List of Burmese Nobel laureates and nominees

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The Nobel Prize medal received by the laureates

The Nobel Prizes are awarded, according to Alfred Nobel's will, to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind." The first and the only Burmese recipient was the politician Aung San Suu Kyi for the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize[1] but awarded in absentia because she was being held prisoner by the government of Burma.[2][3]

Laureates

Year Image Laureate Born Died Field Citation Nominator(s)
1991 Aung San Suu Kyi
[အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်] 		19 June 1945
Rangoon, British Burma 		Nobel Peace Prize "for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights."[4]

Nominees

Since 1965, Burmese citizens started to receive nominations for the prestigious Swedish prize. The following list are the nominees with verified nominations from the Nobel Committee and recognized international organizations. The first Burmese nominee was the diplomat U Thant who later became secretary-general of the United Nations followed by other notable individuals. There are also other purported nominees whose nominations are yet to be verified since the archives are revealed 50 years after, among them Khin Myo Chit [ခင်မျိုးချစ်] (for Literature), Ludu Daw Amar [လူထုဒေါ်အမာ] (for Literature), Ma Thida [မသီတာ] (for Literature), Sein Tun [စိန်ထွန်း] (for Physics), Min Ko Naing [မင်းကိုနိုင်] (for Peace), Sis. Ann Rose Nu Tawng SSFX (for Peace), Esther Ze Naw [အက်စတာဇေနော] (for Peace), and Ei Thinzar Maung [အိသဉ္ဇာမောင်] (for Peace).

Image Laureate Born Died Years Nominated Citation Nominator(s)
Peace
U Thant [သန့်] 11 January 1909
Pantanaw, British Burma 		25 November 1974
New York City, New York, United States 		1965, 1966, 1967 "for his efforts in promoting peace as a representative of his country and later as secretary-general of the United Nations."[5]
Aung San Suu Kyi
[အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်] 		19 June 1945
Rangoon, British Burma 		1991 "for her leadership role in the democratic opposition and non-violent resistance against Myanmar's authoritarian regime."
4 Burmese women (part of the 1000 PeaceWomen)[a] began on 2003 in Bern, Switzerland 2005 "in recognition of women’s efforts and visibility in promoting peace all over the world."[6]
U Thein Sein [သိန်းစိန်] 20 April 1944
Ngapudaw, Burma 		2012, 2013 "for his remarkable efforts in national reforms, putting Myanmar on a path towards democracy."[7][8]
National Unity Government of Myanmar formed on 16 April 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar 2022 "for its non-violent struggle for democracy and strong opposition to military oppression."[9][10] Ola Elvestuen (b. 1967)
Civil Disobedience Movement of Myanmar formed in February 2021 after the 2021 coup d'état "for inspiring other non-violent pro-democracy movements whenever democracy is under the pressure from authoritarian forces."[11][12]

Notes

  1. ^ The 4 Burmese women who formed part in the 1000 PeaceWomen were Cynthia Maung [စင်သီယာမောင်] (b. 1959), Naw Zipporah Sein [နော်စီဖိုးရာစိန်] (b. 1955), Paw Lu Lu [ဖောလူးလူး] (b. 1948), and Charm Tong (b. 1981).

References

  1. ^ Craig R. Whitney. "Burmese Opposition Leader Wins the Nobel Peace Prize". New York Times. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ^ Sejersted, Francis. "Award Ceremony Speech (1991)". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 May 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ^ Nick Cummings-Bruce (15 October 2020). "Archive, 1991 – Aung San Suu Kyi awarded Nobel Peace Prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. ^ The Nobel Peace Prize 1991 nobelprize.org
  5. ^ Nomination archive – Situ U Thant nobelprize.org
  6. ^ PeaceWomen Across the Globe, www.1000peacewomen.org, retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. ^ Thomas Kean. "President tipped ahead of Nobel Peace Prize on Oct 12". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  8. ^ Rebecca Armitage (18 March 2013). "Thein Sein: from junta elite to Nobel nominee". ABC News. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Myanmar Shadow Govt Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize". Barron's. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Myanmar's National Unity govt nominated for Nobel Peace Prize". Mizzima News. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Myanmar's Striking Civil Servants Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize". The Irrawaddy. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  12. ^ "The Civil Disobedience Movement of Myanmar is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2022". NRK. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
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