Historical Orders of France - The French Fifth Republic (1956 - nowadays)

nowadays)

• Legion of Honour 1802
• Order of Liberation 1940

The 19 Ministerial Orders - which all knew three grades Commander, Officer and Knight - were each administered by a Board which was chaired by the relevant Minister. The fragmentation of the honors system was perceived as malpractice because a clear policy was not possible.
Fifteen of these orders were abolished by the first president of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle on 1 January 1964 and were replaced by the National Order of Merit.
But the

• Order of the Academic Palms (1808 or 1955)
• National Order of Agricultural Merit (French: "l'Ordre National du Mérite Agricole")
• Order of Maritime Merit (French: "l'Ordre du Mérite Maritime") were kept

Next to these, the Order of Arts and Letters) (French: "Ordre des Arts et des Lettres"), established in 1956, was maintained.

A new development is that on 5 June 1996, the Order of Tahiti Nui (French: "l'Ordre de Tahiti Nui") was established by the Assembly of French Polynesia (French: "Assemblée de Polynésie française"), the local French Polynesian parliamentary assembly.