Royal Order of Monisaraphon

Royal Order of Monisaraphon
Royal Order of Monisaraphon ;
Awarded by Cambodia
Type	Order of chivalry
Established	1 February 1905; 119 years ago
Eligibility	Special merits for society
Awarded for	accomplishment and outstanding support in the fields of education, arts, science, literacy or social works
Status	Currently constituted
Grand Master	King Norodom Sihamoni
Grades	Grand Cross (GCM); Grand Officer (GOM); Knight Commander (KCM); Officer (OM); Knight (KM);
	; Ribbon of the Order; ;

The Royal Order of Monisaraphon (Khmer: គ្រឿងឥស្សរិយយសមុនីសារាភ័ណ្ឌ) was founded by King Sisowath of Cambodia on 1 February 1905. It is conferred for accomplishment and outstanding support in the fields of education, arts, science, literacy, or social works.^[1]

History[edit]

The Order of Monisaraphon (or Muni Isvarabarna): founded by King Sisowath of Cambodia on 1 February 1905 (first statutes issued 18 April 1905) and awarded in a single class limited to Cambodians, French protected subjects and other Asians. Reformed by King Norodom Sihanouk on 9 September 1948 and extended to three classes. Extended again to five classes in 1961. Awarded for services in the fields of literature and the fine arts, education, justice, administration, and science. After the Khmer Rouge period, the order was reinstituted by King Norodom Sihanouk by Royal Decree No.1095/01 on 5 October 1995.^[2]^[3]

Current classes[edit]

The five classes of appointment to the Order are, in descending order of precedence:

Maha Sirivaddha (មហាសេរីវឌ្ឍន៍) or Knight Grand Cross (GCM)
Mahasena (មហាសេនា) or Knight Grand Officer (GOM)
Dhipadinda (ធិបឌិន្ទ) or Knight Commander (KCM)
Sena (សេនា) or Knight Officer (OM)
Assarariddhi (អស្សឫទ្ធិ) or Knight or Chevalier (KM)

Design[edit]

The golden badge consists of a wreath of palm leaves and (left) and laurel leaves (right) with berries, with enclosed in the center a fan in front of two smaller sprays holding a goblet on which rests the closed book of a scholar. Badge reverse is the inversion of the obverse. The Ribbon colour is golden yellow. Measuring 67mm in length and 54mm in width.

Post-nominals[edit]

The senior ranks of Knight Grand Cross entitle their members to use the title as post-nominal GCM; Knight Grand Officer, GOM; Knight Commander, KCM. The lower ranks of Knight Officer use the post-nominal OM; and Knight, KM. Members of all classes of the order are assigned positions in the order of precedence.^[4]

Recipients[edit]

Year appointed	Class	Name	Post-nominals
1929^[5]	Chevalier	Mr. Gustave Louis Alexandre FAVIER	KM
unknown	Commander	Mr. Fortunato Abat	CM
unknown	Grand Officer	Mr. Hor Namhong	GOM
unknown	Commander	Mr. Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera	CM
unknown	Knight Commander	Norodom Arunrasmy	KCM
unknown	Knight Commander	Norodom Yuvaneath^[6]	KCM
unknown	Grand Cross	Norodom Sihamoni^[7]	GCM
unknown	Grand Cross & Commander	Mr. Haruhisa Handa^[8]	GCM CM
2003	Commander	Mr. Yōhei Sasakawa^[9]	CM
2003	Grand Officer & Knight	Dr. Kao Kim Hourn^[10]	OM KM
2006	Commander	Dr. Kao Kim Hourn^[10]	CM
2007	unknown	Mr. Horst Posdorf	unknown
2007	Grand Officer	Mr. Siddhartha Kaul	GOM
2008	Grand Cross	Dr. Rikhi Thakral^[11]	GCM
2009	Grand Officer	Mr. Okhna Mengly J. Quach^[10]	GOM
2011	Officer	Ms. Zahng Gil-jah^[12]	OM
2012	Commander	Dr. Sriram Bhagut Mathe^[13]	CM
2014	Knight Commander	Mr. Allen Dodgson Tan	KCM
2014	Commander	Mr. Len Leon Austin	CM
2015	Grand Cross	Mr. George Reiff^[14]	GCM
	Grand Officer	Mr. Mahmood Abdul Kader Alshahwarzi for Al-Serkal Mosque Phnom Penh	GOM
	Grand Officer	Dr. Stéphane Xavier Racine	GOM
	Commander	Mr. Mustafa Shoeb Zalotrawala for Al-Serkal Mosque Phnom Penh	KCM
	Commander	Mr. Mohamed Muktar Ahmed for Al-Serkal Mosque Phnom Penh	KCM
	Grand Cross	Mr. Miki Watanabe^[15]	GCM
2017	Grand Cross	Mr. Khun-Neay Khuon	GCM
	Grand Cross	Ms. Anne Lemaistre	GCM
	Grand Officer	Mr. Patrick Paul Seger	GOM
	Grand Cross	Mr. Magnus Saemundsson	GCM
	Grand Cross	Mr. Allen Dodgson Tan	GCM
2018	Commander	Dr. Fraser Cameron	CM
	Commander	Mr. Robert Cripps	CM
	Commander	Mr. Thomas Cripps	CM
	Commander	Rev. Franklin Graham	CM
	Commander	Mr. James Kenneth Isaacs	CM
	Commander	Mr. Patrick Paul Seger	CM
	Commander	Mr. Bob Jacob	CM
	Commander	Ms. Amy Tennent	CM
2019	Grand Cross	Mr. Charles Wilson Matthews	GCM
2019	Grand Cross	Mr. Patrick Paul Seger	GCM
2020	Grand Cross	Mr. Rho Hyunjun, Country Director, KOICA	GCM
2020	Grand Officer	Mr. Kang Hwang Wook, Deputy Country Director, KOICA	GOM
2021^[16]	Grand Officer	Mr. Robert Elliott	GOM
2022^[17]^[18]^[19]	Grand Officer	Mr. Edouard George, President, Phoenix Voyages Group Ltd	GOM
	Knight Commander	Dr. James Muecke AM, chair, Sight for All	KCM
	Knight Commander	Mr. Bjorn Stenvers, CEO, Eye Care Foundation	KCM
	Knight Commander	Ms. Kate Moynihan, CEO, Seva Foundation	KCM
	Knight Commander	Ms. Hu-Jeong Moon, Director, Heart to Heart Foundation	KCM
	Knight Commander	Mr. Ek Sarou, Director, Battambong Ophthalmic Center	CM
	Knight Commander	H.E. Leung Chun-Ying, President, GX Foundation	KCM
	Knight Commander	Mr. Sambath Pol, Eye Care Foundation	KCM
	Knight Commander	Mr. Tokyo Bak, Country Manager, The Fred Hollows Foundation	KCM
	Chevalier	Mr. Horm Piseth, Eye Care Foundation	KM
	Chevalier	Mr. Prof. Mar Amrin	KM
	Chevalier	Ms. Somuny Ouk, Eye Care Foundation	KM
	Knight Officer	Ms. Judy Hatwell, CEO, Sight for All	OM
2023	Grand Cross	Gen. Chavalit Yongchaiyudh^[20]	GOM
	Knight Commander	Ms. Jane Madden, Chair of The Board of Directors, The Fred Hollows Foundation	KCM
	Knight Commander	Ms. Gabi Hollows, Funding Director, The Fred Hollows Foundation	KCM
	Knight Commander	Mr. Ian Wishart, CEO, The Fred Hollows Foundation	KCM
	Knight Commander	Mr. Jon Crail, Program Executive Director, The Fred Hollows Foundation	KCM

References[edit]

^ "ODM of Cambodia: Royal Order of Moniseraphon". www.medals.org.uk.
^ Sylvester, J. The Orders and Medals of Cambodia and Laos, 1986.
^ Emering, E. Orders, Decorations and Medals of the French Colonial Empire and the Post-Colonial Period, 2004
^ Geoffrey Oldham & Brett Delahunt (2004). "Cambodian Decorations of Honor". Milymen Books. ISBN 9780473097998., pp.50-55.
^ "Ordre du Mérite Moniseraphon" (PDF). entreprises-coloniales.fr.
^ "Biography of His Royal Highness Prince Norodom Yuvaneath". His Magesty King-Father Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. Archived from the original on March 18, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
^ "Biographie De Sa Majesté Le Roi Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni". His Magesty King-Father Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia (in French). Archived from the original on March 18, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
^ "Information" (in Japanese). Honorary Consulate of The Kingdom of Cambodia In Fukuoka, Japan. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
^ "Yohei Sasakawa: A modern-day Gandhi". The Jakarta Post.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Welcome to The University of Cambodia (UC)". www.uc.edu.kh.
^ "Welcome to The University of Cambodia (UC)". www.uc.edu.kh.
^ "The International We Love U Foundation". May 30, 2012. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012.
^ "AITM". Retrieved August 28, 2019.
^ "Sastra Angkor". www.sastraangkor.com.
^ "ワタミグループが支援する公益財団法人 School Aid Japan がカンボジア王国から「モニサラポン勲章(大十字型章)」を受勲" (PDF) (in Japanese). Watami Co., Ltd. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
^ "Manulife Cambodia Chairman Robert Elliott honoured by King of Cambodia". manulife.com. January 5, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
^ "Eye care specialists receive royal medals of honour". phnompenhpost.com.
^ កម្ពុជា នឹងកាត់បន្ថយអត្រាប្រេវ៉ាឡង់នៃភាពពិការភ្នែកឱ្យនៅត្រឹម ០.៣៥% នៅឆ្នាំ២០៣០ freshnewsasia.com (6 October 2022). Retrieved on 7 October 2022.
^ Eye care specialists receive royal medals freshnewsasia.com (10 October 2022). Retrieved on 10 October 2022.
^ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=6612238178834584&set=a.440635312661599

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[1] "ODM of Cambodia: Royal Order of Moniseraphon". www.medals.org.uk.

[The_Orders_and_Medals_of_Cambodia-2] Sylvester, J. The Orders and Medals of Cambodia and Laos, 1986.

[Orders,_Decorations_and_Medals_of_the_French_Colonial_Empire_and_the_Post-Colonial_Period-3] Emering, E. Orders, Decorations and Medals of the French Colonial Empire and the Post-Colonial Period, 2004

[r1-4] Geoffrey Oldham & Brett Delahunt (2004). "Cambodian Decorations of Honor". Milymen Books. ISBN 9780473097998., pp.50-55.

[5] "Ordre du Mérite Moniseraphon" (PDF). entreprises-coloniales.fr.

[6] "Biography of His Royal Highness Prince Norodom Yuvaneath". His Magesty King-Father Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. Archived from the original on March 18, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.

[7] "Biographie De Sa Majesté Le Roi Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni". His Magesty King-Father Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia (in French). Archived from the original on March 18, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.

[8] "Information" (in Japanese). Honorary Consulate of The Kingdom of Cambodia In Fukuoka, Japan. Retrieved June 19, 2016.

[9] "Yohei Sasakawa: A modern-day Gandhi". The Jakarta Post.

[auto-10] "Welcome to The University of Cambodia (UC)". www.uc.edu.kh.

[11] "Welcome to The University of Cambodia (UC)". www.uc.edu.kh.

[12] "The International We Love U Foundation". May 30, 2012. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012.

[13] "AITM". Retrieved August 28, 2019.

[14] "Sastra Angkor". www.sastraangkor.com.

[15] "ワタミグループが支援する公益財団法人 School Aid Japan がカンボジア王国から「モニサラポン勲章(大十字型章)」を受勲" (PDF) (in Japanese). Watami Co., Ltd. Retrieved June 19, 2016.

[16] "Manulife Cambodia Chairman Robert Elliott honoured by King of Cambodia". manulife.com. January 5, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2022.

[17] "Eye care specialists receive royal medals of honour". phnompenhpost.com.

[18] កម្ពុជា នឹងកាត់បន្ថយអត្រាប្រេវ៉ាឡង់នៃភាពពិការភ្នែកឱ្យនៅត្រឹម ០.៣៥% នៅឆ្នាំ២០៣០ freshnewsasia.com (6 October 2022). Retrieved on 7 October 2022.

[19] Eye care specialists receive royal medals freshnewsasia.com (10 October 2022). Retrieved on 10 October 2022.

[20] ttps://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=6612238178834584&set=a.440635312661599

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