The National Public Administration Prize (known in Spanish as the Premio Nacional Administración Pública or PNAP) forms part of the Mexican Honours System.
It is, along with its corresponding Medal, the highest decoration that the country confers on its public servants for works that improve the functions of the nation's federal government.
[1][2] The Prize was established by decree of President José López Portillo following an Act of the Mexican Congress in 1980[3] and is governed by the country's federal law on awards.
[4] The classes are : Recipients of all grades receive a diploma, a lump sum determined annually by the President of Mexico, and have their names recorded on the Prize's Book of Honor.
Award of the Prize is outlined by Mexico's Norma para otorgar el Premio Nacional de Administración Pública.