President Áder awards decorations on the occasion of 15 March 2022

We are delighted to announce that on the occasion of the national day of Hungary, 15 March 2022, the President of Hungary H.E. János Áder has awarded

Kairat Abdrakhmanov, High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe; in recognition of his outstanding efforts to promote minority protection, integration of multi-ethnic societies, as well as positive inter-ethnic relations,
the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary;

Ferenc Postma, professor emeritus of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; in recognition of his decades-long activities to promote Hungarian-Dutch scientific and cultural relations,
the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary; 

Annet Weijermars-Corver, chair of Huygens Festival; in recognition of her work to introduce and promote Hungarian music in the Netherlands,
the Gold Cross of Merit of Hungary;

Willem van Lieshout clinical psychologist, psychotherapist; in recognition of his one-and-a-half-decade-long voluntary work for the Hungarian equine-assisted therapeutic education,
the Silver Cross of Merit of Hungary.

Congratulations!