The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to 15 heads of state or government

October 7, 2016 Pablo Rodriguez Blanco

26 Heads of State or Government Awarded a Nobel Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to 15 heads of state or government, at the time of the award. Five former and six future heads of state or government have also been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. One prime minister at the time of the award, Winston Churchill, was awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel Peace Prize has frequently caused controversy. One reason is that many Laureates have been contemporary and highly controversial political actors.

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15 Nobel Laureates were Heads of State or Government at the Time of the Award:
	Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize
	Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize

	Barack Obama, President of the U.S.A. Barack Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

	Kim Dae-jung, President of South Korea Kim Dae-jung was awarded the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize

	Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin was awarded the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize

	F. W. de Klerk, President of South Africa F. W. de Klerk was awarded the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize

	Mikhail Gorbachev, President of USSR Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize

	Oscar Arias Sánchez, President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias Sánchez was awarded the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize

	Anwar al-Sadat, President of Egypt Anwar al-Sadat was awarded the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize

	Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin was awarded the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize

	Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan Eisaku Sato was awarded the 1974 Nobel Peace Prize

	Willy Brandt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Willy Brandt was awarded the 1971 Nobel Peace Prize

	Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden Hjalmar Branting was awarded the 1921 Nobel Peace Prize.

	Woodrow Wilson, President of the U.S.A. Woodrow Wilson was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize

	Theodore Roosevelt, President of U.S.A. Theodore Roosevelt was awarded the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize

	Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the U.K. Winston Churchill was awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature

5 Nobel Laureates were Former Heads of State or Government at the Time of the Award:

	Martti Ahtisaari, President of Finland Martii Ahtisaari was awarded the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize

	Jimmy Carter, President of the U.S.A. Jimmy Carter was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize

	Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany Gustav Stresemann was awarded the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize

	Léon Bourgeois, Prime Minister of France Léon Bourgeois was awarded the 1920 Nobel Peace Prize

	Auguste Beernaert, Prime Minister of Belgium Auguste Beernaert was awarded the 1909 Nobel Peace Prize

6 Nobel Laureates were Future Heads of State or Government at the Time of the Award:

	José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor José Ramos-Horta was awarded the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize

	Shimon Peres, President of Israel Shimon Peres was awarded the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize

	Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa Nelson Mandela was awarded the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize

	Lech Walesa, President of Poland Lech Walesa was awarded the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize

	Lester Bowles Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada Lester Bowles Pearson was awarded the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize

	Aristide Briand, Prime Minister of France Aristide Briand was awarded the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize 2016 PEACE PRIZE QUESTION Do you think that the award of the Nobel Peace Prize will help the peace process in Colombia? 69% 30% Yes No Answers: 2544