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Nobel Peace Prize

1901 · 20th century

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel and awarded annually since 1901 by a committee of the Norwegian parliament. Laureates who led modern states include Óscar Arias of Costa Rica in 1987, Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia in 2016 and Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia in 2019.

Nobel Peace Prize
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Mentioned in 3 state histories

Republic of Costa RicaRepublic of ColombiaFederal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Nobel Peace Prize. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nobel-peace-prize
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“Nobel Peace Prize.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nobel-peace-prize. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Nobel Peace Prize.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nobel-peace-prize.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Nobel Peace Prize’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nobel-peace-prize (Accessed: ).

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