A short historical background

The Nobel peace prize is one of five prestigious

prizes awarded every year to those who make
efforts to preserve peace. The first prize was given
to Henry Dunant in 1901.This prize is bequeathed
by Alfred Nobel, a Swedish inventor, who wanted
to use his fortune to serve the humanity. The
winners of the prize are chosen by the Nobel
institute in Oslo .On the 10th December of each
year, The Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel
Committee presents the prize in the presence of
the king of Norway. The Nobel laureate receives a
diploma, a medal and a document confirming the
prize amount.
List of Nobel peace prize winner of the last decade

2018
Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad “for their efforts to end the use of sexual
violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict”
2017
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) “for its work to
draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear
weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of
such weapons”
2016
Juan Manuel Santos “for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-
year-long civil war to an end”
2015
National Dialogue Quartet “for its decisive contribution to the building of a
pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011”
2014
Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai “for their struggle against the suppression
of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”
2013
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) “for its
extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons”
2012
European Union (EU) “for over six decades contributed to the advancement of
peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe”
2011
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman “for their non-
violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation
in peace-building work”
2010
Liu Xiaobo “for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in
China”
2009
Barack H. Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international
diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”
2008
Martti Ahtisaari “for his important efforts, on several continents and over more
than three decades, to resolve international conflicts”
 One biography of a nobel peace prize winner
Facts
Juan Manuel Santos
Born: 10 August 1951, Bogotá, Colombia
Role: President of Colombia
Prize motivation: "for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-
year-long civil war to an end."

Life: Juan Manuel Santos is the current and 32nd President of Colombia. He
was born to the rich and influential Santos family who had been the majority
shareholders of the ‘El Tiempo’ newspaper from 1913 to 2007. He began his
career in journalism at ‘El Tiempo’, but he always had an interest in politics. He
embarked on a political career in the 1970's when he represented ‘National
Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia’ in London. He has also been
extensively educated and received degrees from the University of Kansas, the
London School of Economics and Political Science, and Harvard University. He
also earned a couple fellowships. He returned to Colombia in 1981 and began
working at the family newspaper. Ten years later, he was appointed to his first
major political post, when he became Colombia's Minister of Foreign Trade.
Somewhere around this time, he became interested in the ‘Third Way’, a political
centrism that combines conservative free-market capitalism with liberal social
policies. He served a number of different Presidents in different capacities until
he was elected President himself in 2010. During much of his career, he has
sought to stamp out terrorism, especially FARC, and bring prosperity to
Columbia by promoting economic growth

Work: Since the 1960s, Colombia has been plagued by civil war. In 2012 the
country's President Juan Manuel Santos took the initiative for negotiations
between the government and the FARC guerillas. In June 2016, an agreement
was reached on a ceasefire. In a referendum in October the same year, a narrow
majority voted to reject a draft peace agreement. By awarding Juan Manuel
Santos the Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has wanted to
encourage continued dialogue and struggles for peace and reconciliation.
 Future Nobel peace prize winners

In Algeria :
Our contemporary history knows two Algerian
personalities who focused their efforts to make
peace and to settle internal and external disputes.

 Abd el Aziz Bouteflika: Born on the 2nd of March

1937, in Oujda to a family from Tlemcen. Abdelaziz
Bouteflika joined the National Liberation Army (ALN)
in 1956. After the independence in 1962, he became
Minister for Youth and Sport than Minister for Foreign
Affairs until 1978. In April 1999. Bouteflika ran for
the presidential elections and was elected officially
with 74% of the votes. His election seems a turning
point in the civil war that started in January 1992.

 Lakhdar Brahimi: a veteran United Nations envoy

and advisor. He was born on January 1st, 1934, in
Algeria. He was the United Nations special
representative for Afghanistan and Iraq. Before his
appointment in 2001 by Secretary-General Kofi
Annan, he had served the U.N. as special
representative to Haiti and to South Africa. .He retired
from his duties at the end of 2005.
 Future Algerian nominees’ achievements
1. Mr.Abd el Aziz Bouteflika is a national hero before and
after his election as Algeria’s president, because he could
bring back the peace to our country. He forgave the next
month of his election, on the occasion of Independence
Day, 2300 jailed terrorist and presented the National
Harmony Law which provide amnesty for AIS (Islamic
Salvation Army) members. Moreover, he improved the
relations with the other countries and he declared that the
fate of Western Sahara is an Algerian and an international
matter. In addition, he gave a special attention to. In
religious foundation thus he could promote a culture of
peace. In his foreign policy, He saved the African and the
Mediterranean Basin countries from the scourge of
terrorism.

2. Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi was appointed to lead a panel of

investigation on United Nations staff security in the wake
of the December 11th, 2007 Algiers bombings, on
February 5th by the Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon. In
addition, He was one of
The founders of the Journal of Palestine Studies called “La
revue d'étude palestinienne”. Brahimi was also chairman
of the Panel of United Nations Peace Operations, which
produced the influential Brahimi Report.

Awarding Nobel peace prize to these personalities will

really encourage the efforts which want to keep peace.
Moreover, it will contribute in making peace in Algeria
and Africa and middle-east countries.