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MR. JORGE CASTELLÁ DE COT. PRESIDENT OF THE FUNDACIÓN AEFE, FUNDACIÓN DE FOMENTO EUROPEO.

The Fundación AEFE due to the proposal of its Committee on Awards, rewards to Entities, Institutions and Personalities, that have excelled in their support to the European values:

- Heads of State, - Politicians, Presidents of Parliaments,- Ministers, Generals and Almirals, - Cardinals and Archbishops, - Nobel Prizes, - Príncipe de Asturias Prizes, - Ambassadors and Cónsuls, - Rectors and University Professors, - Representatives from The Arts, Sciences and

Literature (Artists and Intellectuals), - Sportsmen/women, - Vip’s business, - and so on.  

THE PRESIDENT OF FUNDACIÓN AEFE, MR. JORGE CASTELLÁ DE COT, DURING EACH SOLEMN GALA PRIZE AWARDING, THANKS TO THE DECORATED

PERSONALITIES AND INSTITUTIONS, THEIR WORK FOR THE EUROPEAN VALUES.

THE FUNDACIÓN AEFE REWARDS TO PERSONALITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD, DURING ITS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FUNDACIÓN AEFE, MR. JORGE CASTELLÁ DE COT, TRIES TO DIVULGUE THE EUROPEAN VALUES IN THE FIVE CONTINETS.

The FUNDACIÓN AEFE, Fundación de Fomento Europeo, based on its Ideology, endeavours to unite all the individuals of good will, with broadminded humanity -regardless of their country, language, sex, ethnic group, colour, beliefs, ideology, social position, etc.,- who struggle to build a Europe that lives in peace, freedom, solidarity, and harmony, and who contribute to encourage and practice the values that bring us together.

Some of the decorated Personalities are listed, with their position in the moment of being decorated and in alphabetical order:

MR. FERRAN ADRIÀ ACOSTA.

INNOVATIVE CHEF. EL BULLI RESTAURANT.

DR. XABIER AÑOVEROS TRIAS DE BES. TENURED ACADEMIC OF THE DOCTORS ACADEMY.

MR. SEVERIANO BALLESTEROS SOTA.

INTERNATIONAL GOLF CHAMPION.

MR. DANIEL BARENBOIM SCHUSTER.

DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA. PIANIST.FOUNDER OF BAREMBOIM-SAID FOUNDATION.

DR. JOAQUÍN BARRAQUER MONER.SURGEON. DIRECTOR OF BARRAQUER OPHTHALMOLOGY CENTER.

DR. JOAN BASSEGODA I NONELL. ARCHITECT AND EXPERT IN GAUDÍ.

MR. ALBERT BATLLE I BASTARDAS. PRISON SERVICE SECRETARY OF CATALONIA.

MR. ALBERTO BELLOCH JULBE. MAYOR OF ZARAGOZA. CIUDAD EXPOZARAGOZA.

MINISTER OF INTERIOR (1994-1996).MINISTER OF JUSTICE (1993-1996).

MR. DON SHOLOMO BEN AMI. MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY IN ISRAEL.

MR. JOSEP LLUÍS BONET FERRER.

PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNACIONAL SAMPLES EXHIBITION IN BARCELONA.PRESIDENT OF THE FREIXENET GROUP.

MRS. CARMEN CAFFAREL SERRA. DIRECTOR OF THE CERVANTES INSTITUTE IN MADRID.

GENERAL DIRECTOR OF RTVE (2004-2007).

CARDINAL RICARDO MARÍA CARLES GORDO. EMERITUS ARCHBISHOP OF BARCELONA.

PROFESSOR FERNANDO CASADO JUAN. DIRECTOR OF THE FAMILY BUSINESS INSTITUTE.

MR. CAMILO JOSÉ CELA TRULOCK. MARQUESS OF IRIA FLAVIA. NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE.

MR. JOSÉ LUIS CLADERA. DIRECTOR OF THE SYMPHONIC BAND OF THE BUENOS AIRES GOVERNMENT.

DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF BUENOS AIRES CROSS OVER ORQUESTA.

MR. CLAUDIO COLOMER MARQUÉS.

TENURED ACADEMIC OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUSINESS.

MRS. MONTSERRAT COMAS D´ARGEMIR I CENDRA. JUDGE. PRESIDENT OF THE OBSERVATORY AGAINST SEX DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

VOCAL OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE JUDICIARY.

MR. JUAN ECHEVARRÍA PUIG. PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE GUTTMANN FOUNDATION.

HONORARY PRESIDENT OF MOTOR IBÉRICA. PAST PRESIDENT OF FECSA.

MR. JOSÉ FERRER SALA. HONORARY PRESIDENT OF FREIXENET GROUP.

MR. MANUEL FRAGA IRIBARNE. PRESIDENT OF THE AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT OF GALICIA.

MR. JOSÉ MANUEL LARA FERNÁNDEZ. PRESIDENT OF THE PLANETA PUBLISHING HOUSE.

MR. PLÁCIDO DOMINGO EMBIL. TENOR. DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA.

MRS. ELVIRA LINDO GARRIDO.

WRITER. CHILDREN AND YOUTH NATIONAL LITERATURE PRIZE.

MR. JAVIER ERRANDO MARISCAL. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER AND CARTOONER.

MR. ANTONIO DE P. ESCURA VIÑUELA. ACADEMIC OF THE ACADEMY OF JURISPRUDENCE AND LEGISLATION.

MR. SABINO FERNÁNDEZ CAMPO. COUNT OF LATORES. PAST DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL HOUSE.

VICENTE FERRER. FOUNDER OF VICENTE FERRER FOUNDATION.

DR. VALENTÍN FUSTER CARULLA. PRESIDENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE CNIC, MADRID.

DIRECTOR, MOUNT SINAI HERTA, NEW YORK.

MR. ANTONIO GALA VELASCO. WRITER. PLANETA PRIZE.

MR. LORENZO GASCÓN. VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUSINESS.

MR. CARLES A. GASÒLIBA I BÖHM. CHAIRMAN OF THE SPANISH COMMITTEE OF LECE.

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OTT HANS-RUDOLF PRESIDENT OF ALBERT EINSTEIN SOCIETY & EINSTEIN HAUS.

MR. MATT LAMB

PAINTER. HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE PEACE IN THE WORLD FOUNDATION.

MR. MANUEL MARÍN GONZÁLEZ. PRESIDENT OF IBERDROLA FOUNDATION.

PRESIDENT OF THE SPANISH CONGRESS OF DEPUTIES (2004-2007)VICE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (1986-1999)

EMINENCE LLUÍS MARTÍNEZ SISTACH. CARDINAL AND ARCHBISHOP OF BARCELONA.

DR. JOAN MASSAGUÉ SOLÉ.

CHIEF OF THE CELLULAR BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT AT THE SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER IN NEW YORK.

MRS. ANA MARÍA MATUTE.

WRITER. MEMBER OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE ACADEMY.

MR. FEREDICO MAYOR ZARAGOZA. GENERAL DIRECTOR OF UNESCO.

MR. JOAQUÍN NAVARRO VALLS.

DIRETTORE DELLA SALA STAMPA DELLA SANTA SEDE VATICAN CITY.

MR. JOSEP JOAN PINTÓ RUIZ.

TENURED ACADEMIC OF THE ACADEMY OF JURISPRUDENCE AND LEGISLATION. VICE PRESIDENT OF “LA CAIXA” FOUNDATION (1999-2003).

MRS. CARMEN POSADAS MAÑÉ. WRITER. PLANETA PRIZE.

DR. LUÍS ROJAS MARCOS. PRESIDENT OF NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION.

MR. CARLOS RUIZ ZAFÓN. WRITER. JOSÉ MANUEL LARA PRIZE.

MR. JAVIER RUPÉREZ RUBIO. PRESIDENT OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR THE DEPUTY CONGRESS.

PRESIDENT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY FOR THE SECURITY AND COOPERATION ORGANIZATION IN EUROPA (OSCE).

MRS. MERCEDES SALISACHS. WRITER. PLANETA PRIZE.

MR. JUAN SALVADOR LAVADO “QUINO”DRAFTSMAN AND INTERNATIONAL ARTIST.

MR. JUAN ANTONIO SAMARANCH TORELLÓ

MARQUESS OF SAMARANCH. HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (COI).

MR. JAUME SANLLORENTE TREPAT

FOUNDER OF THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION BOMBAY SMILES.

MR. JORDI SAVALL I BERNADET

PRESIDENT OF THE ANTIQUA MUSIC FOUNDATION. VIOLA PLAYER. DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA AND EXPERT IN MUSIC.

MR. ANTONI TÀPIES

FOUNDER OF THE ANTONI TÀPIES FOUNDATION. ARTIST AND PAINTER – SCULPTOR.

MRS. ULRIQUE TILLYAMBASSADOR OF AUSTRIA.

MR. FERNANDO TORRES GONZÁLEZ. GENERAL INSPECTOR OF THE ARMY.

MR. MIQUEL VALLS I MASEDA.

PRESIDENT OF THE BARCELONA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.