Nobel Peace Prize 1996

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo

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Prize share: 1/2

José Ramos-Horta

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Peace Prize 1996 was awarded jointly to Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and José Ramos-Horta "for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor"

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