Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards

Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards are presented annually by the Atlantic Council to honor individuals recognized for their contributions toward addressing global challenges. The awards are presented annually during the United Nations General Assembly week in New York.

Recipients

Recipients of the awards are as follows:

2025

• Javier Milei - President of Argentina
• Emmanuel Macron, President of France
• Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA

2024

• Nana Akufo-Addo - President of Ghana
• Kyriakos Mitsotakis - Prime Minister of Greece
• Giorgia Meloni - Prime Minister of Italy
• Miky Lee - Vice Chairwoman, CJ Group

2023

• Volodymyr Zelenskyy – President of Ukraine
• Olaf Scholz – Chancellor of Germany
• Fumio Kishida – Prime Minister of Japan
• Janet Yellen – United States Secretary of the Treasury
• Victor L.L. Chu – Chairman and CEO of First Eastern Investment Group (Distinguished Service Award)

2022

• Sauli Niinistö - President of the Republic of Finland
• Joko Widodo - President of the Republic of Indonesia
• Shinzo Abe - Former Prime Minister of Japan
• Magdalena Andersson - Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sweden
• Sundar Pichai - Chairman and CEO of Alphabet Inc, and its subsidiary Google
• Forest Whitaker - Actor and development activist

2019

• Sebastian Piñera Echenique - President of the Republic of Chile
• Brian Grazer - Storyteller, Movie and Television Producer, Founder, and Philanthropist
• Mark Rutte - Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• will.i.am - Founder, Black Eyed Peas, Founder and CEO, I.AM+, and Founder and President, i.am.angel Foundation
• Anna Deavere Smith - Actress, playwright, teacher, and author, Atlantic Council’s first Artist in Residence

2018

• Mauricio Macri - President of the Argentine Republic
• John McCain - United States Senator from Arizona
• Erna Solberg - Prime Minister of Norway
• Hamdi Ulukaya - Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chobani and Founder, The Tent Partnership for Refugees

2017

• Justin Trudeau - Prime Minister of Canada
• Moon Jae-in - President of the Republic of Korea
• Lang Lang - World-renowned Pianist, Educator and Philanthropist

2016

• Shinzō Abe - Prime Minister of Japan
• Matteo Renzi - Prime Minister of Italy
• Wynton Marsalis - Managing and Artistic Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center

2015

• Juan Manuel Santos - President of Colombia
• Mario Draghi - European Central Bank President
• Yu Long - Artistic Director, China Philharmonic

2014

• Shimon Peres - Former President of Israel
• Enrique Peña Nieto - President of Mexico
• Petro Poroshenko - President of Ukraine
• Lee Kuan Yew - Former Prime Minister of Singapore
• Robert De Niro - Actor, Director, Producer
• Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner - Piano Virtuoso

2013

• Bronisław Komorowski - President of the Republic of Poland
• Queen Rania Al Abdullah - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• Seiji Ozawa - Conductor

2012

• Aung San Suu Kyi - Chair, Burmese National League for Democracy
• Henry Kissinger - Former United States Secretary of State
• Sadako Ogata - Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• Quincy Jones - Producer, Composer, Arranger, and Humanitarian

2011

• Christine Lagarde - Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
• John Kerry - United States Secretary of State
• Rafik Hariri - Prime Minister of Lebanon (posthumous award)

2010

• Klaus Schwab - Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum

References

External links

• Home page of Global Citizen Awards