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

Year:	1909
Number:	21-1
Nominee:
Name:	Carlos R Tobar
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1854
Year, death:	1920
Profession/Category:	Foreign Minister of Ecuador. Diplomat.
Country:	EC (ECUADOR)
Motivation:	Tobar was nominated for the Tobar doctrine. Its aim was to reduce the threat of revolution and civil war in the Inter-American system by emphasizing the need for all governments to support the establishment of constitutionalism and democracy.
Nominator:
Name:	H Vasques
Profession/Category:	Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
Evaluation:	No