Here is this the complete list of The Indira Gandhi peace Prize Winners of the Disarmament, and Development is the prestigious award instituted in 1986 and awarded by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust annually.
It was awarded for peace, disarmament, and development to individuals or organisations.
The prize carries a cash award of 25 lakh Indian rupees and a citation.
Indira Gandhi peace prize
Awarded for | Outstanding contributions in peace |
Location | New Delhi |
First awarded | 1986 |
First recipient | Parliamentarians for Global Action |
Indira Gandhi peace Prize Recipients
Year | Recipient | State/Organization | Position /Description |
2019 | Sir David Attenborough | United Kingdom | World-renowned English broadcaster and natural historian |
2018 | Centre for Science and Environment | India | Not for profit public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi, India. |
2017 | Manmohan Singh | India | Former PM, Finance Minister, and Governor of RBI. |
2015 | UNHCR | United Nations | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
2014 | Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) | India | Indian Space Agency |
2013 | Angela Merkel | Germany | Chancellor of Germany |
2012 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Liberia | President of Liberia |
2011 | Ela Bhatt | India | Founder of SEWA |
2010 | Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva | Brazil | President of Brazil |
2009 | Sheikh Hasina | Bangladesh | Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
2008 | Mohamed El Baradei | Egypt | 4th Director-General of the IAEA |
2007 | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | United States | Charitable Foundation |
2006 | Wangari Maathai | Kenya | Environmental and Political activist |
2005 | Hamid Karzai | Afghanistan | 12th President of Afghanistan |
2004 | MahaChakri Sirindhorn | Thailand | Princess of Thailand |
2003 | Kofi Annan | Ghana | 7th Secretary-General of United Nation |
2002 | Shridath Ramphal | Guyana | 2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General |
2001 | Sadako Ogata | Japan | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
2000 | Mary Robinson | Ireland | 7th President of Ireland |
1999 | M S Swaminathan | India | Indian Agricultural Scientist |
1998 | Muhammad Yunus | Bangladesh | Founder of Grameen Bank |
1997 | Jimmy Carter | United States | President of the US(39th) |
1996 | Medecins Sans Frontieres | France | Voluntary Organisation |
1995 | Olusegun Obasanjo | Nigeria | 12th President of Nigeria |
1994 | Trevor Huddleston | United Kingdom | Anti-Apartheid Activist |
1993 | Vaclav Havel | Czech Republic | 1st President of the Czech Republic |
1992 | Saburo Okita | Japan | Japanese Economist |
1991 | Rajiv Gandhi | India | Prime Minister of India (posthumous) |
1990 | Sam Nujoma | Namibia | First President of Namibia |
1989 | UNICEF | United Nations | United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund |
1988 | Gro Harlem Brundtland | Norway | Former Prime Minister of Norway |
1987 | Mikhail Gorbachev | Soviet Union | Former Soviet Union Leader |
1986 | Parliamentarians for Global Action | International Organisation of Parliamentarians |
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