Grand Order of Queen Jelena

Infobox Military Award
name= Grand Order of Queen Jelena
with Sash and Morning Star


caption= Grand Order of Queen Jelena
(top: Grand Order medal with sash; bottom: Morning Star "(Danica)" medal; left: Grand Order ribbon; right: smaller decorative version)
awarded_by= the Republic of Croatia
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eligibility= Highly ranked state officials, foreign officials, senior military officials
for= "Contributions to the international reputation and status of the Republic of Croatia, for exceptional contributions to the independence and integrity of the Republic of Croatia, the development and construction of the Republic of Croatia, and for their personal exceptional contributions to the development of relationships between Croatia and the Croatian people and other countries and peoples; for exceptional contributions in the formulation of military strategy and doctrine, for merit in developing the Croatian armed forces, and for particular accomplishment in the leadership and command of the Croatian armed forces"
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status= Currently awarded
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established= 15 March 1995 [cite web |url=http://www.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeno/1995/0377.htm |publisher="Narodne novine" |title=Odluka o proglašenju Zakona o odlikovanjima i priznanjima Republike Hrvatske |date=15 March 1995 |accessdate=2008-07-10 |language=Croatian ]
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higher= Grand Order of King Tomislav
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lower= Grand Order of Petar Krešimir IV
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The Grand Order of Queen Jelena (Croatian: "Velered kraljice Jelene"), or more fully the Grand Order of Queen Jelena with Sash and Morning Star ("Velered kraljice Jelene s lentom i Danicom"), is an order of the Republic of Croatia. It was established in 1995. It ranks second in the Croatian order of precedence after the Grand Order of King Tomislav.

The order, along with the Grand Order of Petar Krešimir IV, is awarded to dignitaries, other state officials and heads of international organizations for their contributions to the international reputation and status of the Republic of Croatia; to Croatian and foreign statesmen and parliamentary and government leaders for exceptional contributions to the independence and integrity of the Republic of Croatia, the development and construction of the Republic of Croatia, and for their personal exceptional contributions to the development of relationships between Croatia and the Croatian people and other countries and peoples; and to senior armed forces officers for exceptional contributions in the formulation of military strategy and doctrine, for merit in developing the Croatian armed forces, and for particular accomplishment in the leadership and command of the Croatian armed forces. ["Zakon o odlikovanjima", section 8]

Description

The badge of the order is a blue trefoil edged in gold. The trefoil is topped by a crown in the form of the upper part of the Croatian coat of arms (five shields representing the five geographical regions that comprise Croatia) with the words "KRALJICE JELENE" at the base. The badge is suspended from a sash of equal stripes of blue, white and red, with an interwoven wattle pattern on the red and blue stripes.

The star of the order has the badge above on a star with eight longer and eight shorter silver rays, with gold rays between.

Notable recipients

Foreign officials

* "2008" - flagicon|JPN Yasuo Fukuda [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=President Mesić meets Japanese Emperor Akihito | date=2008-03-05 | publisher=HINA | url =http://www.predsjednik.hr/default.asp?ru=2&gl=200803060000003&sid=&jezik=2 | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-10 | language = ] [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Japan-Croatia Summit Meeting | date=2008-03-05 | publisher=Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet | url =http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/hukudaphoto/2008/03/05croatia_e.html | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-10 | language = ] "(as Prime Minister of Japan)"

* "2007" - flagicon|SVK Mikuláš Dzurinda "(as former Prime Minister of Slovakia)"

* "2007" - flagicon|AUT Wolfgang Schüssel "(as former Chancellor of Austria)"

* "2006" - flagicon|GER Gerhard Schröder [ [http://www.predsjednik.hr/default.asp?mode=1&gl=200704240000004&jezik=1&sid= Ured predsjednika RH ] ]

* "2006" - flagicon|GER Helmut Kohl

* "2006" - flagicon|ESP Josep Borrell Fontelles

* "2006" - flagicon|BEL Wilfried Martens

* "2006" - flagicon|GER Hans-Gert Pöttering

* "2003" - flagicon|DEN Prince Henrik of Denmark [ [http://www.predsjednik.hr/default.asp?mode=1&gl=200311130000003&jezik=1&sid= Ured predsjednika RH ] ]

* "2002" - flagicon|HUN József Antall

* "2000" - flagicon|USA Madeleine Albright

* "1995" - flagicon|BIH Alija Izetbegović [ [http://www.hic.hr/ZZ-spomenar22.htm Hrvatski spomenar ] ] "(as President of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

* "1995" - flagicon|BIH Krešimir Zubak "(as President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina)"

Croatian dignitaries

* "2008" - Luka Bebić "(as President of Sabor)"
* "2008" - Ivo Sanader "(as Prime Minister of Croatia)"
* "2008" - Josip Manolić cite web |url=http://www.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeno/2008/2363.htm |publisher="Narodne novine" |title=Odluka kojom se odlikuju Veleredom kraljice Jelene |date=20 June 2008 |accessdate=2008-07-12 |language=Croatian ] "(as former Prime Minister of Croatia)"
* "2008" - Ivica Račan [cite web |url=http://www.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeno/2008/1471.htm |publisher="Narodne novine" |title=Odluka kojom se posmrtno odlikuje Ivica Račan |date=16 April 2008 |accessdate=2008-07-12 |language=Croatian ] "(as former Prime Minister of Croatia) - awarded posthumously"
* "1998" - Franjo Kuharić

Further reading

* [http://www.predsjednik.hr/default.asp?gl=200309120000006 "Zakon o odlikovanjima i priznanjima Republike Hrvatske"] , NN 20/95 ("Law on Decorations", in Croatian)
* "Hrvatska Odlikovanja", Narodne Novine, Zagreb 1996.

References