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

Year: 1926
Number: 24-2
   
Nominee 1:  
Gustav Stresemann
M
1878
1929
Former Chancellor (1923). Foreign Minister (1923, 1924-29).
Berlin
DE (GERMANY)
Pea 1926 »
   
Nominee 2:  
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain
M
1863
1937
Foreign Secretary (1924 - 1929).
London
GB (UNITED KINGDOM)
Pea 1925 »
   
Nominee 3:  
Aristide Pierre Henri Briand
M
1862
1932
Jurist and journalist. Member of parliament. Prime Minister. Foreign Minister
Paris
FR (FRANCE)
Pea 1926 »
   
Motivation: Briand (Socialist), Chamberlain (Conservative) and Stresemann (National Liberal; largely responsible for restoring the international status of Germany) were nominated for their efforts to conclude the Locarno Pact in 1925.
The Locarno Pact sought to normalize relations between Germany and its former enemies. It intended to secure peace in western Europe by eliminating the possibility of border disputes involving Germany, whereby Germany, France, Belgium, Great Britain and Italy mutually guaranteed peace in western Europe. Advocates of reconciliation and arbitration.

   
Nominator:
 
Frederik Nikolai Valdemar Beichmann
M
Member of the Institute of International Law/ Chief Justice in Trondheim.
Trondheim
NO (NORWAY)
   
Evaluation:
   
Evaluator 1:  
Wilhelm Keilhau
M
   
Comment: The reserved prize for 1925 was divided between Charles Dawes and Chamberlain.
The prize for 1926 was divided between Briand and Stresemann.
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