The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Peace, 1901-1956

Year:	1928
Number:	16-1
Nominee:
Name:	Nikolaos Sokrates Politis
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1872
Year, death:	1942
Profession/Category:	Former Greek Foreign Minister. Professor of Law
University:	Aix-en-Provence, Poitiers, Paris
City:	Paris
Country:	FR (FRANCE)
Motivation:	Politis promoted peace, disarmament and international law through his scientific authorship. He became Greek Foreign Minister in 1916, he attended the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He represented Greece in the League of Nations, where he contributed to the drafting of the Geneva Protocol in 1924. The nominator emphasized the fact that no Greek had ever before received the Nobel Peace Prize.
Nominator:
Name:	St. P. Seferiades
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Professor.Member of the Court of Arbitration, the Institute of International Law
University:	Athens
City:	Athens
Country:	GR (GREECE)
Evaluation:
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Frede Castberg
Gender:	M