 2019 Nobel Peace Prize | ||||
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| Abiy Ahmed | ||||
.jpeg) "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea." | ||||
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| Location | Oslo, Norway | |||
| Presented by | Norwegian Nobel Committee | |||
| Reward | 9.0 millionSEK (815 680€) | |||
| First award | 1901 | |||
| Website | Official website | |||
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The2019Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to theprime minister of EthiopiaAbiy Ahmed (born 1976) "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve theborder conflict with neighbouring Eritrea."[1] The award was announced by theNorwegian Nobel Committee on 11 October 2019.
One year after Abiy received theprize, he presided over the outbreak of theTigray War, which sawhundreds of thousands of casualties and led to the displacement of more than 800,000 persons.[2] In response to the outbreak of hostilities, the Norwegian Nobel Committee released a statement in January 2022 which called the humanitarian situation "extremely serious"; said the lack of delivery of humanitarian aid to Tigray was "unacceptable"; and observed that "AsPrime Minister and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Abiy Ahmed has a special responsibility to end the conflict and help to create peace."[3]
Since Abiy was awarded the prize, his leadership during Tigray War has been characterized by media organizations such asThe Guardian,Der Spiegel,NPR, andCNN asgenocidal. He has been frequently named as the least deserving winner of the Nobel Prize.[4][5][6][7]
| Image | Nominee | Country | Motivations | Nominator(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Donald Trump (born 1946) |  United States | "for his efforts to make peace with North Korea and handling its nuclear program." | Luke Messer, member of the American Republican Party | [8][9] |
.jpg) | Zoran Zaev (born 1974) |  North Macedonia | "for their efforts to end a 27-year dispute through ahistoric agreement between their countries." | members of theTunisian National Dialogue Quartet 3 members of theEuropean Parliament | [10][11][12] |
 | Alexis Tsipras (born 1974) |  Greece | |||
_(cropped).jpg) | Greta Thunberg (born 2003) |  Sweden | "for her influential activism to make world leaders open their eyes to global climate crisis." | Freddy André Øvstegård,Mona Fagerås, andLars Haltbrekken, members of the Norwegian Socialist Left Party | [13][14][15] |
.png) | Ilwad Elman (born 1989) |  Somalia Canada | "for her work with the Elman Peace and Human Rights Center in Somalia." | [16] | |
 | Jacinda Ardern (born 1980) |  New Zealand | "for her quick response to tackle the situation after theChristchurch terror attack." | [17][15] | |
 | José Andrés (born 1969) |  SpainUnited States | "for his work on food and hunger humanitarianism, and his disaster relief efforts withWorld Central Kitchen." | John Delaney, member of the American Democratic Party | [18][19] |
 | Abiy Ahmed (born 1976) |  Ethiopia | "for establishing a peace treaty to end theEritrean–Ethiopian War." | [15] | |
 | Raoni Metuktire (born 1932) |  Brazil | "for his lifelong efforts to protect nature and the rights of indigenous people in the Amazon." | Darcy Ribeiro Foundation | [15][20][21] |
 | Bill Richardson (born 1947) | United States | "for decades of work on behalf of hostages and prisoners held in several nations, including North Korea." | Tom Udall, member of American Democratic Party | [22][23] |
.jpg) | Ilham Tohti (born 1969) |  China | "for his commitment to peaceful interethnic dialogue between Uyghurs and China's Han majority." | members of theU.S. House of Representatives | [24] |
 | Mark Kline | United States | "for his work with theBaylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, the world’s largest provider ofHIV/AIDS care and treatment." | Texas Children's Hospital | [25] |
 | Reporters Without Borders (founded in 1985) |  France | "for promoting media freedom and protecting journalists around the world." | [15] | |
| Foro Penal (founded in 2005) |  Venezuela | "for their work fighting injustice and being guarantors of freedom for each of the political prisoners arbitrarily detained during the regime ofNicolás Maduro." | [26] | ||
 | Huichol Center for Cultural Survival and the Traditional Arts (founded in 1977) |  Mexico | " for the lifelong commitment of the center to peacefully preserve a culture and the spiritual connection the Huichol people have with the land." | Drugs Peace Institute | [27] |
Tasked with reviewing nominations from September of the previous year through February 1 and ultimately selecting the Prize winners,[28] the members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee for 2019 were:[29]
