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Barack Obama with Thorbjørn Jagland at the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony Obama was the fourth U.S. president to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize , after Theodore Roosevelt (1906) and Woodrow Wilson (1919)—both of whom received the award during their terms—and Jimmy Carter (2002), who received the award 21 years after leaving office.
Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, has received numerous honors in recognition of his career in politics.. Obama received the Norwegian Nobel Committee's Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, The Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education's Ambassador of Humanity Award in 2014, the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2017, and the Robert F. Kennedy Center for ...
On October 9, 2009—only nine months into his first term—the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that Obama had won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples", [450] which drew a mixture of praise and criticism from world leaders and media figures.
Since 1901, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarding global strides in peace-making. The 2022 ceremony was held this weekend. ... 2009: Barack Obama. Obama. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP.
The Peace Prize's awarding to Obama drew widespread criticism on several counts. Polling data on American sentiments regarding its conferment were mixed, and several pointed out that Obama had only served nine months in the White House prior to receiving the prize and therefore it was undeserved or, at least, premature. [10]
Speaking to a crowd in Las Vegas, the former president also insisted there were 29,000 people inside the 19,522-capacity arena.
Obama and Raul Castro reversed over 60 years of tension between the U.S. and Cuba by restoring diplomatic ties. 4. He urged states in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
The Peace Prize is presented annually in Oslo, in the presence of the King of Norway, on 10 December, ... 2009: Barack Obama (born 1961) United States