How are winners selected for the Nobel Peace Prize?

May 31, 2006April 29, 2018 B. John 1125 Views Nobel Peace Prize

This entry is part 28 of 40 in the series Deep Questions

Each year, a committee solicits nominations from thousands of select individuals (visit the page for a complete list of those eligible to submit nominations). These individuals must submit their nominations by February 1 of the year for which the nomination is being made.

The committee then seeks the help of experts in evaluating the nominations and offers their recommendations to the Prize Awarding Institution. The institution votes for the final winner or winners (the prize is sometimes shared). The winner is then announced in October, and the prize is presented December 10 (the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel) at the City Hall in Oslo, Norway.

Famous recipients of this prestigious prize include: Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk (1993), Mikhail Gorbachev (1990), the Dalai Lama (1989), Mother Teresa (1979), Amnesty International (1977), UNICEF (1965), and Martin Luther King Jr. (1964). Notably absent is Mohandas Gandhi. Although nominated five times, Gandhi never won the award.

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B. John Masters writes about democracy, moral responsibility, and everyday Stoicism at deep.mastersfamily.org. A lifelong United Methodist committed to social justice, he explores how faith, ethics, and civic life intersect—and how ordinary people can live out justice, mercy, and truth in public life. A records and information management expert, Masters has lived in the Piedmont,NC, Dayton, OH, Greensboro, NC and Tampa, FL, and is a proud Appalachian State Alum.

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