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What does Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize mean?

What does Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize mean?

Over time, many individuals have become known as “Nobel Peace Prize Nominees”, but this designation has no official standing, and means only that one of the thousands of eligible nominators suggested the person’s name for consideration.

Can a dead person be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?

No, it is not possible to nominate someone for a posthumous Nobel Prize.

Has a Chinese person ever won the Nobel Peace Prize?

During his fourth prison term, Liu was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for “his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.” Liu was the first Chinese citizen to be awarded a Nobel Prize of any kind while residing in China….

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Liu Xiaobo
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Awards 2010 Nobel Peace Prize

What’s the importance of giving a Nobel Prize for Peace?

The will Alfred Nobel made in 1895 was inspired by belief in the community of man. The Peace Prize was to be awarded to the person who had done most for “fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”.

Who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?

Candidates

Nominee Nominator(s)
Alexei Navalny Ola Elvestuen, Mathilde Tybring-Gjedde and Peter Christian Frølich, Members of Parliament
Martin Lee Mathilde Tybring-Gjedde and Peter Christian Frølich, Members of Parliament
Hong Kong Free Press Ola Elvestuen, Terje Breivik and Jon Gunnes, Members of Parliament

Who won Nobel Prize after death?

What are the rare cases when Nobel Prize was given after death? The first posthumous Nobel Prize was awarded to Sweden’s Erik Karlfeldt in 1931 for Literature. The only posthumous Nobel Peace Prize was given in 1961 to the youngest United Nations Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjöld.