Legion d'Honneur to General Masiello

19/12/14

At Palazzo Farnese, seat of the French embassy in Italy, if the ambassador Catherine Colonna today honored General Masiello with the knightly order Legion d'honneur. The order, established on May 19, 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte, represents the highest honor attributed by the French Republic and is conferred on both French and foreign citizens, for extraordinary merits.

Among the most important personalities to whom the Award has been assigned are:

Charles de Gaulle, 1945

Louis Lumière, 1939

Queen Elizabeth II of Edinburgh, 1948

Mohammed Zahir Shah king of Afghanistan, 1949

Philip Duke of Edinburgh, 1957

Louis Pasteur Vallery-Radot, 1965

Juan Carlos, The Kings of Spain, 1976

Amir Hoveida, Prime Minister of Iran, 1976

François Jacob Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1977

Jacob Kaplan, Chief Rabbi of France, 1975

Albert II of Monaco, 2006