What is Order of Liberty?
{{Infobox order|title=Order of Liberty<br>''Ordem da Liberdade''|image=[[File:Star of order of liberty of portugal.jpg|250px]]|caption=Star of The Order of Liberty|awarded_by=[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|18px]] [[Portuguese Republic]]|type=[[Order (decoration)|Order]]|motto=|day=|eligibility=Portuguese and foreign citizens; military or civilian|for=Important services that help the cause of democracy and freedom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=131 |title=HISTÓRIA DA ORDEM DA LIBERDADE - Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas |publisher=Ordens.presidencia.pt |access-date=2012-05-28 |language=pt}}</ref>|status=Currently constituted|head_title=Grand Master|head=[[President of Portugal|President of the Portuguese Republic]]|head2_title=Chancellor|head2=[[Manuela Ferreira Leite]]|commander=|grades=Grand Collar<br>Grand Cross<br>Grand Officer<br>Commander<br>Officer<br>Member|former_grades=|established=1976|first_induction=|last_induction=|total=|recipients=|individual=|higher=[[Order of Prince Henry]]|lower=[[Order of Camões]]|image2=[[File:PRT_Order_of_Liberty_-_Knight_BAR.svg|90px]]|caption2=Ribbon bar of the Order of Liberty}} [[File:Chain_of_order_of_liberty_of_portugal.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Chain of the Order of Liberty]] The '''Order of Liberty''' ({{lang-pt|Ordem da Liberdade}}), is a Portuguese honorific civil [[Order of knighthood|order]] that is given to people who helped the cause of democracy and freedom. The order was made in 1976, after the [[Carnation Revolution]] in which the corporatist authoritarian ''[[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo]]'' regime ended. The Grand Collar can also be given by the [[President of Portugal]] to former Heads of State and people important to Portugal.<ref>{{cite web|title=ORDEM DA LIBERDADE - Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas|url=http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=185|access-date=2012-05-28|publisher=Ordens.presidencia.pt|language=pt}}</ref> == References == <references /> {{europe-stub}} [[Category:Orders, decorati