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.In 1994 Muhammad Yunus won International Pfeffer Peace Award from FOR,USA. Please include this. This can be easily verified checking the list of award rrcipients in the website of International Pfeffer Peace Award.

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

External links

• Awards received by Professor Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank

Notes and References

1. http://www.bangladeshnews.com.bd/2006/10/14/profile-dr-muhammad-yunus/ Profile: Dr. Muhammad Yunus
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. Web site: Dr. Muhammad Yunus, 1995. The Max Schmidheiny Foundation. 2007-08-18.
7. http://www.unesco.org/culture/prizes/simon_bolivar/html_eng/yunus.shtml Prize Winner: Muhammad Yunus
8. News: Profile: 'World banker to the poor'. BBC News . 2006-10-13 . 2006-10-16 .
9. 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 .
10. http://sydneypeacefoundation.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/muhammad-yunus-commemorative-stamps/ Sydney Peace Prize recipients
11. 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.
12. http://www.environment-prize.com Volvo Environment Prize
13. And the winners are... . The Economist . 2004-09-16 . 2007-09-24.
14. http://www.ipcgmbh.com/upload/pdf/DieMutterTeresa_en.pdf The Mother Teresa of the Financial World
15. http://www.fourfreedoms.nl/index.php?lang=en&id=16 Four Freedoms Award winners 2006
16. http://www.itu.int/wisd/2006/award/yunus.html ITU World Information Society Award – 2006
17. http://www.seoulpeaceprize.or.kr/english/award_08.html Lauret 2006
18. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=32834 Yunus to receive Nichols-Chancellor's Medal
19. News: Dhaka . UNB . Prof Yunus gets highest Venezuelan honour. . Vol 5 Num 1048 . 2007-05-14. 2007-08-18 .
20. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Names-Medal-of-Freedom-Recipients/ "President Obama Names Medal of Freedom Recipients"
21. List of Winners of 2010 Asian Awards http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/8478514.__100_000_raised_for_charity_at_Asian_Awards/.
22. News: Yunus receives Olympic Laurel award at Tokyo Olympics opening . 12 August 2021 . Dhaka Tribune . 23 July 2021.
23. 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