IRI Freedom Award is the annual award "to honor individuals who have worked to advance freedom and democracy in their countries and around the world" established by the International Republican Institute in 1995.[1]

Freedom Award
Awarded for"individuals who have worked to advance freedom and democracy in their countries and around the world"[1]
CountryUnited States
Presented byInternational Republican Institute
First awarded1995
Last awarded2015
Websitehttps://www.iri.org/events/freedom-award-2023/

Recipients

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Year Image Recipient Nationality
1995   Alfredo Cristiani[2] El Salvador
1995   Miguel Obando y Bravo[2] Nicaragua
1996   Colin Powell[2] United States
1997   Ronald Reagan[2] United States
1998   Robert J. Dole[2] United States
1999   Aung San Suu Kyi[2] Burma
1999   Natan Sharansky[2] Israel
2001   Richard B. Cheney[2] United States
2001   Lynne Cheney[2] United States
2003   Bill Frist[2] United States
2003   Hamid Karzai[2] Afghanistan
2004   Condoleezza Rice[2] United States
2004   Sérgio Vieira de Mello, posthumously[2] United Nations
2005   George W. Bush[2] United States
2005   Pope John Paul II, posthumously[2] Roman Catholic Church
2006   Laura Bush[2] United States
2006   Ellen Johnson Sirleaf[2] Liberia
2007   Elías Antonio Saca González[2] El Salvador
2009   Henry A. Kissinger[2] United States
2010   George P. Shultz[2] United States
2011   James A. Baker III[2] United States
2011   Lawrence Eagleburger, posthumously[2] United States
2014   George H. W. Bush[2] United States
2014   Ukrainian Maidan Movement[2] Ukraine
2015   John A. Boehner[2] United States
2015   Mo Ibrahim[2] Sudan
2015   Boris Nemtsov, posthumously[2] Russia

References

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  1. ^ a b "Freedom Award". International Republican Institute. Archived from the original on 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "Freedom Award Honorees".
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