Global Citizen Awards

Global Citizen Awards is presented by the Atlantic Council annually to individuals who have made exceptional and distinctive contributions to strengthening the transatlantic relationship.[1]

Recipients

Recipients of the awards are as follows:[2]

2019

Sebastian Piñera Echenique - President of the Republic of Chile
Brian Grazer - Storyteller, Movie and Television Producer, Founder, and Philanthropist
Mark Rutte - Prime Minister of the Netherlands [3]
will.i.am - Founder, Black Eyed Peas, Founder & CEO, I.AM+, and Founder and President, i.am.angel Foundation
Anna Deavere Smith - Actress, Playwright, Teacher, and Author, Atlantic Council’s first Artist in Residence

2018

Mauricio Macri - President of the Argentine Republic
John McCain - United States Senator from Arizona
Erna Solberg - Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway
Hamdi Ulukaya - Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chobani and Founder, The Tent Partnership for Refugees

2017

Justin Trudeau - Prime Minister of Canada
Moon Jae-in - President of the Republic of Korea
Lang Lang - World-renowned Pianist, Educator and Philanthropist

2016

Shinzō Abe - Prime Minister of Japan
Matteo Renzi - Prime Minister of Italy
Wynton Marsalis - Managing and Artistic Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center

2015

Juan Manuel Santos - President of Colombia
Mario Draghi - European Central Bank President
Yu Long - Artistic Director, China Philharmonic

2014

Shimon Peres - Former President of Israel
Enrique Peña Nieto - President of Mexico
Petro Poroshenko - President of Ukraine
Lee Kuan Yew - Former Prime Minister of Singapore
Robert De Niro - Actor, Director, Producer
Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner - Piano Virtuoso

2013

Bronisław Komorowski - President of the Republic of Poland
Queen Rania Al Abdullah - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Seiji Ozawa - Conductor

2012

Aung San Suu Kyi - Chair, Burmese National League for Democracy
Henry Kissinger - Former United States Secretary of State
Sadako Ogata - Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Quincy Jones - Producer, Composer, Arranger, and Humanitarian

2011

Christine Lagarde - Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
John Kerry - United States Secretary of State
Rafik Hariri - Prime Minister of Lebanon (posthumous award)

2010

Klaus Schwab - Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum

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References

"About the Global Citizen Awards". Atlantic Council.
"Previous Global Citizen Awards Honorees". Atlantic Council.
Rijksoverheid. "Toespraak minister-president Mark Rutte bij het in ontvangst nemen van de Global Citizen Award in New York". Retrieved 2020-06-17.

External links

Home page of Global Citizen Awards

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