Order of Liberty (Ukraine)

For the Portuguese order of the similar name, see Order of Liberty.

Order of Liberty
Badge of the Order of Liberty
Awarded by Ukraine
Type	Single-grade order
Status	Active
Grades (w/ post-nominals)	Member of the Order of Liberty (MOL)
Statistics
Established	April 10, 2008
Total inductees	38
Precedence
Next (higher)	Hero of Ukraine (Order of the Gold Star and Order of the State)
Next (lower)	Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise
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Ribbon bar of the Order of Liberty

The Order of Liberty (Ukrainian: Орден Свободи) is an award of Ukraine. The Order was instituted on April 10, 2008, by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to honour special merits of citizens for strengthening the Sovereignty and Independence of Ukraine, consolidating Ukrainian society, developing Democracy, advancing socio-economic and political reforms, and advocating the Constitutional Rights and Liberties of Man and Citizen.

Recipients

Since the creation of the Order of Liberty, there were 38 recipients of the decoration. This first recipient is Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

1. Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (2008)
2. Yevgen Zakharov (2008)
3. Eugene Sverstyuk (2008)
4. Stepan Khmara (2008)
5. Myroslav Marynovych (2008)
6. Mykhailo Horyn (2009)
7. Ivan Dziuba (2009)
8. Boris Oleynik (2009)
9. Filaret (Denysenko) (2009)
10. Petro Franco (2009)
11. Valdas Adamkus (2009)
12. Ihor Kalynets (2009)
13. Oles Shevchenko (2009)
14. Ivan Hel (2009)
15. Mykola Horbal (2009)
16. Athena-Svyatomyra Pashko (2009)
17. Mykola Plakhotnyuk (2009)
18. Vasyl Chervoniy (2009, posthumous)
19. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2009)
20. Roman Krutsyk (2010)
21. Eugene Pronyuk (2010)
22. Ivan Sokulsky (2010, posthumous)
23. Nursultan Nazarbayev (2010)
24. Volodymyr Sabodan (2010)
25. Valdis Zatlers (2011)
26. Borys Paton (2012)
27. Leonid Gubersky (2013)
28. Bartholomew I of Constantinople (2013)
29. Ilham Aliyev (2013)
30. Leonid Kravchuk (2014)
31. Anders Fogh Rasmussen (2014)
32. Dmytro Pavlychko (2015)
33. Boris Nemtsov (2015, posthumous)
34. Myroslav Symchych (2015)
35. José Manuel Barroso (2015)
36. George Soros (2015)
37. Omelyan Koval (2015)
38. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk (2016)

External links

• The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On the State Decorations of Ukraine" // Official Internet Presentation of The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
• The Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine ‘On State Awards of Ukraine’”