{"id":5652,"date":"2022-09-08T16:07:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T14:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/?p=5652"},"modified":"2023-03-30T16:49:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T14:49:52","slug":"president-tshisekedi-awards-an-honorary-decoration-to-george-a-forrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/president-tshisekedi-awards-an-honorary-decoration-to-george-a-forrest\/","title":{"rendered":"President Tshisekedi awards an honorary decoration to George A. Forrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5547\" src=\"\/content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FAT-et-GAF-accolade.jpg\" alt=\"EGMF's 100th anniversary with George Arthur Forrest and Felix Antoine Tshisekedi\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FAT-et-GAF-accolade.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FAT-et-GAF-accolade-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FAT-et-GAF-accolade-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the General Company Malta Forrest (EGMF in acronym), George Arthur Forrest was elevated to the rank of Grand Cordon of the Ordre des H\u00e9ros Nationaux Kabila-Lumumba.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of State, President F\u00e9lix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo came in person to award this decoration to the President of Groupe Forrest.<\/p>\n<p>This distinction echoes the &#8220;eminent and loyal services&#8221; rendered to the Congolese nation by contributing to the development of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n<p>This decoration was preceded by the presentation of the book-testimony of George A. Forrest &#8220;Un si\u00e8cle de r\u00eaves&#8221; by Professor Isidore Ndaywel and the speeches of the President and CEO of the Groupe Forrest.<\/p>\n<p>The evening then continued with the President of the Republic and a few hundred guests, including personalities: Doctor Denis Mukwege, , the 2018 Peace Nobel Prize Winner, the Ambassador of the European Union to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jean-Marc Ch\u00e2taignier, comedian Kody, who came especially from Belgium, etc.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5652 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/president-tshisekedi-awards-an-honorary-decoration-to-george-a-forrest\/_dsc7467-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/app\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC7467-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Kody-comedian\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/_dsc7551-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSC7551-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"George A Forrest, Bruno Fally and Malta D Forrest\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/_dsc7522-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSC7522-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/_dsc7240-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSC7240-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Dr Denis Mukwege and journalist Colette Braeckman\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/_dsc7507-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSC7507-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"George Arthur, Lydia Forrest, Hamidou Sall\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/_dsc7506-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSC7506-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"George Arthur, Lydia Forrest, Hamidou Sall\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/_dsc7418-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSC7418-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Forrest family with President Tshisekedi\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/_dsc7400-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSC7400-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"President Tshisekedi awards an honorary decoration to George A. Forrest\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/_dsc7299-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSC7299-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Decoration ceremony of George A. Forrest in Kinshasa\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/_dsc7226-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSC7226-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Chancellor, George A. Forrest and Professor Isidore Ndaywel\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"George Arthur Forrest d\u00e9cor\u00e9 par le Pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique Felix Antoine Tshisekedi\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1gX7uklcIWk?start=78&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the General Company Malta Forrest (EGMF in acronym), George Arthur Forrest was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[410,466,414,433,298,465,464],"class_list":["post-5652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gfi-en","tag-egmf-en","tag-felix-antoine-tshisekedi-tshilombo-en","tag-george-arthur-forrest-en","tag-george-forrest-en","tag-groupe-forrest-en","tag-president-tshisekedi-en","tag-tshisekedi"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5652"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5655,"href":"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5652\/revisions\/5655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forrestgroup.lademo.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}