Tuesday 20 November 2012

Ramon Magsaysay Award winners 2012


The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. The following is a partial list of the awardees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2012.

president ramon magsaysay

 

Recipient
Field
Nationality
Syeda Rizwana Hasan
Government Service
Bangladesh
Yang Siang Koma
Public Service
Cambodia
Kulendei Francis
Community Leadership
India
Romulo Davide
Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts
Philippines
Chen Shu-chu
Peace and International Understanding
Taiwan
Ruwindrijarto
Emergent Leadership
Indonesia

Magsaysay award medal

 

The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often considered Asia's Nobel Prize. The prize was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund based in New York City with the concurrence of the Philippine government.

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