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List of heads of state and government Nobel laureates

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This is a list of all the 31 heads of state and heads of government who have received the Nobel Prize. Excepting Winston Churchill who received the Literature Prize, all the others were awarded with a Peace Prize.[1]

Noble Peace Prize Laurates

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Legend

  While Serving in office
  Before Serving in office
  After Serving in office
  In Between Two Non-Consecutive Terms
Legend
  Acting/ Interim/ Caretaker/ Transitional/ Temporary leader
Portrait Nobel Laureate[1] Year

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Country[1] Status[1] Rationale
Theodore Roosevelt
(1858–1919) 		1906  United States 26th President of the United States
(14 September 1901 – 4 March 1909) 		For his role in bringing to an end the bloody war recently waged between two of the world's great powers, Japan and Russia.[2][3]
Auguste Beernaert
(1829–1912) 		1909  Belgium Prime Minister of Belgium
(26 October 1884 – 26 March 1894) 		For their prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration.[4][5]

(Jointly awarded to another leading figure French politician Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant)

Woodrow Wilson
(1856–1924) 		1919  United States 28th President of the United States
(4 March 1913 – 4 March 1921) 		For his role as founder of the League of Nations.[6][7]
Léon Bourgeois
(1851–1925) 		1920  France Prime Minister of France
(1 November 1895 – 29 April 1896) 		For his longstanding contribution to the cause of peace and justice and his prominent role in the establishment of the League of Nations.[8][9]
Hjalmar Branting
(1860–1925) 		1921  Sweden Prime Minister of Sweden
(10 March 1920 – 27 October 1920)
(13 October 1921 – 19 April 1923)
(18 October 1924 – 24 January 1925) 		For their lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organized internationalism.[10][11]

(Jointly awarded with another non–leading figure Norwegian political scientist Christian Lange)

Aristide Briand
(1862–1932) 		1926  France Prime Minister of France
(24 July 1909 – 27 February 1911)
(21 January 1913 – 18 March 1913)
(29 October 1915 – 17 March 1917)
(16 January 1921 – 12 January 1922)
(28 November 1925 – 17 July 1926)
(29 July 1929 – 22 October 1929) 		For their crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty.[12][13]

(Jointly awarded to two world leaders Aristide Briand and Gustav Stresemann)

Gustav Stresemann
(1878–1929) 		 Germany Chancellor of Germany (Weimar Republic)
(13 August 1923 – 30 November 1923)
Lester Bowles Pearson
(1897–1972) 		1957  Canada 14th Prime Minister of Canada
(22 April 1963 – 20 April 1968) 		For his crucial contribution to the deployment of a United Nations Emergency Force in the wake of the Suez Crisis.[14][15]
Willy Brandt
(1913–1992) 		1971  West Germany Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
(22 October 1969 – 7 May 1974) 		For paving the way for a meaningful dialogue between East and West.[16]
Eisaku Sato
(1901–1975) 		1974  Japan Prime Minister of Japan
(9 November 1964 – 7 July 1972) 		For his contribution to stabilize conditions in the Pacific rim area and for signing the Nuclear Non–Proliferation Treaty.[17][18]

(Jointly awarded to another leading figure Irish politician of different cause Seán MacBride)

Anwar Sadat
(1918–1981) 		1978  Egypt 3rd President of Egypt
(15 October 1970 – 6 October 1981) 		For jointly having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel in 1978.[19]

(Jointly awarded to two world leaders Muhammad Anwar el–Sadat and Menachem Begin)

Menachem Begin
(1913–1992) 		 Israel 6th Prime Minister of Israel
(21 June 1977 – 10 October 1983)
Lech Walesa
(born 1943) 		1983  Poland President of Poland
(22 December 1990– 22 December 1995) 		For non–violent struggle for free trade unions and human rights in Poland.[20]
Óscar Arias
(born 1940) 		1987  Costa Rica 40th President of Costa Rica
(8 May 1986 – 8 May 1990)

45th President of Costa Rica
(8 May 2006 – 8 May 2010)

For his work for lasting peace in Central America.[21]
Mikhail Gorbachev
(1931–2022) 		1990  Soviet Union Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
(1 October 1988 – 25 May 1989)

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
(1 October 1988 – 25 May 1989)

President of the Soviet Union
(15 March 1990 – 25 December 1991)

For the leading role he played in the radical changes in East–West relations.[22]
Aung San Suu Kyi
(born 1945) 		1991  Myanmar State Counsellor of Myanmar
(6 April 2016 – 1 February 2021) 		For her non–violent struggle for democracy and human rights.[23]
Frederik Willem de Klerk
(1936–2021) 		1993  South Africa 7th State President of South Africa
(14 August 1989 – 10 May 1994) 		For their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa.[24]

(Jointly awarded to two world leaders Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk)

Nelson Mandela
(1918–2013) 		1993  South Africa 1st President of South Africa
(10 May 1994 – 14 June 1999)
Yitzhak Rabin
(1922–1995) 		1994  Israel 5th Prime Minister of Israel
(3 June 1974 – 20 June 1977)
(13 July 1992 – 4 November 1995) 		For their efforts to create peace in the Middle East.[25]

(Jointly awarded to three world leaders Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres)

Yasser Arafat
(1929–2004) 		 Palestine 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority
(2 April 1989 – 11 November 2004)

1st President of the State of Palestine
(5 July 1994 – 11 November 2004)

Shimon Peres
(1923–2016) 		 Israel
Acting Prime Minister of Israel
(22 April 1977 – 21 June 1977)

8th Prime Minister of Israel
(13 September 1984 – 20 October 1986)
(4 November 1995 – 18 June 1996)

9th President of Israel
(15 July 2007 – 24 July 2014)

José Ramos Horta
(born 1949)
Currently in office 		1996  East Timor 3rd Prime Minister of East Timor
(26 June 2006 – 19 May 2007)

4th President of East Timor
(20 May 2007 – 11 February 2008)
(17 April 2008 – 20 May 2012)

7th President of East Timor
(20 May 2022 – Incumbent)

For their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor.[26]

(Jointly awarded with an another non–leading figure East Timorese priest Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo)

Kim Dae–jung
(1924–2009) 		2000  South Korea 8th President of the Republic of Korea
(25 February 1998 – 24 February 2003) 		For his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular.[27]
Jimmy Carter
(1924–2024) 		2002  United States 39th President of the United States
(20 January 1977 – 20 January 1981) 		For his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.[28]
Dr. Mohammad Yunus Muhammad Yunus
(born 1940)
Currently in office

(interim leader)

2006  Bangladesh 5th Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh[α]
(8 August 2024 – Incumbent)
(not elected by direct public or indirect election or referendum) 		For their efforts to create economic and social development from below.[29][A][B]

(Jointly awarded with an another corporation Bangladeshi Grameen Bank)

Martti Ahtisaari
(1937–2023) 		2008  Finland 10th President of Finland
(1 March 1994 – 1 March 2000) 		For his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts.[30]
Barack Obama
(born 1961) 		2009  United States 44th President of the United States
(20 January 2009 – 20 January 2017) 		For his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.[31]
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
(born 1938) 		2011  Liberia 24th President of Liberia
(16 January 2006 – 22 January 2018) 		For their non–violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace–building work.[32][A]

(Jointly awarded with an two other activists Liberian Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni Tawakkul Karman)

Juan Manuel Santos
(born 1951) 		2016  Colombia 32th President of Colombia
(7 August 2010 – 7 August 2018) 		For his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50–year–long civil war to an end.[33]
Abiy Ahmed
(born 1976)
Currently in office 		2019  Ethiopia Prime Minister of Ethiopia
(2 April 2018 – Incumbent) 		For his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.[34]

Noble Laurates for Literature

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Portrait Nobel Laureate[1] Year

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Country[1] Status[1] Rationale
Winston Churchill
(1874–1965) 		1953  United Kingdom Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
(10 May 1940 – 26 July 1945)
(26 October 1951 – 5 April 1955) 		For his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.[35] [A]

Government In Exile

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Portrait Nobel Laureate[1] Prize

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Year

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Country[1] Status[1] Rationale
Tenzin Gyatso,
14th Dalai Lama
(born 1935) 		Peace 1989  Tibet
Claimed Head of State of Tibet
(10 March 1963 – 13 June 1991)
Head of the Tibetan Administration for Tibetans–in–exile
(14 June 1991 – 2011)
 For advocating peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people.[36][37][B]

Head of Government of Constituent Countries

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A constituent country is a type of country which serves as an administrative division. Constituent countries usually form together to make a larger sovereign country. Unlike federal countries, power between constituent countries may not be spread out evenly, with one of them usually holding the capital and government.

The United Kingdom is a sovereign country made of four constituent countries. They are England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. While all four are often referred to as countries, they are technically constituent countries within a sovereign country; UK. They are also sometimes referred to as regions, provinces, nations, or statelets. However, these titles are problematic and in particular, sensitive in Northern Ireland.

Portrait Nobel Laureate[1] Prize

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Year

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Country[1] Status[1] Rationale
David Trimble

(1944–2022)

Peace 1998  Northern Ireland
( United Kingdom) 		1st First Minister of Northern Ireland

(Head of Government of Northern Ireland Serving with Seamus Mallon and Mark Durkan) (1 July 1998 – 14 October 2002)

For his efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland.[38]

(Jointly awarded to another leading figure Irish Politician John Hume)

Timeline

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Abiy AhmedJuan Manuel SantosEllen Johnson SirleafBarack ObamaMartti AhtisaariMuhammad YunusJimmy CarterKim Dae–jungJosé Ramos HortaShimon PeresYasser ArafatYitzhak RabinNelson MandelaFrederik Willem de KlerkAung San Suu KyiMikhail GorbachevÓscar AriasLech WalesaMenachem BeginAnwar SadatEisaku SatoWilly BrandtLester Bowles PearsonWinston ChurchillGustav StresemannAristide BriandHjalmar BrantingLéon BourgeoisWoodrow WilsonAuguste BeernaertTheodore Roosevelt

Awardees by Category

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This lists does not include Tenzin Gyatso,14th Dalai Lama and David Trimble

Country Laurates
 United States 4
 Israel 3
 France 2
 South Africa 2
 Germany 1
 West Germany 1
 Soviet Union 1
 Belgium 1
 Sweden 1
 United Kingdom 1
 Canada 1
 Japan 1
 Egypt 1
 Poland 1
 Costa Rica 1
 Myanmar 1
 Palestine 1
 East Timor 1
 South Korea 1
 Bangladesh 1
 Finland 1
 Liberia 1
 Colombia 1
 Ethiopia 1
Gender Laureates
Male 29
Female 2
Office Holder Laureates
While in office 17
Awarded before serving in office 6
Awarded after serving in office 6
In Between Two Non–Consecutive Terms 1
Currently in office 3
Prize Laureates
Nobel Peace Prize 30
Nobel Prize in Literature 1

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Awarded not for geo-political/ geo-conflict/ diplomatic efforts
  2. ^ a b Not elected by public election or referendum
  1. ^ Chief Adviser is an official post in Bangladesh for the head of government during the absence of a Bangladesh and Parliament, typically used for interim or caretaker governments.

See Also

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Reference

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