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Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards are presented annually by the Atlantic Council to honor individuals recognized for their contributions toward addressing global challenges. The awards are presented annually during the United Nations General Assembly week in New York.[1]
Recipients of the awards are as follows:[2]
2024
2023
Volodymyr Zelenskyy – President of Ukraine[4]
Olaf Scholz – Chancellor of Germany[5]
Fumio Kishida – Prime Minister of Japan[6]
Janet Yellen – United States Secretary of the Treasury[7]- Victor L.L. Chu – Chairman and CEO of First Eastern Investment Group (Distinguished Service Award)[8]
2022
Sauli Niinistö - President of the Republic of Finland
Joko Widodo - President of the Republic of Indonesia- Shinzo Abe - Former Prime Minister of Japan
Magdalena Andersson - Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sweden
Sundar Pichai - Chairman and CEO of Alphabet Inc, and its subsidiary Google- Forest Whitaker - Actor and development activist
2019
Sebastian Piñera Echenique - President of the Republic of Chile- Brian Grazer - Storyteller, Movie and Television Producer, Founder, and Philanthropist
Mark Rutte - Prime Minister of the Netherlands[9]- will.i.am - Founder, Black Eyed Peas, Founder and CEO, I.AM+, and Founder and President, i.am.angel Foundation
- Anna Deavere Smith - Actress, playwright, teacher, and author, Atlantic Council’s first Artist in Residence
2018
Mauricio Macri - President of the Argentine Republic- John McCain - United States Senator from Arizona
Erna Solberg - Prime Minister of Norway
Hamdi Ulukaya - Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chobani and Founder, The Tent Partnership for Refugees
2017
Justin Trudeau - Prime Minister of Canada
Moon Jae-in - President of the Republic of Korea
Lang Lang - World-renowned Pianist, Educator and Philanthropist
2016
- Shinzō Abe - Prime Minister of Japan
Matteo Renzi - Prime Minister of Italy- Wynton Marsalis - Managing and Artistic Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center
2015
Juan Manuel Santos - President of Colombia- Mario Draghi - European Central Bank President
- Yu Long - Artistic Director, China Philharmonic
2014
Shimon Peres - Former President of Israel
Enrique Peña Nieto - President of Mexico- Petro Poroshenko - President of Ukraine
Lee Kuan Yew - Former Prime Minister of Singapore- Robert De Niro - Actor, Director, Producer
- Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner - Piano Virtuoso
2013
2012
Aung San Suu Kyi - Chair, Burmese National League for Democracy- Henry Kissinger - Former United States Secretary of State
- Sadako Ogata - Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Quincy Jones - Producer, Composer, Arranger, and Humanitarian
2011
Christine Lagarde - Managing Director, International Monetary Fund- John Kerry - United States Secretary of State
Rafik Hariri - Prime Minister of Lebanon (posthumous award)
2010
- Klaus Schwab - Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
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