IRI Freedom Award

Freedom Award
Freedom Award
Awarded for	"individuals who have worked to advance freedom and democracy in their countries and around the world"
Country	United States
Presented by	International Republican Institute
First award	1995
Final award	2015
Website	https://www.iri.org/events/freedom-award-2023/

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 award1995

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]

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Year	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

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