Key Benefits:
By order of the President of the Republic dated 31 December 2004, taken on the Report of the Prime Minister and intended for his execution by the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour, having regard to the statement of the Council of the Order that the present elevations are made in accordance with the laws, decrees and regulations in force, the Council of Ministers heard, are high, to take rank from the date of receipt in their dignity:
A Dignity of Grand' Cross
M. de Gaulle (Philippe, Henri, Xavier), Admiral, former Senator of Paris. Grand Officer of September 16, 1980.
M. Guéna (Yves, René, Henri), former President of the Constitutional Council, former Minister, President of the Arab World Institute. Grand Officer, October 22, 2001.
A Dignity of Grand Officer
M. Allais (Maurice, Félix, Charles), member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, Nobel Prize in economics. Commander of September 28, 1989.
M. Burgelin (Jean-François), Honorary General Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation. Commander of 24 April 2001.
M. Dutourd (Jean, Hubert), member of the Académie française, man of letters. Commander of August 25, 1994.
M. Lussan (Paul, Louis, Marie, Claude), former president of Paris, former president of the International Union of Lawyers. Commander of October 13, 1978.
