Outstanding Peace Activist

Outstanding Peace Activist

The Luxembourg Peace Prize for Outstanding Peace Activist seeks to recognize an individual or organization with a proven track record of promoting peace and leaving a lasting legacy, either by fostering the absence of war or by cultivating a culture of peace.

  • Male/female, alive, with a track record, someone who will leave a legacy of peace or someone who has the potential for impact
  • > 18 years, however more likely in second half of life
  • Can be individual or the founder/representative of an organisation
  • Activities create peace defined as either creating an absence of war, or as creating a culture of peace
  • Global coverage over the years
Federico Mayor Zaragoza

Federico Mayor Zaragoza

2024 Outstanding Peace Activist

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Ali Abu Awwad

Ali Abu Awwad

2023 Outstanding Peace Activist

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Gershon Baskin

Gershon Baskin

2023 Outstanding Peace Activist

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Mariia Levchenko

Mariia Levchenko

2023 Outstanding Peace Activist

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Aminatou Haidar

Aminatou Haidar

2022 Outstanding Peace Activist

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Professor Kevin Clements

Professor Kevin Clements

2022 Outstanding Peace Activist

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Dr. William Vendley

Dr. William Vendley

2020/2021 Outstanding Peace Activist

Is the Secretary General Emeritus of Religions for Peace International, the world’s largest and most representative multi-religious….
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Dr. Scilla Elworthy

Dr. Scilla Elworthy

2020/2021 Outstanding Peace Activist

Turns vision into action:
Today her full attention is on developing Business Plan for Peace….
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Masami Saionji

Masami Saionji

2019 Outstanding Peace Activist

Masami Saionji succeeds the work of her adoptive father, Masahisa Goi, who initiated a movement for world peace through the universal prayer May Peace Prevail on Earth.
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Hiroo Saionji

Hiroo Saionji

2019 Outstanding Peace Activist

Hiroo Saionji was responsible for establishing the Goi Peace Foundation and May Peace Prevail On Earth International and oversees their direction and international activities.
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Jack Sim

Jack Sim

2018 Outstanding Peace Activist

Jack Sim is the founder of the Restroom Association of Singapore, the World Toilet Organization, the World Toilet Day Initiative and Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) Hub.
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Ervin Laszlo

Ervin Laszlo

2017 Outstanding Peace Activist

Ervin Laszlo is a Hungarian philosopher, founder and President of the International Think Tank Club of Budapest.
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Women Wage Peace, Israel

Women Wage Peace, Israel

2017 Outstanding Peace Activist

Women Wage Peace is the largest non-partisan grassroots movement in Israel.
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Halim Abdoulrazzak

Halim Abdoulrazzak

2016 Outstanding Peace Activist

Halim was the 41st refugee to arrive in Hall 6, Luxembourg in 2015. Since then, he has been volunteering with Musicare and the Red Cross, to help refugees settle in their newly adopted countries.
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Jorge Castella I Cot

Jorge Castella I Cot

2015 Outstanding Peace Activist


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Patricia Pellegrini

Patricia Pellegrini

2014 Outstanding Peace Activist

Mrs. Patricia Pellegrini has worked tirelessly with tens of thousands of children, through the Arts, in order to bring the message of Peace and Brotherhood to their schools and homes.
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Roberto Martin Kletzel

Roberto Martin Kletzel

2014 Outstanding Peace Activist

Art Curator and Publisher, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Prof. Dr. Raphael Pitti

Prof. Dr. Raphael Pitti

2013 Outstanding Peace Activist

War medicine specialist who shape for UOSSM Syrian doctors treat war wounds has worked to make this aid convoy from the Aleppo population that lives under constant bombardment.
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Mr. Charles Danguy

Mr. Charles Danguy

2012 Outstanding Peace Activist


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The Volunteers of the 2012 World Peace Forum

The Volunteers of the 2012 World Peace Forum

2012 Outstanding Peace Activist


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Mr. Boualem Sansal

Mr. Boualem Sansal

2012 Outstanding Peace Activist

He began writing novels at the age of 50 after retiring from his job as a high-ranking official in the Algerian government. The assassination of President Mohamed Boudiaf in 1992 and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Algeria inspired him to write about his country.
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