List of awards and honours received by Muhammad Yunus
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A list of awards granted to Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi entrepreneur, banker, economist, politician and civil society leader.
Notable awards
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- 1978 — President's Award, Bangladesh[1]
- 1984 — Ramon Magsaysay Award, Philippines[2]
- 1985 — Bangladesh Bank Award, Bangladesh[1]
- 1987 — Independence Award, Bangladesh[1]
- 1989 — Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Switzerland[3]
- 1993 — CARE Humanitarian Award[4]
- 1994 — World Food Prize.[5]
- 1994 — International Pfeffer Peace Award[6]
- 1995 — Max Schmidheiny Freedom Prize[7]
- 1996 — UNESCO International Simón Bolívar Prize[8]
- 1998 — Indira Gandhi Prize[9]
- 1998 — Prince of Asturias Award[10]
- 1998 — Sydney Peace Prize[11]
- 2001 — IDEB Gold Medal Award[6]
- 2001 — Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (Grand Prize)[12]
- 2003 — Volvo Environment Prize[13]
- 2004 — Nikkei Asia Prize[6]
- 2004 — The Economist's first annual Innovation Award for social and economic innovation[14]
- 2006 — Mother Teresa Award instituted by the Mother Teresa International and Millennium Award Committee (MTIMAC), Kolkata, India[15]
- 2006 — Freedom from Want Award, one of the Four Freedoms Awards by Roosevelt Study Centre[16]
- 2006 — ITU World Information Society Award by International Telecommunication Union[17]
- 2006 — Seoul Peace Prize[18]
- 2006 — Nobel Peace Prize, shared with Grameen Bank
- 2007 — The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal awarded by Vanderbilt University[19]
- 2007 — Order of the Liberator in First Class with Grand Decoration awarded by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez[20]
- 2009 — Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by Barack Obama [21]
- 2010 — Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award at The Asian Awards[22]
- 2010 — Congressional Gold Medal awarded by United States Congress
- 2020 — Olympic Laurel, International Olympic Committee[23]
- 2021 — United Nations Foundation's Champion of Global Change Award.[24]
Decorations
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Bangladesh:
Recipient of Independence Award- 1987
France:
Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour - 2004[25]
Peru :
Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru - 2010
United States:
Venezuela :
First Class with Grand Decoration of the Order of the Liberator - 2007
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "CV of Professor Muhammad Yunus". www.muhaggmmadyunus.org. Archived from the original on 2024-08-07. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ Ramon Magsaysay Award, 1984: Citation for Muhammad Yunus Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved: 2007-09-01
- ^ Muhammad Yunus: The man who empowered Bangladeshi women; Ismaili Mail; Retrieved: 2007-09-01
- ^ "Muhammad Yunus – Biography". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ "Dr. Muhammad Yunus – 1994 World Food Prize Laureate". WorldFoodPrize.org. Archived from the original on 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
- ^ a b c "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 849". The Daily Star. 14 October 2006. Archived from the original on 2023-07-08.
- ^ "Dr. Muhammad Yunus, 1995". The Max Schmidheiny Foundation. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
- ^ Prize Winner: Muhammad Yunus, Prizes, UNESCO; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ "Profile: 'World banker to the poor'". BBC News. 2006-10-13. Retrieved 2006-10-16.
- ^ "Minutes of the Jury: Concord 1998". Prince of Asturias Foundation. 1998-06-19. Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ Sydney Peace Prize recipients, Sydney Peace Prize Foundation website; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ "Laureates of the Past Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes". The Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes. Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
- ^ Volvo Environment Prize
- ^ "And the winners are..." The Economist. 2004-09-16. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ The Mother Teresa of the Financial World Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Internationale Projekt Consult; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ Four Freedoms Award winners 2006, Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award website; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ ITU World Information Society Award – 2006, ITU Home Page, International Telecommunication Union; Retrieved: 2007-12-09
- ^ Lauret 2006 Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, Seoul Peace Prize website; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ Yunus to receive Nichols-Chancellor's Medal Archived 2008-06-18 at the Wayback Machine, Vanderbilt News, 2007-03-12; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ UNB, Dhaka (2007-05-14). "Prof Yunus gets highest Venezuelan honour". The Daily Star. Vol 5 Num 1048. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
- ^ "President Obama Names Medal of Freedom Recipients" Archived 2009-12-15 at the Wayback Machine, White House Office of the Press Secretary, July 30, 2009
- ^ List of Winners of 2010 Asian Awards [1].
- ^ "Yunus receives Olympic Laurel award at Tokyo Olympics opening". Dhaka Tribune. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Dr Yunus receives United Nations Foundation’s Champion of Global Change Award, The Daily Star, 14 December 2021
- ^ "Grameen Dialogue -- a regular publication from Grameen Trust". Archived from the original on 2004-08-20.