In a joint organisation of the Legislative Assembly and the Regional Government, 40 honorary commendations were bestowed to Azorean personalities and institutions during a solemn session to celebrate the Day of the Autonomous Region of the Azores that was held in Praia da Vitória on Monday.
According to its statutes, approved in 2002, the Azorean commendations “aim to honour, either in lifetime or posthumously, the citizens and legal persons that have distinguished themselves by personal or institutional actions, civic deeds or by services rendered to the Region.”
The list of commendations awarded this year is the following:
Insígnia autonómica de reconhecimento (autonomic commendation of recognition)
- Avelino de Freitas de Meneses
- António Pereira Vieira Goulart
- Ermelindo dos Santos Machado Ávila
- João Luís Morgado Pacheco
- João António das Pedras Saramago
- Luísa Constantina de Ataíde da Costa Gomes (posthumously)
- Maria da Conceição Bettencourt de Medeiros
- Maria Madalena Moneteiro Velho Arruda da Câmara Pereira Férin (posthumously)
- Mário Bettencourt Resendes (posthumously)
Insígnia autonómica de mérito professional (autonomic commendation of professional merit)
- Jorge de Almeida Leal Monjardino (posthumously)
- Mário Parreira de Sousa Lima (posthumously)
- José Henrique Silva Rocha Lourenço
Insígnia autonómica de mérito industrial, comercial e agrícola (autonomic commendation of industrial, commercial and agricultural merit)
-Jaime de Sousa Lima
- José Fraga Germano
- José Tomás Ataíde da Cunha
- Luís Filipe Pinto Basto Bensaúde
- Casa Agrícola Brum, Lda. de Francisco Maria Brum
- Cerâmica Vieira
Insígnia autonómica de mérito cívico (autonomic commendation of civic merit)
- Adriano Ferreira (posthumously)
- António Eduardo Borges Coutinho (posthumously)
- António Félix Moniz (posthumously)
- António Roberto Aguiar de Oliveira Rodrigues
- Calvino Soares da Fonseca Santos (posthumously)
- Emília Isaura Soares Mendonça
- Fernando Aires de Medeiros Sousa (posthumously)
- Francisco Ernesto de Oliveira Martins
- João Alcindo Neves Ornelas
- João de Brito Zeferino
- Jorge Manuel do Nascimento Medeiros Cabral (posthumously)
- Jorge João de Medeiros Borges
- Weber Machado Pereira
- Veríssimo de Freitas da Silva Borges (posthumously)
- Octávio Henrique Ribeiro de Medeiros
- Associacion Civil Los Azoreños
- Associação de Jovens da Fonte do Bastardo
- Banda Eco-Edificante da Vila do Nordeste
- Clube Desportivo Ribeirense
- Comissão das Festas do Espírito Santo da Nova Inglaterra
- Esquadra 752 dos Puma e Aviocars da Base Aérea nº 4
Insígnia autonómica de dedicação (autonomic commendation of dedication)
- João Domingos Pedro Taveira