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| 2009 |
Barack Obama |
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United States |
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For his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples |
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| 2008 |
Martti Ahtisaari |
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Finland |
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For his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts |
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| 2007 |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)/ Al Gore |
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International
Organisation/
United States |
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For their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change |
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| 2006 |
Muhammad Yunus/ Grameen Bank |
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Bangladesh/
Bangladeshi
Organisation |
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For their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below |
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| 2005 |
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)/ Mohamed ElBaradei |
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International
Organisation/
Egypt |
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For their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way |
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| 2004 |
Wangari Maathai |
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Kenya |
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For her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace |
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| 2003 |
Shirin Ebadi |
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Iran |
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For her efforts for democracy and human rights, especially the rights of women and children, in Iran and the Muslim world in general |
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| 2002 |
Jimmy Carter |
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United States |
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For his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts |
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| 2001 |
The United Nations (UN)/ Kofi Annan |
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International
Organisation/
Ghana |
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For their work for a better organized and more peaceful world |
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| 2000 |
Kim Dae Jung |
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South Korea |
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For his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular |
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| 1999 |
Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) |
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International
Organisation |
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In recognition of the organisation's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents |
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| 1998 |
John Hume/ David Trimble |
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both Northern Ireland |
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For their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland |
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| 1997 |
International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)/ Jody Williams |
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International
Organisation/
United States |
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| 1996 |
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo/ José Ramos-Horta |
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both East Timor |
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For their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor |
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| 1995 |
Joseph Rotblat/ Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs |
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England/
International
Organisation |
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For their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics |
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| 1994 |
Yasser Arafat/ Shimon Peres/ Yitzhak Rabin |
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Palestine/ Israel/ Israel |
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Awarded for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East |
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| 1993 |
Nelson Mandela/ Frederik Willem de Klerk |
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both South Africa |
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Leader of the ANC/President of the Republic of South Africa |
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| 1992 |
Rigoberta Menchú Tum |
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Guatemala |
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Campaigner for human rights, especially for indigenous peoples |
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| 1991 |
Aung San Suu Kyi |
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Burma |
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Opposition leader, human rights advocate |
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| 1990 |
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev |
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Soviet Union (USSR) |
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President and Secretary-General of the Communist party, helped to bring the Cold War to an end |
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| 1989 |
The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) |
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Tibet |
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Religious and political leader in exile of the Tibetan people |
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| 1988 |
The United Nations Peace-keeping Forces |
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International
Organisation |
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| 1987 |
Oscar Arias Sánchez |
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Costa Rica |
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President of Costa Rica, initiator of peace negotiations in Central America |
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| 1986 |
Elie Wiesel |
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United States |
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Author, humanitarian |
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| 1985 |
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War |
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International
Organisation |
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| 1984 |
Desmond Mpilo Tutu |
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South Africa |
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Bishop, former Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches |
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| 1983 |
Lech Walesa |
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Poland |
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Founder of Solidarity, campaigner for human rights |
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| 1982 |
Alva Myrdal/ Alfonso García Robles |
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Sweden/ Mexico |
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Former Minister, diplomat and delegate to UN disarmament conferences/ Diplomat and campaigner for disarmament |
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| 1981 |
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
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International
Organisation |
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| 1980 |
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel |
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Argentina |
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Architect, campaigner for human rights |
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| 1979 |
Mother Teresa |
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India |
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Leader of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity |
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| 1978 |
Mohammad Anwar Al-Sadat/ Menachem Begin |
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Egypt/ Israel |
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President/ Prime Minister |
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| 1977 |
Amnesty International |
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International
Organisation |
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A worldwide organization for the protection of the rights of prisoners of conscience |
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| 1976 |
Betty Williams/ Mairead Corrigan |
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both Northern Ireland |
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Co-founders of the Peace People. Awarded the prize for 1976 in 1977 |
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| 1975 |
Andrei Sakharov |
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Soviet Union (USSR) |
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Campaigner for human rights |
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| 1974 |
Seán MacBride/ Eisaku Sato |
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Republic of Ireland/ Japan |
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President of the International Peace Bureau, Geneva. UN Commissioner for Namibia/ Former Prime Minister |
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| 1973 |
Henry A. Kissinger/ Le Duc Tho |
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United States/ Vietnam |
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(Le Duc Tho declined the Prize) |
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| 1972 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1971 |
Willy Brandt |
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Germany |
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Chancellor, initiator of West Germany's 'Ostpolitik', embodying a new attitude towards Eastern Europe and East Germany |
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| 1970 |
Norman Ernest Borlaug |
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United States |
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Led research at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico City |
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| 1969 |
The International Labour Organization (ILO) |
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International
Organisation |
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| 1968 |
René Cassin |
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France |
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President of the European Court of Human Rights |
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| 1967 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1966 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1965 |
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) |
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International
Organisation |
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| 1964 |
Martin Luther King Jr. |
|
United States |
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Leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, campaigner for civil rights |
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| 1963 |
The International Committee of the Red Cross and The League of Red Cross Societies |
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International
Organisation |
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| 1962 |
Linus Carl Pauling |
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United States |
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California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. Campaigner especially for an end to nuclear weapons tests. Was awarded the prize for 1962 in 1963 |
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| 1961 |
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld |
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Sweden |
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UN Secretary-General (awarded the Prize posthumously) |
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| 1960 |
Albert John Lutuli |
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South Africa |
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President of the South African liberation movement the African National Congress.
Was awarded the prize for 1960 in 1961 |
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| 1959 |
Philip John Noel-Baker |
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United Kingdom |
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Member of Parliament. Campaigner for international cooperation and peace |
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| 1958 |
Georges Pire |
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Belgium |
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Dominican, head of the aid organization for refugees L'Europe du coeur au service du monde |
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| 1957 |
Lester Bowles Pearson |
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Canada |
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Former Foreign Minister, President of the UN General Assembly 1952 |
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| 1956 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1955 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1954 |
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
|
International
Organisation |
|
Awarded the prize for 1954 in 1955 |
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| 1953 |
George Catlett Marshall |
|
United States |
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General, President of the American Red Cross, former Secretary of State and of Defense, delegate to the UN, originator of the Marshall Plan |
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| 1952 |
Albert Schweitzer |
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France |
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Physician and missionary, founder of the Lambarene Hospital in Gabon. Awarded the prize for 1952 in 1953 |
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| 1951 |
Léon Jouhaux |
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France |
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President of the trade union CGT-Force ouvrière, President of the International Committee of the European Council, Vice President of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, Vice President of the World Federation of Trade Unions, member of the ILO Council, delegate to the UN |
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| 1950 |
Ralph Bunche |
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United States |
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Professor at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., Director of the UN Division of Trusteeship, mediator in Palestine in 1948 |
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| 1949 |
Baron John Boyd Orr of Brechin |
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United Kingdom |
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Physician, nutritionist, leading organizer and Director General of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, President of the National Peace Council and the World Union of Peace Organizations |
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| 1948 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1947 |
The Friends Service Council/ The American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) |
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British Organisation/ US Organisation |
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| 1946 |
Emily Greene Balch/ John Raleigh Mott |
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both United States |
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Former Professor of History and Sociology. International President of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom/ Chairman of the first International Missionary Council in 1910, President of the World Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations |
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| 1945 |
Cordel Hull |
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United States |
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Former Secretary of State. One of the initiators of the United Nations |
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| 1944 |
The International Committee of the Red Cross |
|
International
Organisation |
|
Awarded the prize for 1944 in 1945 |
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| 1943 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1942 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1941 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1940 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1939 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1938 |
The Nansen International Office for Refugees (Office international Nansen pour les réfugiés |
|
International
Organisation |
|
An international aid organization established by Fridtjof Nansen |
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| 1937 |
Viscount (Lord Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne Cecil) Cecil of Chelwood |
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United Kingdom |
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Writer. Former Lord Privy Seal, founder and President of the International Peace Campaign |
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| 1936 |
Carlos Saavedra Lamas |
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Argentina |
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Foreign Minister, President of the Assembly of the League of Nations, arbitrator in the dispute between Paraguay and Bolivia in 1935 |
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| 1935 |
Carl von Ossietzky |
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Germany |
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Journalist (with Die Weltbühne, among others), pacifist. Awarded the prize for 1935 in 1936 |
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| 1934 |
Arthur Henderson |
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United Kingdom |
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Former Foreign Secretary. Chairman of the League of Nations Disarmament Conference 1932-34 |
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| 1933 |
Sir (Ralph) Norman Angell (Lane) |
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United Kingdom |
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Writer. Member of the Executive Committee of the League of Nations and the National Peace Council. Author of the book The Great Illusion, among others. Awarded the prize for 1933 in 1934 |
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| 1932 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1931 |
Jane Addams/ Nicholas Murray Butler |
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both United States |
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Sociologist. International President of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom/ President of Columbia University, promoter of the Briand-Kellogg Pact |
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| 1930 |
Lars Olof Jonathan (Nathan) Söderblom |
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Sweden |
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Archbishop, leader of the ecumenical movement |
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| 1929 |
Frank Billings Kellogg |
|
United States |
|
Former Secretary of State. Negotiated the Briand-Kellogg Pact. Awarded the prize for 1929 in 1930 |
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| 1928 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1927 |
Ferdinand Edouard Buisson/ Ludwig Quidde |
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France/ Germany |
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Former Professor at the Sorbonne, Paris. Founder and President of the League of Human Rights (Ligue des droits de l'homme)/ Historian, professor honoris causa, member of the Bavarian parliament; member of Germany's constituent assembly 1919; delegate to numerous peace conferences |
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| 1926 |
Aristide Briand/ Gustav Stresemann |
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France/ Germany |
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Foreign Minister, a negotiator of the Locarno Treaty and the Briand-Kellogg Pact/ Former Chancellor, Foreign Minister. A negotiator of the Locarno Treaty |
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| 1925 |
Sir (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain/ Charles Gates Dawes |
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United Kingdom/ United States |
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Foreign Minister. A negotiator of the Locarno Treaty/ Vice President. Chairman of the Allied Reparation Commission and originator of the Dawes Plan (both awarded the prize for 1925 in 1926) |
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| 1924 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1923 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1922 |
Fridtjof Nansen |
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Norway |
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Explorer, scientist and humanitarian. Norway's delegate to the League of Nations. Initiator of the Nansen Passport (for refugees) |
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| 1921 |
Karl Hjalmar Branting/ Christian Lous Lange |
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Sweden/ Norway |
|
Prime Minister, Swedish delegate to the Council of the League of Nations/ Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (Union interparlementaire), Brussels |
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| 1920 |
Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois |
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France |
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Former Minister of Culture, Minister of Justice and Prime Minister, President of parliament, President of the Council of the League of Nations |
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| 1919 |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson |
|
United States |
|
Former President of the USA. Founder of the League of Nations. Was awarded the prize for 1919 in 1920 |
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| 1918 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1917 |
The International Committee of the Red Cross (Comité International de la Croix-Rouge) |
|
International
Organisation |
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| 1916 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1915 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1914 |
no prize awarded |
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| 1913 |
Henri La Fontaine |
|
Belgium |
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Member of the Belgian parliament (Sénateur). President of the Permanent International Peace Bureau (Bureau international permanent de la paix), Bern |
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| 1912 |
Elihu Root |
|
United States |
|
Former Secretary of State. Initiator of several arbitration agreements. Was awarded the prize for 1912 in 1913 |
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| 1911 |
Tobias Michael Carel Asser/ Alfred Hermann Fried |
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Netherlands/ Austria |
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Lawyer, Cabinet Minister. Initiator of the Conferences on International Private Law (Conférences de droit international privé) at the Hague/ Journalist, founder of the peace journal Die Waffen Nieder (later renamed Die Friedenswarte) |
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| 1910 |
The Permanent International Peace Bureau (Bureau International Permanent de la Paix) |
|
International
Organisation |
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| 1909 |
Auguste Marie François Beernaert/ Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant |
|
Belgium/ France |
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Former Prime Minister, member of the Belgian parliament, member of the International Court of Arbitration (Cour Internationale d'Arbitrage) at the Hague/ Member of the French parliament (Sénateur). Founder and President of the French parliamentary group for international arbitration (Groupe parlementaire de l'arbitrage international). Founder of the Commitee for the defence of national interests and international conciliation (Comité de défense des intérêts nationaux et de conciliation internationale) |
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| 1908 |
Klas Pontus Arnoldson/ Fredrik Bajer |
|
Sweden/ Denmark |
|
Writer, former member of the Swedish parliament. Founder of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration League (Svenska freds- og skiljedomsföreningen)/ Member of the Danish parliament. Hon. President of the Permanent International Peace Bureau (Bureau international permanent de la paix), Bern |
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| 1907 |
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta/ Louis Renault |
|
Italy/ France |
|
President of the Lombard League of Peace (Società internazionale per la pace: Unione Lombarda)/ Professor of International Law, the Sorbonne, Paris |
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| 1906 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
|
United States |
|
President of the USA. Drew up the 1905 peace treaty between Russia and Japan |
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| 1905 |
Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner |
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Austria |
|
Author. Honorary President of the Permanent International Peace Bureau (Bureau International Permanent de la Paix), Bern. World famous for the novel "Die Waffen nieder!" ("Lay Down your Arms") |
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| 1904 |
Institut de Droit International (Institute of International Law) |
|
International
Organisation |
|
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| 1903 |
Sir William Randal Cremer |
|
United Kingdom |
|
Member of Parliament. Secretary of the International Arbitration League |
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| 1902 |
Elie Ducommun/ Charles Albert Gobat |
|
both Switzerland |
|
Hon. Secretary of the Permanent International Peace Bureau (Bureau International Permanent de la Paix)/ Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (Union interparlementaire), Bern |
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| 1901 |
Henri Dunant/ Frédéric Passy |
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Switzerland/ France |
|
Founder of the Red Cross (Comité International de la Croix-Rouge), Geneva. Initiator of the Geneva Convention/ Founder and President of the first French peace society (Ligue internationale et permanente de la paix, later known as Société française pour l'arbitrage entre nations) |
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