Amador Guerrero, Manuel

Amador Guerrero, Manuel, 1833-1909, first president of Panama (1904-8), b. Colombia. A physician, he served as medical officer for the Panama RR and was a leader in the movement for Panamanian independence from Colombia. As the emissary (1903) for the revolutionaries to the United States, he helped obtain U.S. aid for the successful revolution. He was unanimously selected president of the new republic by the constitutional convention despite a stipulation in the constitution that the president be born in Panama.

The Orden de Manuel Amador Guerrero (Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero in English) is the highest honour of Panama.

It is named after Manuel Amador Guerrero, the first president of Panama. The order was established on the 50th anniversary of Panama's independence on 29 October 1953, and has been awarded to distinguished people (Panamenians and Non Panamenians) in the sciences arts, and politics for over 50 years.

Grades

There are several grades of the honour:

• Gold Collar
• Grand Collier
• Grand Cross (Gran Cruz)
• Grand Officer (Gran Oficial)

Awardees

Gold Collar

• Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, 29 November 1953
• Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 8 August 2001

Grand Collier

• Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
• Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo, former president of Uruguay

Grand Cross

• Howard Baker Jr, 2001
• Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 29 November 1953
• Carlos González Parrodi, 1981
• Carmen Romano de López Portillo, 1981
• Alfonso de Rosenzweig Díaz, 1981
• Eduardo Valdés Escoffery, 1994
• Luis G. Zorrilla, 1981
• Dionisio de Gracia Guillén, 2001

Grand Officer

• Anthony Bailey
• Martin D. Young
• Paxson Offield, 2005
• Robert Berry, 2005
• Elsie Alvarado de Ricord, 2005

Collar

• Andrew Bertie, 2000
• Jorge E. Illueca
• José López Portillo, 1981
• Carlos Saul Menem, 1994

Unknown grade

• Ricardo M. Alba, 2002
• Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez
• Harold Bernstein, 2002
• Enrique Berruga Filloy, 1 June 2001
• Sean Connery, 11 March 2003
• Anil K. Dhingra, 1997
• Fire Department of New York, 27 November 2001
• Harriet Mayor Fulbright
• Karl Johnson, 2001
• Ramiro Ordóñez Jonama, 2001
• Paul R. Noland, 1997
• David Rockefeller
• Harold Christian Hofmann 2007