Order of Merit and Management

This article is about the Iranian civilian order awarded during Islamic Republic era. For Iranian military award abolished in 1979, see Military Order of Merit (Iran). For similarly named orders, see Order of Merit (disambiguation).

Order of Merit and Management (Persian: نشان لياقت و مديريت) is an Iranian state expertise order established by "Council of Ministers of Iran" in November 21, 1990. The order has three classes, and awarded by President of Iran. According to Article 9 of the Regulations on the Awarding of Government Orders of Iran, the Order of Merit and Management is awarded to people who achieve "an exceptional success in management, distinguished activities, aiding the oppressed and deprived people and/or beneficiary use of utilities and/or offering exquisite ways".^[1][2][3][4]

Order of Merit and Management
First class of the Order
Type	National order
Established	By Council of Ministers of Iran on November 21, 1990
Country	Islamic Republic of Iran
Ribbon
Awarded by	President of Iran
Grades	First Order Second Order Third Order

Recipients

No.	Recipient Name	Badge	Type	Donator	Date
1.	Mohammad Ali Abadizadeh	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	March 25, 1995 [5][6][7]
2.	Abdollah Jassbi	Order of Merit and Management	Second Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	May 9, 1995 [8][9][10][7]
3.	Jamal Pouramrollahi	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	August 3, 1995 [11][7]
4.	Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian Fard	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	August 3, 1995 [12][13][7]
5.	Hassan Shafti	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	June 19, 1996 [14][15][7]
6.	Hossein Shahaboddin	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	October 6, 1996 [16][17][7]
7.	Mehdi Karbasian	Order of Merit and Management	Second Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	January 16, 1997 [18][19][20][7]
8.	Ali Kolahdooz Esfahani	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	January 16, 1997 [21][22][7]
9.	Mohammad Taghi Amanpour	Order of Merit and Management	Second Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	January 22, 1997 [23][24][25][7]
10.	Ahmad Sadeghi	Order of Merit and Management	Second Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	January 22, 1997 [26][7]
11.	Mohsen Safayi Farhani	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	January 22, 1997 [7]
12.	Mohammad Hossein Habibian	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	June 11, 1997 [7]
13.	Ali Shekarriz	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	June 11, 1997 [27][7]
14.	Mehdi Tafazzoli	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	June 11, 1997 [28][7]
15.	Mohammad Hassan Erfanian	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	June 16, 1997 [29][7]
16.	Ahmad Ali Karbalayi Havati	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	June 17, 1997 [30][7]
17.	Behrouz Boushehri	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	August 2, 1997 [31][32][7]
18.	Masoud Fanian	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 2, 1999 [33][7]
19.	Amin Haj Rasouliha	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	January 10, 2001 [34][35][7]
20.	Mousa Refan	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	January 10, 2001 [36][37][7]
21.	Mohammad Hadi Khazayi	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	January 10, 2001 [38][39]
22.	Mojtaba Khosrotaj	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	July 30, 2003 [40][41][42][7]
23.	Mahmoud Jannatian	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	July 30, 2003 [43][44][7]
24.	Ali Mohammad Noorian	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	July 30, 2003 [45][46][47][7]
25.	Sattar Mahmoudi	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	July 30, 2003 [48][49][7]
26.	Ziaoddin Shojaee Borhan	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	February 18, 2004 [50][7]
27.	Jalal Rasoul Ef	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	February 18, 2004 [51][52][7]
28.	Masoud Karbasian	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	February 18, 2004 [53][54][41][55]
29.	Mohsen Khajeh Noori	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	August 3, 2004 [56][57][58][59][60][7]
30.	Abdolhossein Sabet	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	August 3, 2004 [61][62][58][60][7]
31.	Seyfollah Aliasghari	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	August 3, 2004 [63][64][60][59][58][7]
32.	Mohammad Reza Yazdani Khorram	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	August 3, 2004 [65][66][67][68][69][70][7]
33.	Mahmoud Amiri	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	August 3, 2004 [71][72][59][60][58][7]
34.	Nazal Sarrafzadegan	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	August 3, 2004 [73][74][75][60][76][7]
35.	Fatemeh Karroubi	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	August 3, 2004 [60][77][78][76][79][75][7]
36.	Ali Younesi	Order of Merit and Management	First Order	Mohammad Khatami	January 31, 2005 [80][81][82]
37.	Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh	Order of Merit and Management	First Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 7, 2005 [83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92]
38.	Mohammad Bagherian	Order of Merit and Management	First Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 7, 2005 [93][94][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92]
39.	Mohammad Sattarifar	Order of Merit and Management	First Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 7, 2005 [95][96][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92]
40.	Nasrollah Jahangard	Order of Merit and Management	Second Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 7, 2005 [97][98][99][100][101][102][103][104]
41.	Mostafa Moazzenzadeh	Order of Merit and Management	Second Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 7, 2005 [105][106][107][97][98][99][100]
42.	Seyyed Mehdi Hosseini	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 7, 2005 [97][98][99][100][108][109]
43.	Mahmoud Asgari Azad	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 7, 2005 [97][98][99][100][110][111]
44.	Mahmoud Mohaddes	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 7, 2005 [97][98][99][100][112][113]
45.	Ali Ashraf Afkhami	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 7, 2005 [114][115][97][98][99][100]
46.	Majid Ghadami	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 7, 2005 [116][117][97][98][99][100]
47.	Karim Momeni	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 7, 2005 [97][98][99][100][118][119]
48.	Yousef Hojjat	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	June 7, 2005 [120][121][122][97][98][99][100]
49.	Mohsen Pourseyyed Aghayi	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mohammad Khatami	July 8, 2005 [97][98][99][100][123][124][125][126]
50.	Mohammad Dadkan	Order of Merit and Management	First Order	Mohammad Khatami	July 31, 2005 [127][128][129][130][131]
51.	Jafar Mohammadi	Order of Merit and Management	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	August 27, 2006 [132][133][134][135][136][137][138]
52.	Jaber Safdari	Order of Merit and Management	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	August 27, 2006 [139][140][141][134][135][136][137][138]
53.	Sowlat Sana	Order of Merit and Management	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	August 27, 2006 [142][143][144][134][135][136][137][138]
54.	Ali Hajinia Laylabadi	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	August 27, 2006 [145][146][134][135][147][136][137][138]
55.	Houshang Nobari	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	August 27, 2006 [148][134][135][149][150][136][137][138]
56.	Amir Moayed Alayi	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	August 27, 2006 [151][137][134][135][136][152][138]
57.	Morteza Behzad	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	August 27, 2006 [153][154][155][134][135][136][137][138]
58.	Abdolvahid Kalantari	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	August 27, 2006 [156][157]
59.	Mohammad Fadayi Ashyani	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	August 27, 2006 [158][159][160][134][135][136][137][138]
60.	Abbas Rashidi	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	August 27, 2006 [161][162][163][134][135][136][137][138]
61.	Habibollah Sayyari	Order of Merit and Management	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	October 27, 2012 [164][165][166][167][168]
62.	Behrouz Moradi	Order of Merit and Management	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	June 12, 2013 [169][170][171][88][89][90][91][92][172][173][174]
63.	Nasrin Soltankhah	Order of Merit and Management	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	June 12, 2013 [172][88][89][90][91][92][175][173][174]
64.	Gholam-Hossein Elham	Order of Merit and Management	Second Order	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	August 7, 2013 [176][177][178][179]
65.	Mohammad Javad Zarif	Order of Merit and Management	First Order	Hassan Rouhani	February 8, 2016 [180][181][182][183][184][185][186]
66.	Abbas Araghchi	Order of Merit and Management	Second Order	Hassan Rouhani	February 8, 2016 [180][187][188][189][190][184][185][186]
67.	Majid Takht-Ravanchi	Order of Merit and Management	Second Order	Hassan Rouhani	February 8, 2016 [180][187][188][189][190][191][192][184][185][186]
68.	Hamid Baeidinejad	Order of Merit and Management	Third Order	Hassan Rouhani	February 8, 2016 [180][187][188][189][190][193][184][185][194][186]

Classes

It comes in three classes:

• 
  1st Order
• 
  2nd Order
• 
  3rd Order

See also

• Order of Freedom (Iran)
• Order of Altruism
• Order of Work and Production
• Order of Research
• Order of Mehr
• Order of Justice (Iran)
• Order of Construction
• Order of Knowledge
• Order of Education and Pedagogy
• Order of Persian Politeness
• Order of Independence (Iran)
• Order of Service
• Order of Courage (Iran)
• Order of Culture and Art