Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Friday bagged the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting democratic rights in her country and her struggle to achieve a peaceful transition to democracy, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
"When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist," it said.
This year, the Nobel committee turned its attention to Venezuela, even as US President Donald Trump repeatedly asserted he should receive the Peace Prize.
Award watchers, though, predicted Trump wouldn’t win, arguing that his actions have weakened the global order the committee upholds.
A look at the winners of Nobel Peace Prize from 1995-2025
| Year | Laureate(s) |
| 2025 | Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela |
| 2024 | Nihon Hidankyo, Japan |
| 2023 | Narges Mohammadi, Iran |
| 2022 | Ales Bialiatski, Memorial and Centre for Civil Liberties; Belarus, Russia, Ukraine |
| 2021 | Maria Ressa, Dmitry Muratov; Philippines, Russia |
| 2020 | World Food Programme, United Nations |
| 2019 | Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia |
| 2018 | Denis Mukwege, Nadia Murad; DR Congo, Iraq |
| 2017 | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Switzerland |
| 2016 | Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia |
| 2015 | Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, Tunisia |
| 2014 | Kailash Satyarthi, Malala Yousafzai; India, Pakistan |
| 2013 | Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Netherlands |
| 2012 | European Union, European Union |
| 2011 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkol Karman; Liberia, Yemen |
| 2010 | Liu Xiaobo, China |
| 2009 | Barack Obama, United States |
| 2008 | Martti Ahtisaari, Finland |
| 2007 | IPCC, Al Gore; United Nations, United States |
| 2006 | Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank; Bangladesh |
| 2005 | International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei; United Nations, Egypt |
| 2004 | Wangari Muta Maathai, Kenya |
| 2003 | Shirin Ebadi, Iran |
| 2002 | Jimmy Carter, United States |
| 2001 | United Nations, Kofi Annan; United Nations, Ghana |
| 2000 | Kim Dae-jung, South Korea |
| 1999 | Medecins Sans Frontieres, Switzerland |
| 1998 | John Hume, David Trimble; Ireland, United Kingdom |
| 1997 | International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Jody Williams; Switzerland, United States |
| 1996 | Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Jose Ramos-Horta; East Timor |
| 1995 | Joseph Rotblat, Pugwash Conferences; Poland, Canada |
How many US Presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize?
Four US Presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize so far. These are:
| Year | President |
| 1906 | Theodore Roosevelt |
| 1919 | Woodrow Wilson |
| 2002 | Jimmy Carter |
| 2009 | Barack Obama |
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