List of awards and honours received by Muhammad Yunus explained

A list of awards granted to Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi entrepreneur, banker, economist, politician and civil society leader.

Notable awards

• 1978 — President's Award, Bangladesh^[1]
• 1984 — Ramon Magsaysay Award, Philippines^[2]
• 1985 — Bangladesh Bank Award, Bangladesh^[1]
• 1987 — Independence Award, Bangladesh^[1]
• 1989 — Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Switzerland^[3]
• 1993 — CARE Humanitarian Award^[4]
• 1994 — World Food Prize.^[5]
• 1994 — International Pfeffer Peace Award^[6]
• 1995 — Max Schmidheiny Freedom Prize^[7]
• 1996 — UNESCO International Simón Bolívar Prize^[8]
• 1998 — Indira Gandhi Prize^[9]
• 1998 — Prince of Asturias Award^[10]
• 1998 — Sydney Peace Prize^[11]
• 2001 — IDEB Gold Medal Award^[6]
• 2001 — Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (Grand Prize)^[12]
• 2003 — Volvo Environment Prize^[13]
• 2004 — Nikkei Asia Prize^[6]
• 2004 — The Economists first annual Innovation Award for social and economic innovation^[14]
• 2006 — Mother Teresa Award instituted by the Mother Teresa International and Millennium Award Committee (MTIMAC), Kolkata, India^[15]
• 2006 — Freedom from Want Award, one of the Four Freedoms Awards by Roosevelt Study Centre^[16]
• 2006 — ITU World Information Society Award by International Telecommunication Union^[17]
• 2006 — Seoul Peace Prize^[18]
• 2006 — Nobel Peace Prize, shared with Grameen Bank
• 2007 — The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal awarded by Vanderbilt University^[19]
• 2007 — Order of the Liberator in First Class with Grand Decoration awarded by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez^[20]
• 2009 — Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by Barack Obama ^[21]
• 2010 — Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award at The Asian Awards^[22]
• 2010 — Congressional Gold Medal awarded by United States Congress
• 2020 — Olympic Laurel, International Olympic Committee^[23]
• 2021 — United Nations Foundation's Champion of Global Change Award.^[24]

Decorations

• Bangladesh

• • Recipient of Independence Award- 1987
• France

• • Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour - 2004^[25]
• :
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru - 2010
• United States

• • Presidential Medal of Freedom - 2009
• :
  • First Class with Grand Decoration of the Order of the Liberator - 2007

External links

• Awards received by Professor Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank

Notes and References

1. Web site: CV of Professor Muhammad Yunus . www.muhaggmmadyunus.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20240807172023/https://www.muhammadyunus.org/post/88/cv-of-professor-muhammad-yunus . 6 September 2024 . 2024-08-07 . en.
2. http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationYunusMuh.htm Ramon Magsaysay Award, 1984: Citation for Muhammad Yunus
3. http://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2006/10/13/the-aga-khan-award-for-architecture-winner-prof-muhammad-yunus-wins-nobel-peace-prize-for-2006/ Muhammad Yunus: The man who empowered Bangladeshi women
4. Web site: Muhammad Yunus – Biography. NobelPrize.org. 2007-09-20.
5. Web site: Dr. Muhammad Yunus – 1994 World Food Prize Laureate . WorldFoodPrize.org . 2007-08-29 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070824071906/http://www.worldfoodprize.org/laureates/Past/1994.htm . 2007-08-24 .
6. News: The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 849 . The Daily Star. 14 October 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20230708080601/https://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/10/14/d6101401033.htm . 2023-07-08 .
7. Web site: Dr. Muhammad Yunus, 1995. The Max Schmidheiny Foundation. 2007-08-18.
8. http://www.unesco.org/culture/prizes/simon_bolivar/html_eng/yunus.shtml Prize Winner: Muhammad Yunus
9. News: Profile: 'World banker to the poor'. BBC News . 2006-10-13 . 2006-10-16 .
10. Web site: Minutes of the Jury: Concord 1998 . 1998-06-19 . 2007-09-20 . Prince of Asturias Foundation . https://web.archive.org/web/20081121090847/http://www.fundacionprincipedeasturias.org/ing/04/premios/premios4_1998.html . 2008-11-21 . dead .
11. http://sydneypeacefoundation.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/muhammad-yunus-commemorative-stamps/ Sydney Peace Prize recipients
12. Web site: Laureates of the Past Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes. The Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes. 2007-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20070807231546/http://www.city.fukuoka.jp/asiaprize/english/winner/index.html. 2007-08-07. dead.
13. http://www.environment-prize.com Volvo Environment Prize
14. And the winners are... . The Economist . 2004-09-16 . 2007-09-24.
15. http://www.ipcgmbh.com/upload/pdf/DieMutterTeresa_en.pdf The Mother Teresa of the Financial World
16. http://www.fourfreedoms.nl/index.php?lang=en&id=16 Four Freedoms Award winners 2006
17. http://www.itu.int/wisd/2006/award/yunus.html ITU World Information Society Award – 2006
18. http://www.seoulpeaceprize.or.kr/english/award_08.html Lauret 2006
19. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=32834 Yunus to receive Nichols-Chancellor's Medal
20. News: Dhaka . UNB . Prof Yunus gets highest Venezuelan honour. . Vol 5 Num 1048 . 2007-05-14. 2007-08-18 .
21. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Names-Medal-of-Freedom-Recipients/ "President Obama Names Medal of Freedom Recipients"
22. List of Winners of 2010 Asian Awards http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/8478514.__100_000_raised_for_charity_at_Asian_Awards/.
23. News: Yunus receives Olympic Laurel award at Tokyo Olympics opening . 12 August 2021 . Dhaka Tribune . 23 July 2021.
24. https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/dr-yunus-receives-united-nations-foundations-champion-global-change-award-2917311 Dr Yunus receives United Nations Foundation’s Champion of Global Change Award, The Daily Star, 14 December 2021
25. Web site: Grameen Dialogue -- a regular publication from Grameen Trust . https://web.archive.org/web/20040820011714/http://grameen-info.org/dialogue/dialogue58/Chirac.html . 2004-08-20 .