Why did Obama win the Nobel Peace Prize 2009?
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics.
Who has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize?
Barack H. Obama
Obama. The Nobel Peace Prize 2009 was awarded to Barack H. Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
When was the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize awarded?
Obama Wins Nobel, Vows ‘Call To Action’ October 9, 2009 • The president won the peace prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
Did Martin Luther King win the Nobel Peace Prize?
At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.
What was Obama’s Peace Prize for?
The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United States President Barack Obama for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”.
Is Jimmy Carter a Nobel laureate?
On this day in 2002, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to former President Jimmy Carter, citing “his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.”
Who is the youngest Nobel prize winner?
Malala
In October 2014, Malala, along with Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, was named a Nobel Peace Prize winner. At age 17, she became the youngest person to receive this prize.
Who didn’t win a Nobel prize?
Decades later, a Nobel Committee publicly declared its regret for the omission. Geir Lundestad, Secretary of Norwegian Nobel Committee in 2006 said, “The greatest omission in our 106-year history is undoubtedly that Mahatma Gandhi never received the Nobel Peace prize.
Who turned down the Nobel Peace Prize?
Jean-Paul Sartre declined the Nobel Prize.