The Order of the Equatorial Star (French: Ordre de l'Etoile Equatoriale) is a state order of Gabon.
| Order of the Equatorial Star | |
|---|---|
Order awarded to David Ben Gurion | |
| Type | Five-grade order |
| Awarded for | personal merit and service to the nation, both civil and military. |
| Presented by | Gabon |
| Status | active |
| Established | August 6, 1959 |
Ribbon of the Order | |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | none |
| Next (lower) | National Order of Merit |
Instituted on 6 August 1959, it is awarded for personal merit and service to the nation, both civil and military. It has five grades: Grand Cross, Grand Officer, Commander, Officer and Knight.
Notable recipients
- Virginie Ambougou – Gabonese royal and politician (1902–1992)
- Jean-Bédel Bokassa – Leader of Central Africa from 1966 to 1979
- Paul Boundoukou-Latha – Gabonese politician (1952–2020)
- Andrés Carrascosa Coso – Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1955) (Grand Officer) (2009)
- Yvette Chassagne – French politician (1922–2007)
- Maurice Couve de Murville – Prime Minister of France from 1968 to 1969
- Michel Debré – Prime Minister of France from 1959 to 1962
- Lamine Diack – Senegalese businessman (1933–2021)
- Abba Hushi – Polish-born Israeli politician (1898–1969)
- Mordechai Ish-Shalom – Israeli politician and labor leader (1902–1991)
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – President of Brazil (2003–2011; since 2023)
- Kadish Luz – Israeli politician (1895–1972)
- Ferdinand Marcos – President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
- Golda Meir – Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974
- Rose Christiane Raponda – Vice President of Gabon in 2023
- Albert Schweitzer – German polymath (1875–1965)
- Zalman Shazar – President of Israel from 1963 to 1973
- Franz Josef Strauss – German politician (1915–1988)
- Seif el-Din el-Zoubi – Israeli politician (1913–1986)
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi – Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979
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