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France has be­stowed the “Knight of the Le­gion of Ho­n­our” the low­est rank in the coun­try’s high­est civil­ian or­der, on Suri­namese med­ical prac­ti­tion­er, Dr. Ruben del Pra­do.

French Am­bas­sador, Nico­las de La­coste said the award was giv­en for “his com­mit­ment to med­i­cine, the fight against AIDS, the HIV pan­dem­ic, pub­lic health on all con­ti­nents, and the re­vival of the Al­liance Française in Suri­name”.

Cre­at­ed in 1802 by Napoleon Bona­parte, this Le­gion of Ho­n­our is award­ed to cit­i­zens on be­half of the French head of state as a re­ward for out­stand­ing achieve­ments.