German Chancellor Angela Merkel was on 9 May 2011 was chosen for the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for 2009 for her enormous efforts toward sustainable and equitable development. The External Affairs Ministry release revealed that that the jury chaired by Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, has decided to confer the award for 2009 on Dr. Merkel.
The German leader, Merkel is known for her efforts for good governance and understanding and for the creation of a world better positioned to handle the emerging challenges of the 21st century. She has been sympathetic to developing countries and led the search for a balanced solution based on principles of equity and sensitivity to the interests of the developing world.
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding founded in 1965 is an international award presented by the Government of India. The award is administered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to people for their outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among people of the world. The award carries prize money of Rs.1 crore besides a trophy and citation.
Recipients
- U Thant - 1965
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - 1966
- Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan - 1967
- Yehudi Menuhin - 1968
- Mother Teresa - 1969
- Kenneth Kaunda - 1970
- Josip Broz Tito - 1971
- André Malraux - 1972
- Julius Nyerere - 1973
- Raul Prebisch - 1974
- Jonas Salk - 1975
- Giuseppe Tucci - 1976
- Tulsi Meherji Shrestha - 1977
- Nichidatsu Fujii - 1978
- Nelson Mandela - 1980
- Barbara Ward - 1981
- Alva and Gunnar Myrdal - 1982
- Leopold Sedar Senghor - 1983
- Bruno Kreisky - 1984
- Indira Gandhi - 1985 (posthumous)
- Olof Palme - 1986 (posthumous)
- Javier Pérez de Cuéllar - 1987
- Yasser Arafat - 1988
- Robert Gabriel Mugabe - 1989
- Helmut Kohl - 1990
- Aruna Asaf Ali - 1991
- Maurice Strong - 1992
- Aung San Suu Kyi - 1993
- Mahathir Bin Mohamad - 1994
- Hosni Mubarak - 1995
- Goh Chok Tong - 2003
- Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said - 2004 (yet to be presented)
- Wangari Maathai - 2005
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - 2006
- Olafur Ragnar Grimsson - 2007
- Angela Merkel - 2009
- Prize not awarded in 1986 & from 1996 to 2002.
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