Award Laureates

1982

Global Culture

Addis Zemen

Newspaper

1973

Global Economic and Social Policy

Akio Morita

Founder of Sony Corporation

1973

Global Culture

Al Ahram

Newspaper

2006

Global Environment

Aldabra Foundation

Funds Research, Conservation and Management of the Aldabra Atoll

1982

Global Health

All Africa Leprosy & Rehabilitation Training Centre

Medical Facility

2009

Global Peace and Security

Álvaro Uribe Vélez

Former President of the Republic of Colombia

2006

Global Science and Technology

Anne Mulcahy

Chariman of Xerox

1979

Global Economic and Social Policy

Anton Jaumann

Former Bavarian State Minister for Economy and Transport

1986

Global Culture

Antonio Mingote

Spanish Cartoonist, Writer and Journalist

1981

Global Economic and Social Policy

Antonio Ortiz Mena

Secretary of the Treasury and former President of the Inter-American Development Bank

1986

Global Culture

Antonio Saura

Spanish Artist and Writer

1973

Global Economic and Social Policy

Armand Petitjean

Former President Lancôme

1981

Global Economic and Social Policy

Arturo Uslar Pietri

Politician and Writer

1981

Global Economic and Social Policy

Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion (ALADI)

Latin American Trade Integration Association

1973

Global Culture

Axel Springer Verlag

Media Company

1986

Global Culture

Camilo José Cela

Nobel Prize Winner for Literature

1981

Global Economic and Social Policy

Carlos Alberto Lleras Restrepo

49th President of the Colombian Republic

1981

Global Culture

Casa Hogar Niñas Ciegas

Home for Blind Girls

1981

Global Economic and Social Policy

Cayetano Rota

President of The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Argentina

2006

Global Resources

CGIAR

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

1981

Global Environment

Compañia Nacional de Reforestación (CONARE)

Reforestation Company

1970

Global Culture

Corriere Della Sera

Newspaper

1974

Global Culture

De Telegraaf

Newspaper

1979

Global Culture

Der Spiegel

News Magazine

1981

Global Culture

Diario Panorama

Newspaper

1971

Global Peace and Security

Dr. Gustav Heinemann

Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany

1979

Global Science and Technology

Dr. Hassan Ragab

Former Egyptian Ambassador to the People's Republic of China

2006

Global Health

Dr. Robert Gallo

Director of the Institute of Human Virology

1974

Global Resources

Edward L. Paramore

Former President of Halliburton

1981

Global Economic and Social Policy

Edward Philip George Seaga

Former Prime Minister of Jamaica

2011

Global Science and Technology

Elvira Fortunato

Transistor Pioneer

1977

Global Culture

Emilio Azcarraga

Former President Televisa S.A.

1975

Global Science and Technology

Empresa Nacional de Aluminio

Industrial Company Formed under The Instituto Nacional de Industria (INI)

1978

Global Culture

Enrique Batiz

Conductor

1979

International Law and Humanitarian Affairs

Enrique de la Mata Gorostizaga

Former President International Red Cross

1979

Global Culture

Ettela’At

Newspaper

1977

Global Resources

FAO (the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations)

Specialised Agency of the United Nations

1981

Global Culture

Friedrich Ebert Foundation

German Political Foundation

1981

Global Economic and Social Policy

Fundacion Ayacucho

Education and Development Foundation

1981

Global Economic and Social Policy

Fundación CIEPE

Agricultural Foundation

1981

Global Economic and Social Policy

Galo Plaza Lasso

Former President of Ecuador

1972

Global Peace and Security

Georges Pompidou

Former President of the French Republic

1976

Global Peace and Security

Gerald Ford

Former President of the United States of America

1963

Global Economic and Social Policy

Gianni Agnelli

Former President Fiat

1970

Global Peace and Security

Giuseppe Saragat

Former President of the Italian Republic

1979

Global Culture

Grazia

Magazine

1984

International Law and Humanitarian Affairs

Gregorio Peces Barba

One of Fathers of Spanish Constitution and Former President of the Spanish Congress of Deputies

1978

Global Culture

Gulf Daily News

Newspaper

1970

Global Resources

Gunnar Engellau

Former Chief Executive of Volvo

1977

Global Economic and Social Policy

H.E. Ahmed Zaki Yamani

Former Minister of Petroleum Affairs and Minister in OPEC

1979

Global Peace and Security

H.E. Anwar El-Sadat

Former President of Egypt

2006

Global Peace and Security

H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

President of the Republic of Liberia

1981

Global Peace and Security

H.E. Todor Zhivkov

Former Chairman of the State Council of the People's Republic of Bulgaria

1984

Global Peace and Security

H.E. Zhao Ziyang

Former Premier of the People's Republic of China

1978

Global Peace and Security

H.H. Shaikh Khalifa bin Sulman Al-Khalifa

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain

1973

Global Peace and Security

H.M. King Baudouin I

King of the Belgians

1977

Global Peace and Security

H.M. King Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain

1984

International Law and Humanitarian Affairs

H.M. Queen Sofia

Queen of Spain

1974

Global Peace and Security

H.R.H. Prince Bernhard

Prince Consort of the Kingdom of The Netherlands

2006

Global Economic and Social Policy

Hernando De Soto

President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD)

1982

Global Culture

His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan

Imam of Nizari Ismailism

1982

Global Peace and Security

Huang Hua

Former Foreign Minister of The People's Republic of China

1983

Global Culture

Hurriyet

Newspaper

2011

Global Environment

IKEA – Swedwood

Sustainable Production

1981

Global Economic and Social Policy

Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana

Spanish Organisation for Cooperation and Development

1981

Global Culture

Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA)

Private Non-Profit Venezuelan Business School

1977

Global Resources

Instituto Nacional de Industria (INI)

Spanish State Entity Used to Promote Industrial Development

1981

Global Resources

Instituto Tecnologico Venezeolano Del Petroleo (INTEVEP)

Foundation for Research into Petrochemicals

1981

Global Science and Technology

Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC)

Scientific Research Institute

1979

International Law and Humanitarian Affairs

International Red Cross

International Humanitarian Movement

1975

Global Resources

Irish Distillers Group

Distillers

1981

Global Health

Jacinto Convit

Discoverer of the Vaccine for Leprosy

1979

Global Economic and Social Policy

Janusz Burakiewicz

Former Minister of Shipping and Foreign Trade of Poland

1982

Global Peace and Security

Javier Perez de Cuellar

Former Secretary General of the United Nations

1972

Global Economic and Social Policy

Jean Rey

President of the European Commission

1986

International Law and Humanitarian Affairs

José Federico Carvajal

Former President of The Senate of Spain

1981

Global Economic and Social Policy

José Figueres Ferrer

Former President of Costa Rica

1981

Global Environment

José Joaquín Cabrera Malo

Forestry and Agricultural Expert

1978

Global Peace and Security

José López Portillo

Former President of Mexico

1986

Global Culture

Juan Luis Cebrián

Journalist, Writer and Academic

2006

International Law and Humanitarian Affairs

Kerry Kennedy

Founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights and Chairman of “Speak Truth to Power” Programme

1981

Global Culture

Konrad Adenauer Foundation

German Political Party Foundation

1979

Global Peace and Security

Kurt Waldheim

Former Secretary General of the United Nations

1971

Global Culture

Le Monde

Newspaper

1980

Global Peace and Security

Leonid Brezhnev

Former General Secretary of The Central Committee Communist Party of the Soviet Union

1979

Global Culture

L’Express

News Magazine

2011

Global Environment

Livia Tirone

Sustainable Construction

1986

Global Culture

Luis Garcia Berlanga

Film Director and Academy Award Nominee

1981

Global Peace and Security

Luis Herrera Campins

Former President of the Republic of Venezuela

1981

Global Culture

Manuel Cabré

Hispanic Venezuelan Landscape Painter

1987

International Law and Humanitarian Affairs

Marcelino Oreja Aguirre

Former Spanish Foreign Minister and Secretary General of the Council of Europe

1977

Global Peace and Security

Marshal Josip Broz Tito

Former President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1982

Global Culture

Merawi Sitot

1975

Global Resources

Michel Camus

Former President of Camus

1981

International Law and Humanitarian Affairs

Miguel Obando Bravo

Cardinal and Archbishop

1981

Global Economic and Social Policy

OPEC

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

1982

Global Culture

Pakistan Television Corp

Broadcaster

1986

Global Culture

Paloma O’Shea

Creator of Albeniz Musical Foundation and Reina Sofía Musical School

1982

International Law and Humanitarian Affairs

Poul Hartling

Former Danish Prime Minister and UN High Commissioner for Refugees

1980

Global Culture

Pravda

Newspaper

1982

Global Science and Technology

Professor Thomas Risley Odhiambo

Entomologist and Environmental Activist

2004

Global Economic and Social Policy

Rafael Termes

Author and Professor at IESE

1985

International Law and Humanitarian Affairs

Rajsoomer Lallah

Lawyer and Judge

1977

Global Resources

Rino Snaidero

Italian Manufacturer

1981

Global Culture

Rómulo O’Farrill

Media Entrepreneur

1975

Global Peace and Security

Ronald Reagan

Former President of the United States of America

1973

Global Culture

Rudolf Dassler

Founder PUMA

1979

Global Economic and Social Policy

Sabancı Holding

Industrual and Financial Conglomerate

1982

Global Culture

Sadequain Naqqash

Painter

1971

Global Economic and Social Policy

Soichiro Honda

Founder and Former President of Honda Motors

2006

Global Culture

Television Trust for the Environment

Non-Profit Environmental and Development Organisation

1981

Global Culture

Teo Capriles

Athlete and Founder of the Venezuelan Federation of Swimming

1979

Global Culture

The Economist

1972

Global Culture

The Times

Newspaper

1979

Global Culture

Time Magazine

Magazine

1979

International Law and Humanitarian Affairs

UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund)

Fund of the United Nations

1976

Global Science and Technology

Uolevi Raade

Former Chairman Neste

1982

Global Peace and Security

Urho Kekkonen

Former President of Finland

1975

Global Resources

Vandemoortele

Manufacturer of Margarine, Oils, Fats, Soy Food, Mayonnaise and Sauces for the Food Industry

1981

Global Economic and Social Policy

Wolle Chekol

Former Minister of Finance of Ethiopia

2006

Global Science and Technology

Xerox Corporation

Technology and Services Enterprise

1983

Global Culture

Ydnekatchew Tessema

Member of the International Olympic Committee in Ethiopia and President of the African Football Confederation

1981

Global Culture

Yolanda Moreno

First Dancer of Venezuela

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