The Nomination Database for the
Nobel Peace Prize, 1901-1956
| Year |
Nominator |
Nominee(s) |
Motivation |
|
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| 1930 |
Ruppeldt |
Masaryk |
Masaryk promoted humanism, ethics, and pacifism. As a Czechoslovakian nationalist he fought to defend the Slav peoples against Austrian-Hungarian imperialism. He successfully acted as mediator between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in 1912. During World War I Masaryk advocated democratic rights and human liberation. He was the chief founder and first president of Czechoslovakia. |
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