarne]]
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| – President [[Carlos Saúl Menem]]
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|-
! colspan="2" |1995
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| – President [[Lech Wałęsa]]
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| – President [[Fernando Henrique Cardoso]]
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| – President [[Oscar Luigi Scalfaro]]
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|-
| – Ambassador Alicia Martínez Ríos
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| – Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Aranibar Quiroga
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| – President [[Rafael Caldera]]
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| – Minister of Foreign Affairs [[José Miguel Insulza Salinas]]
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| – Minister of Foreign Affairs [[Luis María Ramírez Boettner]]
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| – Secretary of Foreign Affairs [[José Ángel Gurría Treviño]]
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|}

== Referencias ==
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== External links ==

* [https://ift.tt/3l9T2WC Foreign Relations Ministry of Uruguay]
* [https://ift.tt/2V3vgkB National Institute of Prints and Official Publications]


[[Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Uruguay]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1992]]

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