Order of the Liberator

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Order of the Liberator
Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator Simón Bolívar
Awarded by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Type	Order
Country	Venezuela
Status	Awarded until 2010
Grades	Grand Collar Grand Cordon Grand Officer Commander Officer Knight
Ribbon bar of the Order of the Liberator

The Order of the Liberator was the highest distinction of Venezuela and was appointed for services to the country, outstanding merit and benefits made to the community. For Venezuelans the order ranks first in the order of precedence from other orders, national and foreign.

The President of Venezuela is the Chief of the Order and has the faculty of appointing. By right, he wears the Collar of the Order.

The order was created by Antonio Guzmán Blanco on September 14, 1880, and reformed in 1922 under the presidential term of Juan Vicente Gómez, the Order has as precedent the Medal of Distinction with the bust of the Liberator created on March 11, 1854 under the presidency of José Gregorio Monagas and before that, the Order of the Liberators created by Simón Bolívar in 1813.

In 2010, the National Assembly of Venezuela decided to officially abolish the order and replace it with the Order of the Liberators of Venezuela.^[1]