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Nobel Peace Prize Laureates |
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| 1950 - 1959 |
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| 1950 | Bunche, Ralph | USA | Mediator in Palestine (1948) |
| Ralph J. Bunche for his work as UN mediator in Palestine in 1948 and 1949. | |||
| 1951 | Jouhaux, Leon | France | President, Trade Union Confed. |
| Leon Jouhaux for his work helping to organize national and international labor unions. | |||
| 1952 | Schweitzer, Albert | France | Missionary Doctor |
| Albert Schweitzer (German-born) for his humanitarian work in Africa. (awarded, 1953) |
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| 1953 | Marshall, George Catlett | USA | Secretary of State |
| George C. Marshall for promoting peace through the European Recovery Program. | |||
| 1954 | U.N. High Commisioner for Refugees | Switzerland | Founded, 1951 |
| Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees for providing protection for millions of refugees and seeking permanent solutions to their problems. (awarded, 1955) |
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| 1955 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1956 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1957 | Pearson, Lester Bowles | Canada | Secretary of State |
| Lester B. Pearson for organizing a United Nations force in Egypt. | |||
| 1958 | Pire, Georges | Belgium | Leader of refugee organization |
| Dominique Georges Pire for his work in resettling displaced persons. | |||
| 1959 | Noel-Baker, Philip J. | Great Britian | Member, Parliament |
| Philip Noel-Baker for his work in promoting peace and disarmament. | |||
| 1960 - 1969 |
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| 1960 | Luthuli, Albert John | S. Africa | President, African Nat'l Congress |
| Albert John Luthuli for his peaceful
campaign against racial restrictions in South Africa. (awarded, 1961) |
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| 1961 | Hammarskøld, Dag | Sweden | Secretary-General, U.N. |
| Dag Hammarskjold for his efforts to
bring peace to the Congo. (awarded posthumously) |
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| 1962 | Pauling, Linus | USA | Scientist |
| Linus Pauling for efforts to
ban nuclear weapons, especially his campaign against nuclear weapons
testing. (awarded, 1963) |
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| 1963 | Int'l Comm. of the Red Cross |
Switzerland | Founded, 1863 |
| Leagueo of Red Cross Societies | |||
| International Committee of the Red Cross and League of Red Cross Societies for humanitarian work. | |||
| 1964 | King, Martin Luther Jr. | USA | SCLU, leader race relations |
| Martin Luther King, Jr., for leading the black struggle for equality in the United States through nonviolent means. | |||
| 1965 | U.N. Children's Fund | New York | Founded by U.N., 1946 |
| United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for its aid to children. | |||
| 1966 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1967 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1968 | Cassin, Rene | France | Pres., Eurpn. Court Human Rights |
| Rene Cassin for promoting human rights. | |||
| 1969 | Int'l Labor Organization | Geneva | Labor rights |
| International Labor Organization for its efforts to improve working conditions. | |||
| 1970 - 1979 |
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| 1970 | Borlaug, Norman | USA | Green Revolution |
| Norman E. Borlaug for his role in developing high-yield grains that increased food production in developing countries. | |||
| 1971 | Brandt, Willy | West Ger. | Chancellor |
| Willy Brandt for his efforts to improve relations between Communist and non-Communist nations. | |||
| 1972 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1973 | Kissinger, Henry A. | USA | Secretary of State |
| Le Duc Tho (declined the prize) | Vietnam | Prime Minister | |
| Henry A. Kissinger and Le Duc Tho for their work in negotiating the Vietnam War cease-fire agreement (Le Duc Tho declined). | |||
| 1974 | Mac Bride, Sean | Ireland | Int'l Peace Bureau |
| Sean MacBride for working to guarantee human rights through international law. | |||
| Sato, Eisaku | Japan | Prime Minister | |
| Eisaku Sato for his efforts to improve international relations and stop the spread of nuclear weapons. | |||
| 1975 | Sakharov, Andrei | USSR | Human Rights activist |
| Andrei D. Sakharov for his work in promoting peace and opposing violence and brutality. | |||
| 1976 | Williams, Betty | N.Ireland | Co-Founder, Peace People |
| Corrigan, Mairead | N. Ireland | Co-Founder, Peace People | |
| Mairead Corrigan and Betty
Williams for organizing a movement to end Protestant-Catholic fighting in Northern Ireland. (awarded, 1977) |
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| 1977 | Amnesty International | London | Human Rights organization |
| Amnesty International for helping political prisoners. | |||
| 1978 | Al-Sadat, Anwar | Egypt | President |
| Begin, Menachem | Israel | Prime Minister | |
| Menachem Begin and Anwar el-Sadat for their efforts to bring about a settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict. | |||
| 1979 | Mother Teresa | India | Poverty Worker |
| Mother Teresa for aiding India's poor. | |||
| 1980 - 1989 |
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| 1980 | Esquivel, Adolfo Perez | Argentina | Human Rights activist |
| Adolfo Perez Esquivel for his role in Service for Peace and Justice in Latin America, a group promoting the cause of human rights. | |||
| 1981 | U.N. High Commisioner for Refugees |
Geneva | Founded 1951 |
| Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for protection of millions of Vietnamese and other refugees. | |||
| 1982 | Myrdal, Alva | Sweden | Dipl., campaigner for disarmament |
| Robles, Alfonso Garcia | Mexico | Dipl., campaigner for disarmament | |
| Alva R. Myrdal and Alfonso Garcia Robles for their contributions to United Nations disarmament negotiations. | |||
| 1983 | Walesa, Lech | Poland | Founder, Solidarity |
| Lech Walesa for his efforts to prevent violence while trying to gain workers' rights. | |||
| 1984 | Tutu, Desmond | South Africa | Minister, race relations leader |
| Desmond Tutu for leading a nonviolent campaign against racial segregation in his country. | |||
| 1985 | Int'l Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War |
USSR/USA | Disarmament organization |
| International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War for educating the public on the effects of nuclear war. | |||
| 1986 | Wiesel, Elie | USA | Author/humanitarian |
| Elie Wiesel for his vigorous efforts to help victims of oppression and racial discrimination. | |||
| 1987 | Sanchez, Oscar Arias | Costa Rica | President; initiator of Central American peace negotiations |
| Oscar Arias Sanchez for authoring a plan to end civil wars in Central America. | |||
| 1988 | U.N. Peace Keeping Force | New York | Mediating armed forces |
| The United Nations peacekeeping forces for helping control military conflict in the Middle East and other parts of the world. | |||
| 1989 | The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso |
Tibet | Spiritual and political leader |
| The Dalai Lama for his nonviolent struggle to end China's rule of Tibet. | |||
| 1990 - 1999 |
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| 1990 | Gorbachev, Mikhail S. | USSR | President of the Soviet Union; helped end the cold war |
| Mikhail S. Gorbachev for his efforts to promote world peace, including his role in reducing tensions between Communist and non- Communist countries. | |||
| 1991 | Kyi, Daw Aung San Suu | Burma | Human Rights activist |
| Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for her nonviolent struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma. | |||
| 1992 | Menchu, Rigoberta | Guatemala | Indigenous peoples advocate |
| Rigoberta Menchu for her work to gain respect for the rights of Guatemala's Indian peoples. | |||
| 1993 | de Klerk, F.W. | South Africa | President |
| Mandela, Nelson | South Africa | President, African Nat'l Congress | |
| Nelson Mandela and Frederik W. de Klerk for working to end apartheid in South Africa and to enable the country's nonwhites to fully participate in government. | |||
| 1994 | Arafat, Yasir | Palestinian | PLO Chairman |
| Peres, Shimon | Israel | Foreign Minister | |
| Rabin, Yitzhak | Israel | Prime Minister | |
| Yasir Arafat, Shimon Peres, and Yitzhak Rabin for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East. | |||
| 1995 | Rotblat, Joseph | Great Britain | Physicist |
| Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs | Canada | Nuclear disarmament group | |
| The organization known as the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and its president, Joseph Rotblat, for their efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons. | |||
| 1996 | Belo, Carlos Felipe Ximenes | East Timor | Bishop |
| Ramos-Horta, Jost | East Timor | Spokesperson for non-violence | |
| Carlos Ximenes Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta for their work on behalf of the people of East Timor. | |||
| 1997 | Williams, Jody | USA | Coordinator, ICBL |
| Int'l Campaign to Ban Landmines | |||
| International Campaign to Ban Landmines and its coordinator, Jody Williams, for their work to end the use of land mines worldwide. | |||
| 1998 | Hume, John | Nor. Ireland | Leader of Soc. Democrats Party |
| Trimble, David | Nor. Ireland | Leader of Ulster Unionist Party | |
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