The Nobel Peace Prize 2016

Nobel Peace Prize 2016

Nomination and Selection of Peace Prize 2016:

A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize may be submitted by any person who meets the nomination criteria. A letter of invitation to submit is not required. The names of the nominees and other information about the nominations cannot be revealed until 50 years later.

There are 376 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 out of which 228 are individuals and 148 are organizations.

376 is by far the highest number of candidates ever. The previous record, 278 candidates, was set in 2014.

Juan Manuel Santos:

The Nobel Peace Prize 2016 was awarded to Juan Manuel Santos "for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end".

Born: 1951, Bogotá, Colombia

Prize motivation: "for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end"

Role: President of Colombia

Prize share: 1/1

Nobel Peace Prize 2016: Colombia's Santos named winner

Colombia president awarded one of the world's most prestigious prizes for efforts to end 52 years of war with FARC rebels.

Efforts by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to end five decades of war in his country were recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
The award came despite a shock referendum defeat for a proposed peace deal Santos had reached last month with FARC chief Rodrigo Londono, also known as Timoleon "Timochenko" Jimenez, after nearly four years of talks.
Santos was awarded the prestigious prize "for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end", said Kaci Kullmann Five, chairwoman of The Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Stiff competition

Santos won in a competitive year, with a record 376 candidates vying for the award.

Of the candidates, 228 were individuals and 148 were organizations. The previous record was set in 2014, with 278 nominations.

Santos beat competition from individuals and groups including: Pope Francis; the Syrian White Helmets; German Chancellor Angela Merkel; doctor Denis Mukwege, Jean Nacatche Banyere, Jeannette Kahindo Bindu - a DRC group working with survivors of sexual violence; Russian activist Svetlana Gannushkina; the people who negotiated the Iranian nuclear deal; whistle-blower Edward Snowden; and Greek islanders who work to help refugees when they arrive from perilous journeys across the Mediterranean.