Former US Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize.
Nobel Peace Prize will be announced today. It will be announced in Norway’s capital Oslo. With this it will become clear whether the name of US President Donald Trump, who is dreaming of the peace prize, will be announced or not. Trump has claimed many times that he stopped 7 wars including India-Pakistan, hence he is a strong contender for this award, but experts say that his chances of victory are very less. However, there have been many presidents in America who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
This list includes former US Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama. Know, when and why did he receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
Theodore Roosevelt (1906): First American to receive the Nobel Prize
Former American President Theodore Roosevelt received this honor in 1906. Born on October 27, 1858 in New York City, Roosevelt was a member of the Republican Party. He served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. Graduated from Harvard University.
He received the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese War. He was nominated by Norwegian politician Carl Christian Berner. Roosevelt was the first American to receive the Nobel Prize. He died on January 6, 1919 at his home in Oyster Bay, New York.
Woodrow Wilson: Won Nobel for international peace after World War I
Woodrow Wilson was the second American President to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Woodrow Wilson was born on December 28, 1856 in Virginia. He was the 28th President of the United States, who served in this position from 1913 to 1921. He graduated from Princeton University and later earned a PhD in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University.
Woodrow became the only American President to earn a doctorate. Wilson established the League of Nations to bring international peace after the First World War. For this he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1919. He was nominated by the Norwegian Nobel Committee itself. Wilson suffered a stroke while in office and died in Washington, D.C., on February 3, 1924. He died in.
Jimmy Carter (2002): Awarded for promoting democracy and human rights
Jimmy Carter was the third American President to receive the Nobel Prize. James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. was born on October 1, 1924 in Georgia. He was a Democrat and served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. Carter graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1946. Before entering politics, he trained as a naval officer from here.
He promoted peaceful conflict resolution, democracy and human rights through the Carter Center. For his work he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. The Norwegian Nobel Committee nominated and selected him for the prize. On December 29, 2024, Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, 76th Governor of Georgia, and winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for his post-presidential work, died at his Georgia home.
Former US President Barack Obama.
Barack Obama: Received Nobel for international diplomacy, also caused controversy
Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961 in Hawaii. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. Obama studied at Occidental College before attending Columbia University, where he earned a degree in political science. He later earned a law degree from Harvard Law School, where he became the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.
Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 for his efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Nobel Committee of the Parliament of Norway submitted his nomination immediately after he took office. He is currently active in global initiatives focused on civic engagement through the Obama Foundation.
However, there was controversy over Barack Obama receiving the Peace Prize. This is because it had been only nine months since he became the President. When he received the award, those who protested claimed that he had done nothing to deserve the peace award. Although the Nobel Committee argued that Obama had raised a kind of hope, despite this the criticism did not stop and people called Nobel a premature prize.
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