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    Home / News / World News / Before Yunus, which Nobel laureates have led their nations
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    Before Yunus, which Nobel laureates have led their nations
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    Before Yunus, which Nobel laureates have led their nations

    By Tanya Shrivastava
    Aug 09, 2024
    06:19 pm

    What's the story

    Economist Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was sworn in on Thursday as the head of Bangladesh's interim government.

    Yunus joins a select group of Nobel laureates who later led their countries.

    Let's take a look at some of them.

    Notably, this list only includes those who won the Nobel Prize before becoming head of state or government, unlike others who received it after or during their terms, like former United States President Barack Obama.

    Canada

    Lester B Pearson

    Lester B Pearson, a career diplomat and leader of the Liberal Party, served as Canada's Prime Minister from 1963-1968.

    He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for his efforts in resolving the Suez Crisis.

    As Canada's Foreign Minister, Pearson proposed the establishment of the UN's first large-scale peacekeeping force to address this crisis.

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    Poland

    Lech Walesa

    Lech Walesa, an electrician by trade, served as Poland's President from 1990-1995.

    He was the founder and leader of the Solidarity trade union and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 for his "non-violent struggle for free trade unions and human rights in Poland."

    Despite frequent detentions and constant government surveillance, Walesa led strikes across Poland that ultimately ended communist rule.

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    Myanmar

    Aung San Suu Kyi

    Aung San Suu Kyi served as the State Counsellor of Myanmar from 2016-2021, leading the country's transition from military rule to partial democracy.

    She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her "non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights" in Myanmar.

    Despite being under house arrest for nearly 15 years between 1989 and 2010, Suu Kyi remained a prominent political figure and a symbol of democracy.

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    South Africa

    Nelson Mandela

    Nelson Mandela, who served as South Africa's President from 1994-1999, was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 with then-President Frederik Willem de Klerk.

    They were recognized "for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."

    Despite spending 27 years in prison, Mandela emerged as an international icon of resistance against apartheid and played a crucial role in its peaceful abolition.

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    East Timor

    Jose Ramos-Horta

    Jose Ramos-Horta, who has been the President of East Timor since May 2022, was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996 with Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo.

    They were recognized for their efforts "toward a just and peaceful solution" to their country's conflict.

    Ramos-Horta was a key figure in the resistance movement against Indonesian occupation and proposed a peace plan that ultimately led to East Timor's independence.

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