Order of Jamaica

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national order state decoration

The Order of Jamaica is one of the country’s highest national honors, awarded to Jamaican citizens for outstanding distinction in their field or service to the nation.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Order of Jamaica canonical 13

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national order ⓘ
state decoration ⓘ
associatedWith Jamaican honours system ⓘ
awardingBody Government of Jamaica ⓘ
Office of the Prime Minister of Jamaica ⓘ
ceremonyLocation King’s House, Kingston ⓘ
conferredBy instrument signed by the Governor-General ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
dayOfInvestiture National Heroes Day in Jamaica ⓘ
surface form: National Heroes Day (Jamaica)
eligibility Jamaican citizens ⓘ
non-Jamaicans accorded honorary membership ⓘ
establishedInYear 1969 ⓘ
hasCategory Orders, decorations, and medals of Jamaica ⓘ
hasClass Member ⓘ
hasNotableRecipient Bob Marley ⓘ
Jimmy Cliff ⓘ
Edna Manley ⓘ
surface form: Louise Bennett-Coverley

Merlene Ottey ⓘ
P. J. Patterson ⓘ
Portia Simpson-Miller ⓘ
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ⓘ
Usain Bolt ⓘ
headOfOrder Governor-General of Jamaica ⓘ
headOfOrderTitle Chancellor ⓘ
higherAward Order of Merit (Jamaica) ⓘ
Order of National Hero (posthumous) ⓘ
surface form: Order of National Hero

Order of the Nation ⓘ
honoraryPostNominalLetters OJ (Hon.) ⓘ
insigniaType badge ⓘ
breast star ⓘ
ribbon ⓘ
languageOfMotto English ⓘ
legalBasis National Honours and Awards Act (Jamaica) ⓘ
lowerAward Order of Distinction ⓘ
motto For a covenant of the people ⓘ
partOf Orders and Medals of Jamaica ⓘ
surface form: National Honours and Awards of Jamaica
postNominalLetters OJ ⓘ
purpose recognition of exceptional achievement in a particular field ⓘ
recognition of outstanding distinction in service to Jamaica ⓘ
rankInJamaicanHonoursSystem fourth-highest ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
ribbonColour green with gold edges ⓘ
status currently constituted ⓘ
styleGrantedToMembers The Honourable ⓘ
typeOfAward single-class order ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bunny Wailer → awardReceived → Order of Jamaica ⓘ
Grace Jones → notableAward → Order of Jamaica ⓘ
Usain Bolt → honor → Order of Jamaica ⓘ
Michael Lee-Chin → awardReceived → Order of Jamaica ⓘ
Order of National Hero (posthumous) → precedenceOver → Order of Jamaica ⓘ
Rita Marley → awardReceived → Order of Jamaica ⓘ
Order of Merit (Jamaica) → higherThan → Order of Jamaica ⓘ
Grace Beverly Jones → awarded → Order of Jamaica ⓘ
Patrick Linton Allen → memberOfOrder → Order of Jamaica ⓘ
Orders and Medals of Jamaica → component → Order of Jamaica ⓘ
Chancery of the Orders of the Jamaican Honors System → administers → Order of Jamaica ⓘ
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce → nationalHonor → Order of Jamaica ⓘ
Beres Hammond → awardReceived → Order of Jamaica ⓘ