Nobel Peace Prize
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The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics,
Jimmy Carter's 2002 Nobel Peace Prize
Alfred Nobel, whose will established the Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway
The 14th Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureates
Since the first award in 1901 year, conferment of the Nobel Prizes has engendered criticism and controversies. After his death in 1896, the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel established that
Nobel Peace Prize
…Norwegian Nobel Institute (1905–1946), and the Parliament (1901–1904). Due to its political nature, the Nobel Peace Prize has for most of its history been subject to numerous controversies. The most recent prize was awarded to María Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her…
Vietnamese leader Lê Đức Thọ is the only person to have refused the Nobel Peace Prize.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), "a role model for the generations to come" according to Albert Einstein, never won the Nobel Peace Prize despite five nominations.