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Facts. Photo: Mads Nissen/Politiken. Juan Manuel Santos. The Nobel Peace Prize 2016. Born: 10 August 1951, Bogotá, Colombia. Role: President of Colombia. Prize motivation: “for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end”. Prize share: 1/1.
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- Santos has dedicated his presidency to ending the war with the FARC. Arguably the most notable accomplishment of Santos’s presidency has been his success in bringing the leftist FARC to the bargaining table after decades of conflict.
- He took office with a landslide victory. The center-right Santos achieved a landslide victory on election day on June 20, 2010, defying predictions of low turnout, thanks to rain and it coinciding with three World Cup games.
- His ‘Colombian comeback’ didn’t last long. Santos inherited a bankrupt public-health system, high unemployment and twin battles against drug lords and guerrillas.
- His domestic policies haven’t pleased everyone. Santos’ presidency has been riddled with protests, often by people concerned with his domestic policies, mainly education, employment and inflation.
May 3, 2024 · Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian politician who cofounded (2005) the Social Party of National Unity, served as president of Colombia (2010–18), and won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the long war with the guerrilla organization FARC, which relinquished the last of its weapons in August 2017.
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2016 Nobel Peace Prize. The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos "for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220,000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people." Foreign nations
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Oct 7, 2016 · The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than...
Oct 7, 2016 · Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the 52-year conflict with left-wing rebels. The Nobel committee praised him for a...
