The winner in 2009 is Barack H. Obama
Born: 4 August 1961, Honolulu, HI, USA
Prize motivation: "for his extraordinary
efforts to strengthen international diplomacy
and cooperation between peoples"
Barack H. Obama is the 44th President of the United States.
His story is the American Story – values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the conviction that a life so blessed should be lived in service to others.
He won the NPP for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.