List of awards and honours received by Muhammad Yunus

Muhammad Yunus, 2013

A list of awards granted to Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi entrepreneur, banker, economist, politician and civil society leader.

Notable awards

• 1978 — President's Award, Bangladesh ^[1]
• 1984 — Ramon Magsaysay Award, Philippines ^[2]
• 1985 — Bangladesh Bank Award, Bangladesh ^[1]
• 1987 — Independence Award, Bangladesh ^[1]
• 1989 — Aga Khan Award for Architecture , Switzerland ^[3]
• 1993 — CARE Humanitarian Award ^[4]
• 1994 — World Food Prize . ^[5]
• 1994 — International Pfeffer Peace Award ^[6]
• 1995 — Max Schmidheiny Freedom Prize ^[7]
• 1996 — UNESCO International Simón Bolívar Prize ^[8]
• 1998 — Indira Gandhi Prize ^[9]
• 1998 — Prince of Asturias Award ^[10]
• 1998 — Sydney Peace Prize ^[11]
• 2001 — IDEB Gold Medal Award ^[6]
• 2001 — Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (Grand Prize) ^[12]
• 2003 — Volvo Environment Prize ^[13]
• 2004 — Nikkei Asia Prize ^[6]
• 2004 — The Economist 's first annual Innovation Award for social and economic innovation ^[14]
• 2006 — Mother Teresa Award instituted by the Mother Teresa International and Millennium Award Committee (MTIMAC), Kolkata, India ^[15]
• 2006 — Freedom from Want Award, one of the Four Freedoms Awards by Roosevelt Study Centre ^[16]
• 2006 — ITU World Information Society Award by International Telecommunication Union ^[17]
• 2006 — Seoul Peace Prize ^[18]
• 2006 — Nobel Peace Prize , shared with Grameen Bank
• 2007 — The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal awarded by Vanderbilt University ^[19]
• 2007 — Order of the Liberator in First Class with Grand Decoration awarded by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez ^[20]
• 2009 — Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by Barack Obama ^[21]
• 2010 — Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award at The Asian Awards ^[22]
• 2010 — Congressional Gold Medal awarded by United States Congress
• 2020 — Olympic Laurel, International Olympic Committee ^[23]
• 2021 — United Nations Foundation's Champion of Global Change Award. ^[24]

Decorations

•   Bangladesh:
  • Recipient of Independence Award- 1987
•   France:
  • Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour - 2004 ^[25]
•   Peru  :
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru - 2010
•   United States:
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom - 2009
•   Venezuela  :
  • First Class with Grand Decoration of the Order of the Liberator - 2007

References

1. "CV of Professor Muhammad Yunus". www.muhaggmmadyunus.org. Archived from the original on 2024-08-07. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
2. Ramon Magsaysay Award, 1984: Citation for Muhammad Yunus Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine ; Retrieved: 2007-09-01
3. Muhammad Yunus: The man who empowered Bangladeshi women; Ismaili Mail; Retrieved: 2007-09-01
4. "Muhammad Yunus – Biography". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
5. "Dr. Muhammad Yunus – 1994 World Food Prize Laureate". WorldFoodPrize.org. Archived from the original on 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
6. "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 849". The Daily Star . 14 October 2006. Archived from the original on 2023-07-08.
7. "Dr. Muhammad Yunus, 1995". The Max Schmidheiny Foundation. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
8. Prize Winner: Muhammad Yunus, Prizes, UNESCO; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
9. "Profile: 'World banker to the poor'". BBC News. 2006-10-13. Retrieved 2006-10-16.
10. "Minutes of the Jury: Concord 1998". Prince of Asturias Foundation. 1998-06-19. Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
11. Sydney Peace Prize recipients, Sydney Peace Prize Foundation website; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
12. "Laureates of the Past Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes". The Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes. Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
13. Volvo Environment Prize
14. "And the winners are..." The Economist. 2004-09-16. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
15. The Mother Teresa of the Financial World Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine , Internationale Projekt Consult; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
16. Four Freedoms Award winners 2006, Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award website; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
17. ITU World Information Society Award – 2006, ITU Home Page, International Telecommunication Union; Retrieved: 2007-12-09
18. Lauret 2006 Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine , Seoul Peace Prize website; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
19. Yunus to receive Nichols-Chancellor's Medal Archived 2008-06-18 at the Wayback Machine , Vanderbilt News, 2007-03-12; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
20. UNB, Dhaka (2007-05-14). "Prof Yunus gets highest Venezuelan honour". The Daily Star. Vol 5 Num 1048. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
21. "President Obama Names Medal of Freedom Recipients" Archived 2009-12-15 at the Wayback Machine , White House Office of the Press Secretary, July 30, 2009
22. List of Winners of 2010 Asian Awards .
23. "Yunus receives Olympic Laurel award at Tokyo Olympics opening". Dhaka Tribune. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
24. Dr Yunus receives United Nations Foundation’s Champion of Global Change Award, The Daily Star, 14 December 2021
25. "Grameen Dialogue -- a regular publication from Grameen Trust". Archived from the original on 2004-08-20.

External links

• Awards received by Professor Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank