Gratias Agit Award

The Gratias Agit Award (Czech: Cena Gratias Agit) is an annual recognition awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic "for the promotion of the good name of the Czech Republic abroad".[1] It was established in 1997 and awards presentations have generally been conducted at the Czernin Palace.[1]

Partial list of recipients

Year[2] Recipient citation
2002 Wilma Iggers [3]
2006 Norodom Sihamoni [4]
2014 Patrick Herminie [5]
2017 Martina Sablikova, Jiri Belohlavek [6]
2022 Tamara Adasan, Leszek Engelking, Samir Yousef Salim Hazbun, Karl Ayikai Laryea [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cena Gratias agit – úvodní informace". mzv.cz (in Czech). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  2. ↑ "GRATIAS AGIT Award". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Dale (2025-03-09). "Wilma A. Iggers, 103, expert on Jews in central Europe". The Buffalo News. pp. D6. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  4. ↑ "King of Cambodia considers Czech Republic his second home". Radio Prague International. 2006-09-19. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  5. ↑ "Seychelles Speaker of Parliament honoured by Czech Republic with Gratias Agit award". Seychelles News Agency. June 10, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Czech Diplomacy Awards People for Promoting Country's Good Name". uscpublicdiplomacy.org. University of Southern California. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  7. ↑ ""I was in tears when I got the news": Gratias Agit awards presented". Radio Prague International. October 19, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2023.