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The National Order of Merit (Arabic: الوسام الوطني للاستحقاق, French: Ordre national du Mérite) is a state award of the Republic of Tunisia.
| National Order of Merit الوسام الوطني للاستحقاق Ordre national du Mérite | |
|---|---|
| Awarded by the President of Tunisia | |
| Type | Order of merit |
| Awarded for | distinguished and meritorious services to the state |
| Status | Currently constituted |
| President of Tunisia | Kais Saied |
| Grades | Grand Cordon First Class Second Class Third Class Fourth Class |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Order of the Republic |
| Next (lower) | Order of Cultural Merit |
 Ribbon bar of the order | |
The National Order of Merit was established by Decree No. 98-997 of 2 May 1998 with the aim of systematizing numerous awards of merit in various fields of activity as a single Order of Merit. The statute of the award was amended in 2004, 2006 and 2008.
The Order has five classes:
The badge of the Order is a seven-pointed star of dark blue enamel with a golden rim and with gold strals between the rays in the form of seven dihedral pointed rays of different sizes, arranged pyramidally. At the base of the rays are shortened five dihedral pointed rays of different sizes, arranged pyramidally. In the center of the star is a gold medallion with a wide border, on which a laurel wreath is located in relief. In the center of the medallion there is a relief state emblem, on top of the inscription in Arabic "Republic of Tunisia", and on the bottom: "National Order of Merit". The badge is attached to the order ribbon with the help of a ring.
The star of the order is similar to the badge, but larger.
The ribbon of the order is silk, moire, dark blue with wide gold stripes near the edge.
Tunisia: Habib Bourguiba Tunisia: Fouad Mebazaa Tunisia: Moncef Marzouki Tunisia: Beji Caid Essebsi Tunisia: Kais Saied Tunisia: Samia Abbou
Nigeria: Akinwumi Adesina Tunisia: Selma Baccar
Germany: Thomas Bach Tunisia: Yadh Ben Achour Tunisia: Lotfi Bouchnak Tunisia: Najla Bouden Tunisia: Abdelwahab Bouhdiba
Sweden: Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland Tunisia: Mohamed Hédi Chérif
France: Bernadette Chirac
Netherlands: Prince Claus of the Netherlands Sweden: Prince Daniel of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland
Egypt: Adel Emam
Syria: Sabah Fakhri Tunisia: M'hamed Hassine Fantar Tunisia: Mohamed Gueddiche Tunisia: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Tunisia: Mohamed Ghannouchi
Libya: Mohamed Hassan
Jordan: Prince Hassan bin Talal Tunisia: Ons Jabeur Tunisia: Maya Jribi Tunisia: Chedli Klibi France: Roger Lemerre Tunisia: Sami Trabelsi Tunisia: Faouzi Benzarti Egypt: Naguib Mahfouz Tunisia: Ahmed Ounaies Tunisia: Moncef Ouannes Germany: Hans-Gert Pöttering
Senegal: Léopold Sédar Senghor Sweden: Queen Silvia of Sweden
Saudi Arabia: Prince Sultan bin Salman Al Saud Tunisia: Mohamed Talbi
Algeria: Abdelmadjid Tebboune Tunisia: Hatem Trabelsi