|
Year |
Recipient |
State/Organization |
Description |
|
2014 |
Indian Space Research Organisation |
India |
Indian Space Agency |
|
2013 |
Angela Merkel |
Germany |
Chancellor of Germany |
|
2012 |
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf |
Liberia |
President of Liberia |
|
2011 |
Ela Bhatt |
India |
Founder of SEWA |
|
2010 |
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva |
Brazil |
Ex-President of Brazil |
|
2009 |
Sheikh Hasina |
Bangladesh |
Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
|
2008 |
Mohamed ElBaradei |
Egypt |
4th Director General of the IAEA |
|
2007 |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
United States |
Charitable Foundation |
|
2006 |
Wangari Maathai |
Kenya |
Environmental and Political activist |
|
2005 |
Hamid Karzai |
Afghanistan |
12th President of Afghanistan |
|
2004 |
Maha Chakri Sirindhorn |
Thailand |
Princess of Thailand |
|
2003 |
Kofi Annan |
Ghana |
7th United Nations Secretary General |
|
2002 |
Shridath Ramphal |
Guyana |
2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General |
|
2001 |
Sadako Ogata |
Japan |
Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
|
2000 |
Mary Robinson |
Ireland |
7th President of Ireland |
|
1999 |
M. S. Swaminathan |
India |
Indian Agricultural Scientist |
|
1998 |
Muhammad Yunus |
Bangladesh |
Founder of Grameen Bank |
|
1997 |
Jimmy Carter |
United States |
39th President of the United States |
|
1996 |
Médecins Sans Frontières |
France |
Voluntary Organisation |
|
1995 |
Olusegun Obasanjo |
Nigeria |
12th President of Nigeria |
|
1994 |
Trevor Huddleston |
United Kingdom |
Anti-Apartheid Activist |
|
1993 |
Václav Havel |
Czech Republic |
1st President of the Czech Republic |
|
1992 |
Saburo Okita |
Japan |
Japanese Economist |
|
1991 |
Rajiv Gandhi |
India |
Former Prime Minister of India (posthumous) |
|
1990 |
Sam Nujoma |
Namibia |
First President of Namibia |
|
1989 |
UNICEF |
United Nations |
United Nations Children's Fund |
|
1988 |
Gro Harlem Brundtland |
Norway |
Former Prime Minister of Norway |
|
1987 |
Mikhail Gorbachev |
Soviet Union |
Former Soviet Union Leader |
|
1986 |
Parliamentarians for Global Action |
– |
International Organisation of Parliamentarians |