# Queen's Young Leader Award

Queen's Young Leader Award was an annual award given in recognition of leadership skills by young persons between the ages of 18 and 29. The award was open to selected Commonwealth of Nations to recognize exceptional people or organizations who are making a difference in improving other citizen's lives. The program was established by the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, in partnership with Comic Relief and the Royal Commonwealth Society. The programme closed in 2019.

## History

The award was first established in 2014 and initially was approved to run through 2018. Nominations re-opened each June.

## Award recipients by year
### 2014

* Kate Row of Australia
* Emily Smith of Australia
* Alicia Wallace of Bahamas
* Shamir Shehab of Bangladesh
* Donnya Piggott of Barbados
* Denielle Neal of Belize
* Khairunnisa Ash'ari of Brunei Darussalam
* Alain Nteff of Cameroon
* Mallah Enow Tabot of Cameroon
* Joannes Paulus Yimbesalu of Cameroon
* Melissa Kargiannakis of Canada
* Aaron Joshua Pinto of Canada
* Rosimay Venancio of Canada
* Kellyn George of Dominica
* Alzima Elisha Bano of Fiji
* Leroy Phillips of Guyana
* Ashwini Angadi of India
* Akshay Jadhao of India
* Devika Malik of India
* Jerome Cowans of Jamaica
* Nicole Nation of Jamaica
* Abdikadir Aden Hassan of Kenya
* Samuel Karuita of Kenya
* Caren Nelima Odanga of Kenya
* Mohammad Yaaseen Edoo of Mauritius
* Barkha Mossae of Mauritius
* Karuna Rana of Mauritius
* Tanyaradzwa Daringo of Namibia
* Tabitha Besley of New Zealand
* Oladipupo Ajiroba of Nigeria
* Nkechikwu Azinge of Nigeria
* Kelvin Ogholi of Nigeria
* Isaiah Owolabi of Nigeria
* Salman Ahmad of Pakistan
* Christina J K Giwe of Papua New Guinea
* John Taka of Papua New Guinea
* Nadia Hitimana of Rwanda
* Jean D’Amour Mutoni of Rwanda
* Javon Liburd of Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Kenville Horne of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Erna Takazawa of Samoa
* Philip Cole of Sierra Leone
* Christina Houaisuta Solomon Islands
* Nosipho Bele of South Africa
* Emma Dicks of South Africa
* Patrice Madurai of South Africa
* Thejitha Saubhagya Edirisinghe of Sri Lanka
* Kavindya Thennakoon of Sri Lanka
* Nondumiso Hlophe of Swaziland
* Given Edward of Tanzania
* Angela Benedicto Mnagoza of Tanzania
* Teocah Dove of Trinidad And Tobago
* Diana Nakaweesa of Uganda
* Deo Sekandi of Uganda
* Nicola Byrom of United Kingdom
* Zoe Jackson of United Kingdom
* Edmund Page of United Kingdom
* Missack Willy of Vanuatu
* Brighton Kaoma of Zambia
* Regina Mtonga of Zambia

### 2015
#### Africa

* Alain Nteff of Cameroon
* Joannes Paulus Yimbesalu of Cameroon
* Mallah Enow Tabot of Cameroon
* Abdikadir Aden Hassan
* Caren Nelima Odanga
* Samuel Karuita
* Barkha Mossae
* Karuna Rana
* Mohammad Yaaseen Edoo
* Tanyaradzwa Daringo
* Isaiah Owolabi
* Kelvin Ogholi
* Nkechikwu Azinge
* Oladipupo Ajiroba of Nigeria
* Jean d’Amour Mutoni
* Nadia Hitimana
* Philip Cole
* Emma Dicks
* Nosipho Bele
* Patrice Madurai
* Nondumiso Hlophe
* Angela Benedicto Mnagoza
* Given Edward
* Deo Sekandi
* Diana Nakaweesa
* Brighton Kaoma
* Regina Mtonga

#### Asia

* Shamir Shehab
* Khairunnisa Ash’ari
* Akshay Jadhao
* Ashwini Angadi
* Devika Malik
* Salman Ahmad
* Kavindya Thennakoon
* Thejitha Saubhagya Edirisinghe

#### Caribbean and Americas

* Alicia Wallace
* Donnya Piggott
* Denielle Neal
* Aaron Joshua Pinto
* Melissa Kargiannakis
* Rosimay Venancio
* Kellyn George
* Leroy Phillips
* Jerome Cowans
* Nicole Nation
* Javon Liburd
* Kenville Horne
* Teocah Dove

#### Europe

* Edmund Page
* Nicola Byrom
* Zoe Jackson

#### Pacific

* Emily Smith
* Kate Row
* Alzima Elisha Bano
* Tabitha Besley
* Christina Giwe
* John Taka
* Erna Takazawa
* Christina Houaisuta
* Willy Missack

### 2016
#### Africa

* Moitshepi Matsheng
* David Morfaw
* Paul-Miki Akpablie
* Alex Mativo of Kenya
* Peris Bosire of Kenya
* Susan Mueni Waita of Kenya
* Maletsabisa Molapo
* Asante Mzungu of Malawi
* Madalo Banda of Malawi
* Deegesh Maywah
* Drucila Meireles
* Imrana Alhaji Buba of Nigeria
* Olanrewaju Adeloye of Nigeria
* Olumide Makanjuola of Nigeria
* Nancy Sibo Rwanda
* Angelique Pouponneau
* Howard Nelson-Williams
* Jessica Dewhurst of South Africa
* Lethabo Ashleigh Letube of South Africa
* Rachel Nungu of Tanzania
* Josephine Nabukenya of Uganda

#### Asia

* Osama Bin Noor
* Kartik Sawhney
* Neha Swain
* Calvin Yoong Shen Woo
* Safaath Ahmed Zahir
* Muhammad Usman Khan
* Zainab Bibi
* Mark Jin Quan Cheng
* Nushelle de Silva

#### Caribbean and Americas

* Regis Burton
* Firhaana Bulbulia
* Shamelle Rice
* Deidra Smith
* Gunjan Mhapankar
* Kelly Lovell
* Tina Alfred
* Ali Dowden
* Tijani Christian
* Tevin Shepherd
* Trevis Belle
* Dillon Ollivierre

#### Europe

* Katerina Gavrielidou
* Annabelle Xerri
* Sara Ezabe Malliue
* Adam Bradford
* Ashleigh Porter-Exley
* Ella Mckenzie

#### Pacific

* Alexander Stonyer-Dubinovsky of Australia
* Jacob Thomas of Australia
* Luisa Tuilau of Fiji
* Tabotabo Auatabu of Kiribati
* Unique Harris of Nauru
* Brad Olsen of New Zealand
* Valentino Wichman of New Zealand
* Seini Fisi’ihoi of Papua New Guinea
* Nolan Salmon Parairua of Solomon Islands
* Aiona Prescott of Tonga
* Easter Tekafa Niko of Tonga
* Mary Siro of Solomon Islands

### 2017
#### Africa

* Chaikhwa Lobatse
* Tobby Bond Njamngang
* Efua Asibon
* Elijah Amoo Addo of Ghana
* Winnifred Selby
* Chebet Lesan
* Domtila Chesang
* Towett Ngetich
* Virginia Khunguni
* Hilda Nambili Liswani
* Nyeuvo Amukushu
* Bukola Bolarinwa
* Nasir Yammama of Nigeria
* Kellya Uwiragiye
* Yvette Ishimwe
* Demien Mougal
* Kumba Musa
* Salton Massally
* Aditi Lachman
* Chantelle De Abreu of South Africa
* Farai Mubaiwa
* Nonduduzo Ndlovu
* Favourite Driciru
* Joel Baraka
* Ruth Nabembezi
* Alina Karimamusama
* Natasha Salifyanji Kaoma

#### Asia

* Rahat Hossain
* Sajid Iqbal
* Ankit Kawatra
* Suhani Jalota
* Heidy Quah
* Syed Faizan Hussain
* Yunquan Qin
* Rakitha Malewana
* Senel Wanniarachchi
* Yeoh Hong Boon

#### Caribbean and Americas

* Lia Kupiec Nicholson
* Jamilla Sealy
* Alexander Deans
* Kevin Vuong
* Eber Ravariere
* Rianna Patterson
* Michael Thomas
* Samantha Sheoprashad
* Abrahim Simmonds
* Ajani Lebourne
* Dion Browne
* Matthew Batson
* Siddel Ramkissoon

#### Europe

* Eman Borg
* Vladyslava Kravchenko
* Alex Holmes
* Usman Ali

#### Pacific

* Abdullahi Alim
* Jordan O’Reilly
* Madeleine Buchner
* Ashleigh Smith
* Johnetta Lili
* Theresa Gizoria
* Karrie Jionisi
* Elizabeth Kite

### 2018
#### Africa

* Alimatu Bawah Wiabriga of Ghana
* Derick Omari of Ghana
* Shadrack Frimpong of Ghana
* Douglas Mwangi of Kenya
* Reekelitsoe Molapo of Lesotho
* Chikondi Violet Mlozi of Malawi
* Pilirani Khoza of Malawi
* Mavis Elias of Namibia
* Hauwa Ojeifo of Nigeria
* Isaac Ezirim of Nigeria
* Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph of Nigeria
* Priscilla Ruzibuka of Rwanda
* Anael Bodwell of Seychelles
* Brima Manso Bangura of Sierra Leone
* Siposetu Sethu Mbuli of South Africa
* Thamsanqa Hoza of South Africa
* Alice Ahadi Magaka of Tanzania
* Isaya Yunge of Tanzania
* Bazil Mwotta Biddemu of Uganda
* Elizabeth Kasujja of Uganda
* Stephen Katende of Uganda
* Gift Chansa of Zambia
* Sela Kasepa of Zambia

#### Asia

* Ayman Sadiq of Bangladesh
* Zaiba Tahyya of Bangladesh
* Ahmad Fadillah Sellahhuddin of Brunei Darussalam
* Aditya Kulkarni of India
* Deane De Menezes of India
* Trisha Shetty of India
* Siva Nagappan Visvesvaran of Malaysia
* Wen Shin Chia of Malaysia
* Haroon Yasin of Pakistan
* Hassan Mujtaba Zaidi of Pakistan
* Mahnoor Syed of Pakistan
* Efraheem Matthew of Pakistan
* Tian Sern Oon of Singapore
* Yi Jun Mock of Singapore
* Bhagya Wijayawardane of Sri Lanka

#### Caribbean and Americas

* Ronelle King of Barbados
* Aditya Mohan of Canada
* Ishita Aggarwal of Canada
* Midia Shikh Hassan of Canada
* Lakeyia Joseph of Dominica
* Jenella Edwards of Grenada
* Marva Langevine of Guyana
* Aubrey Stewart of Jamaica
* Jodie Dennie of St. Vincent and Grenadines
* Benedict Bryan of Trinidad and Tobago
* Jean-Claude Cournand of Trinidad and Tobago

#### Europe

* Antonia Michailidi of Cyprus
* Martina Caruana of Malta
* Harry Phinda of United Kingdom
* Leanne Armitage of United Kingdom

#### Pacific

* Caitlin Figueiredo of Australia
* Hunter Johnson of Australia
* Lily Brechtefeld Kumkee of Kiribati
* Alexia Hilbertidou of New Zealand
* Ezekiel Raui of New Zealand
* Petronilla Molioo Mataeliga of Samoa
* Millicent Barty of Solomon Islands
* Joshua Isikeli Sefesi of Tonga
* Litiana Kalsrap of Vanuatu