2016 Nobel peace Prize - wikipedia 2016 Nobel peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize Juan Manuel Santos Awarded for Outstanding contributions to peace Date 7 October 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 07 ) Location Oslo Country Norway Presented by Norwegian Nobel Committee Reward ( s ) 8 million SEK ( $ 1M, € 0.9 M ) First awarded 1901 2016 laureate Juan Manuel Santos Website nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace ← 2015 Nobel Peace Prize 2017 → The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos `` for his resolute efforts to bring the country 's more than 50 - year - long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220,000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people. '' The conflict is the longest running war, and last remaining guerrilla struggle, in the Americas. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded annually to those who have `` done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses ''. The announcement was made on 7 October at a press conference at the Nobel Peace Center, and the formal award ceremony took place on 10 December at the Oslo City Hall. The award was conferred only five days after the government 's narrow defeat in the Colombian peace agreement referendum to ratify the final agreement on the peace process. The committee Chair Kaci Kullmann Five emphasized the effort and good intentions of Santos at the announcement press conference and also in the award citation : The Norwegian Nobel Committee emphasizes the importance of the fact that President Santos is now inviting all parties to participate in a broad - based national dialogue aimed at advancing the peace process. Even those who opposed the peace accord have welcomed such a dialogue. The Nobel Committee hopes that all parties will take their share of responsibility and participate constructively in the upcoming peace talks. Santos was first informed of the prize by his son in the pre-dawn of the day of the announcement. In his first public statement he declared, This honourable distinction is not for me, it is for all the victims of the conflict. Together we will win the most important prize of all : PEACE. In the days following he also announced that the 8 million SEK prize ( approximately 2.7 billion Colombian pesos ) would be donated to support victims of the conflict. Contents 1 Nominations 2 Reactions 3 Committee 4 References 5 External links Nominations 376 candidates received nominations for this year 's prize included 228 individuals and 148 organizations - the largest ever number of nominees, the previous record being 278 in 2014. Notable other nominees included the `` White Helmets '' of the Syrian Conflict ( who received several editorial endorsements from western newspapers ) ; representative `` Greek islanders '', particularly those from Lesbos, for their response to the related refugee crisis ; Nadia Murad for her work in refugee advocacy ; and Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege for work with victims of rape. Still further nominations included Svetlana Gannushkina, Ernest Moniz and Ali Akbar Salehi, and Edward Snowden. Gannushkina and Syrian Civil Defense had been jointly awarded the 2016 Right Livelihood Award in the weeks prior. Six other Colombians, five of them victims of the Colombian armed conflict, had also been nominated. Reactions In a press release statement, UNESCO Director - General Irina Bokova said that this year 's prize `` pays tribute to the audacity and perseverance of President Santos and all those who seek to build peace every day, step by step to heal the wounds of the country, in their families and communities. '' Media coverage characterised the announcement as a surprise since the national referendum on October 2 was narrowly defeated. Initial reports also expressed surprise that the prize was not awarded jointly with FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño, Santos ' main negotiating partner. Londoño, under the name Timoleon Jimenez, tweeted his reaction to the announcement : `` The only award we want is peace with social justice for Colombia without paramilitarism, without retaliation or lies. '' Syria Civil Defence, tweeting as `` The White Helmets '', congratulated Santos and wished for peace for the people of Colombia, An hour later the Twitter account shared an image of a destroyed building with the text `` At the time of the @ NobelPrize announcement, @ SyriaCivilDef center targeted in Hama. Back to work. '' Álvaro Uribe, The leader of the movement to oppose the referendum and Santos ' predecessor as Colombian president, congratulated him but also stated `` I want him to lead to change these democracy - damaging peace accords. '' Ciarán Norris, writing in The Guardian, argued that awarding the prize solely to Santos, not to the White Helmets nor shared with a FARC leader, was a deliberate choice to lend its power in a way that might have the greatest direct impact in achieving peace. `` The Nobel prize committee had an opportunity today, just days after a hard - fought peace risked being lost in the Colombian jungle, to provoke peace and kickstart that process. In so doing, they have demonstrated that where the international community may not always lend its support to securing peace in every conflict -- Syria chief amongst them -- they can sometimes provide the necessary momentum to see it through. '' Committee Five and Njølstad announcing the winner at the 7 October press conference The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee : Kaci Kullmann Five ( Chair since March 2015, born 1951 ), former member of Parliament and cabinet minister for the Conservative Party. Member of the Committee since 2003. Berit Reiss - Andersen ( Deputy chair, born 1954 ), advocate ( barrister ) and President of the Norwegian Bar Association, former state secretary for the Minister of Justice and the Police ( representing the Labour Party ). Member of the Committee since 2011. Inger - Marie Ytterhorn ( born 1941 ), former member of Parliament for the Progress Party. Member of the Committee since 2000. Thorbjørn Jagland ( born 1950 ), former Member of Parliament and President of the Storting and former Prime Minister for the Labour Party, current Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Chair of the Committee from 2009 to March 2015. Henrik Syse ( born 1966 ), Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. Member of the Committee since 2015. Olav Njølstad ( Committee secretary, born 1957 ), Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute. References ^ Jump up to : `` The Nobel Peace Prize 2016 - Press Release ''. Nobel Media AB. Retrieved 7 October 2016. ^ Jump up to : Casey, Nicholas ( 2016 - 10 - 07 ). `` Colombia 's President, Juan Manuel Santos, Is Awarded Nobel Peace Prize ''. The New York Times. ISSN 0362 - 4331. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 09. Jump up ^ `` Nobel Peace Prize '', The Oxford Dictionary of Twentieth Century World History Jump up ^ `` The Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies and Banquets ''. www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 09. Jump up ^ Santos, Juan Manuel ( 7 Oct 2016 ). `` Esta honrosa distinción no es para mí, es para todas las víctimas del conflicto. Juntos ganaremos el premio más importante de todos : LA PAZ '' ( in Spanish ). Twitter. Retrieved 7 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Colombia 's President Santos donates Nobel money to conflict victims ''. BBC News. 2016 - 10 - 09. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 10. Jump up ^ `` Nominations for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize ''. Nobelprize.org. The Norwegian Nobel Institute. Retrieved 7 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Syria 's White Helmets nominated for Nobel Peace Prize ''. www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` The Nobel Peace Prize must go to the White Helmets -- or else endorse the murderous ' peace ' of Putin ''. The Telegraph. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` The Guardian view on the Nobel peace prize : give it to Syria 's White Helmets ''. The Guardian. 2016 - 10 - 05. ISSN 0261 - 3077. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Dear Nobel Committee : The White Helmets are Syria 's heroes - The Boston Globe ''. BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` The Nobel Peace Prize : Who will win this year ? ''. British Broadcasting Corporation, UK. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Who might win the Nobel Peace Prize ? A look at the early favourites ''. CBC News. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Nobel Peace Prize : Greek islanders, Syrian White Helmets top bets ''. The Indian Express. 2016 - 10 - 07. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Who are the top 2016 Nobel Peace Prize contenders ? ''. NBC News. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` White Helmets among ' alternative Nobel prize ' winners ''. www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ Foundation, Thomson Reuters. `` Syria 's White Helmets share Sweden 's `` alternative Nobel '' prize ``. news.trust.org. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Cinco víctimas también habían sido nominadas al Nobel 2016 ''. ElTiempo.com. 7 Oct 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` FOTOS DE LOS OTROS COLOMBIANOS QUE ESTABAN NOMINADOS AL PREMIO NOBEL DE PAZ ''. ElEspectador.com. 7 Oct 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` UNESCO welcomes the awarding of 2016 Nobel Peace Prize ''. Scoop Media. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ `` Nobel Peace Prize for Colombia 's Juan Manuel Santos ''. BBC. Retrieved 7 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Colombian President awarded Nobel Peace Prize ''. ABC News. 2016 - 10 - 07. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Nobel peace prize 2016 : committee say award is ' tribute to the Colombian people ' - live ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Nobel peace prize 2016 : committee say award is ' tribute to the Colombian people ' - live ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. El único premio al que aspiramos es de la # PazConJusticiaSocial para # Colombia sin pamilitarismo, sin retaliaciones ni mentiras # PazALaCalle Jump up ^ `` The White Helmets on Twitter ''. Twitter. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` The White Helmets on Twitter ''. Twitter. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ Vélez, Álvaro Uribe ( 7 Oct 2016 ). `` Felicito el Nobel para el Presidente Santos, deseo que conduzca a cambiar acuerdos dañinos para la democracia '' ( in Spanish ). Twitter. Retrieved 10 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Juan Manuel Santos 's Nobel prize could save the peace process in Colombia ''. The Guardian. 2016 - 10 - 07. ISSN 0261 - 3077. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` The Norwegian Nobel Committee 2016 - Members ''. Norwegian Nobel Committee. Retrieved 7 October 2016. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. Interview with Santos at NobelPrize.org Nobel Peace Prize General topics Laureates Committee ( members ) Institute Center Concert Oslo Spektrum Oslo City Hall World Summit By year 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2016 Nobel Prize laureates Chemistry Jean - Pierre Sauvage ( France ) Fraser Stoddart ( United Kingdom, United States ) Ben Feringa ( Netherlands ) Literature Bob Dylan ( United States ) Peace ( 2016 ) Juan Manuel Santos ( Colombia ) Physics David J. Thouless ( United Kingdom, United States ) Duncan Haldane ( United Kingdom, United States ) J. Michael Kosterlitz ( United Kingdom, United States ) Physiology or Medicine Yoshinori Ohsumi ( Japan ) Economic Sciences Oliver Hart ( United Kingdom, United States ) Bengt Holmström ( Finland ) Nobel Prize recipients 1990 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize 1901 -- 1925 1901 Henry Dunant / Frédéric Passy 1902 Élie Ducommun / Charles Gobat 1903 Randal Cremer 1904 Institut de Droit International 1905 Bertha von Suttner 1906 Theodore Roosevelt 1907 Ernesto Moneta / Louis Renault 1908 Klas Arnoldson / Fredrik Bajer 1909 A.M.F. Beernaert / Paul Estournelles de Constant 1910 International Peace Bureau 1911 Tobias Asser / Alfred Fried 1912 Elihu Root 1913 Henri La Fontaine 1914 1915 1916 1917 International Committee of the Red Cross 1918 1919 Woodrow Wilson 1920 Léon Bourgeois 1921 Hjalmar Branting / Christian Lange 1922 Fridtjof Nansen 1923 1924 1925 Austen Chamberlain / Charles Dawes 1926 -- 1950 1926 Aristide Briand / Gustav Stresemann 1927 Ferdinand Buisson / Ludwig Quidde 1928 1929 Frank B. Kellogg 1930 Nathan Söderblom 1931 Jane Addams / Nicholas Butler 1932 1933 Norman Angell 1934 Arthur Henderson 1935 Carl von Ossietzky 1936 Carlos Saavedra Lamas 1937 Robert Cecil 1938 Nansen International Office for Refugees 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 International Committee of the Red Cross 1945 Cordell Hull 1946 Emily Balch / John Mott 1947 Friends Service Council / American Friends Service Committee 1948 1949 John Boyd Orr 1950 Ralph Bunche 1951 -- 1975 1951 Léon Jouhaux 1952 Albert Schweitzer 1953 George Marshall 1954 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1955 1956 1957 Lester B. Pearson 1958 Georges Pire 1959 Philip Noel - Baker 1960 Albert Lutuli 1961 Dag Hammarskjöld 1962 Linus Pauling 1963 International Committee of the Red Cross / League of Red Cross Societies 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. 1965 UNICEF 1966 1967 1968 René Cassin 1969 International Labour Organization 1970 Norman Borlaug 1971 Willy Brandt 1972 1973 Lê Đức Thọ ( declined award ) / Henry Kissinger 1974 Seán MacBride / Eisaku Satō 1975 Andrei Sakharov 1976 -- 2000 1976 Betty Williams / Mairead Corrigan 1977 Amnesty International 1978 Anwar Sadat / Menachem Begin 1979 Mother Teresa 1980 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel 1981 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1982 Alva Myrdal / Alfonso García Robles 1983 Lech Wałęsa 1984 Desmond Tutu 1985 International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War 1986 Elie Wiesel 1987 Óscar Arias 1988 UN Peacekeeping Forces 1989 Tenzin Gyatso ( 14th Dalai Lama ) 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev 1991 Aung San Suu Kyi 1992 Rigoberta Menchú 1993 Nelson Mandela / F.W. de Klerk 1994 Shimon Peres / Yitzhak Rabin / Yasser Arafat 1995 Pugwash Conferences / Joseph Rotblat 1996 Carlos Belo / José Ramos - Horta 1997 International Campaign to Ban Landmines / Jody Williams 1998 John Hume / David Trimble 1999 Médecins Sans Frontières 2000 Kim Dae - jung 2001 -- present 2001 United Nations / Kofi Annan 2002 Jimmy Carter 2003 Shirin Ebadi 2004 Wangari Maathai 2005 International Atomic Energy Agency / Mohamed ElBaradei 2006 Grameen Bank / Muhammad Yunus 2007 Al Gore / Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2008 Martti Ahtisaari 2009 Barack Obama 2010 Liu Xiaobo 2011 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf / Leymah Gbowee / Tawakkol Karman 2012 European Union 2013 Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 2014 Kailash Satyarthi / Malala Yousafzai 2015 Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet 2016 Juan Manuel Santos 2017 International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2016_Nobel_Peace_Prize&oldid=834318011 '' Categories : 2016 awards 2016 in Norway 2016 in Colombia Colombian peace process Nobel Peace Prize Hidden categories : CS1 Spanish - language sources ( es ) Use dmy dates from July 2017 Commons category with page title different than on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Edit links This page was last edited on 5 April 2018, at 01 : 57. 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Question: who gave the nobel peace prize of 2016
Answer: the Norwegian Nobel Committee