Ordem do Vulcão
# Ordem do Vulcão

Ordem do Vulcão (Portuguese for the Order of Vulcan or Order of the Volcano), also named as the Medal of the 1st Class of Ordem do Vulcão is a national award that is done each year by the President of Cape Verde, it is awarded to the greatest personalities of Cape Verde and non-Cape Verdeans, which contributes to an aggrandizement of the nation. It is the main decoration of the country created after the independence of the nation.

## Ranks

It has the following ranks:

* Medal of the 1st Rank
* Medal of the 2nd Rank
* Medal of the 3rd Rank

## Recipients

* Eugénio Tavares, 1995
* João Lopes Filho, 2004
* Amélia da Lomba, 2005 - the first non-Cape Verdean to be awarded
* Cesária Évora, 2006
* Mário Lúcio Sousa, 2006
* Edite Borges, 2011
* Gil Semedo, 2011
