Order of Bernardo O'Higgins

Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
Grand Cross set
Awarded by the President of Chile
Type	Civil order
Established	28 April 1956
Country	Chile
Eligibility	Foreign citizens
Awarded for	Achievements in the field of arts, sciences, education, industry, trade, humanitarian and social cooperation
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Merit
Next (lower)	Gabriela Mistral Order of Educational and Cultural Merit

The Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (Spanish: Orden de Bernardo O'Higgins) is an award issued by Chile. It is the highest civilian honor awarded to non-Chilean citizens. This award was established in 1965 and named after one of the founders of the Chilean state, the independentist general Bernardo O'Higgins, who was a leader of the struggle from 1810 to 1826 for independence of Spanish colonies which became Chile and Peru.