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{{Infobox award
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[[Image:Philadelphia Liberty Medal.png|thumb|Philadelphia Liberty Medal]]
| name = Liberty Medal
| image = Philadelphia Liberty Medal.png
| caption = Philadelphia Liberty Medal
| awarded_for =
| presenter = [[National Constitution Center]] (NCC)
| country = [[United States]]
| location = [[Philadelphia]]
| year = 1989
| website =
| image2 = [[File:USA Philadelphia Liberty Medal ribbon.svg|100px]]
| caption2 = Ribbon of the medal
}}

[[Image:2009libertymedal.JPG|thumb|[[Bill Clinton]] and [[Steven Spielberg]] at the 2009 ceremony]]
[[Image:2009libertymedal.JPG|thumb|[[Bill Clinton]] and [[Steven Spielberg]] at the 2009 ceremony]]
The '''Liberty Medal''' is an annual award administered by the [[National Constitution Center]] of the [[United States]] to recognize leadership in the pursuit of freedom. It was founded by [[the Philadelphia Foundation]]. In 2006 an agreement was made with the National Constitution Center (NCC) that the NCC would take over the organizing, selecting and presenting of the award to recipients. Recipients are now chosen by the NCC and its Board of Trustees.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20080528190400/http://www.constitutioncenter.org/PDF/libertymedal/Liberty_Medal_Fact_Sheet.pdf</ref>
The '''Liberty Medal''' is an annual award administered by the [[National Constitution Center]] (NCC) of the [[United States]] to recognize leadership in the pursuit of freedom. It was founded by [[the Philadelphia Foundation]]. In 2006 an agreement was made with the National Constitution Center (NCC) that the NCC would take over the organizing, selecting and presenting of the award to recipients. Recipients are now chosen by the NCC and its board of trustees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.constitutioncenter.org/PDF/libertymedal/Liberty_Medal_Fact_Sheet.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.constitutioncenter.org |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528190400/http://www.constitutioncenter.org/PDF/libertymedal/Liberty_Medal_Fact_Sheet.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


==List of recipients==
==List of recipients==
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!Country
!Country
!Name
!Name
|-
|2022
|[[Ukraine]]
|[[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2022/08/22/liberty-medal-to-be-awarded-to-ukrainian-president-zelenskyy.html |title=Liberty Medal to be awarded to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy |website=Toronto Star |language=en |date=2022-08-22 |access-date=2022-08-25}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|2021
|[[Hong Kong]]
|[[Jimmy Lai]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://constitutioncenter.org/liberty-medal/2021-recipients|title=2021 Recipients - National Constitution Center|website=National Constitution Center|language=en|access-date=2021-09-23}}</ref>
|-
|[[Saudi Arabia]]
|[[Loujain al-Hathloul]]
|-
|2020
|[[United States]]
|[[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/27/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-liberty-medal-trnd/index.html|title=Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be awarded this year's Liberty Medal|website=CNN – cnn.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|[[United States]]
|[[Anthony Kennedy]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://constitutioncenter.org/liberty-medal/ceremony|title=Ceremony - National Constitution Center|website=National Constitution Center – constitutioncenter.org|language=en|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|[[United States]]
|[[George W. Bush]] and [[Laura Bush]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQO5-5Lspjw ''The 2018 Liberty Medal Ceremony'']</ref>
|-
|-
|2017
|2017
|{{Country|United States}}
|[[United States]]
|[[John McCain]]<ref>[https://medium.com/@SenatorJohnMcCain/remarks-at-the-2017-liberty-medal-ceremony-8d69751a5ac1 ''Remarks At The 2017 Liberty Medal Ceremony'']</ref>
|[[John McCain]]
|-
|-
|2016
|2016
|{{Country|United States}}
|[[United States]]
|[[John Lewis (Georgia politician)]]
|[[John Lewis]]
|-
|-
|2015
|2015
|{{Country|Tibet}}
|[[Tibet]]
|[[14th Dalai Lama]]
|[[14th Dalai Lama]]
|-
|-
|2014
|2014
|{{Country|Pakistan}}
|[[Pakistan]]
|[[Malala Yousafzai]] <ref>{{cite web|title=Liberty Medal for Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20140630_Liberty_Medal_for_Pakistani_education_activist_Malala_Yousafzai.html|publisher=[[Philly.com]]|work=Michaelle Bond |date=June 29, 2014|accessdate=June 30, 2014}}</ref>
|[[Malala Yousafzai]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Liberty Medal for Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20140630_Liberty_Medal_for_Pakistani_education_activist_Malala_Yousafzai.html|publisher=[[Philly.com]]|work=Michaelle Bond |date=June 29, 2014|access-date=June 30, 2014}}</ref>
|-
|-
|2013
|2013
|{{Country|United States}}
|[[United States]]
|[[Hillary Clinton]]
|[[Hillary Clinton]]
|-
|-
|-
|-
|2012
|2012
|{{Country|United States}}
|[[United States]]
|[[Muhammad Ali]]<ref>{{cite web
|[[Muhammad Ali]]<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20120705_Muhammad_Ali_named_recipient_of_2012_Liberty_Medal.html
|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20120705_Muhammad_Ali_named_recipient_of_2012_Liberty_Medal.html
|title=Muhammad Ali named recipient of 2012 Liberty Medal
|title=Muhammad Ali named recipient of 2012 Liberty Medal
|publisher=Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref>
|website=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref>
|-
|-
|2011
|2011
|{{Country|United States}}
|[[United States]]
|[[Robert Gates]]
|[[Robert Gates]]
|-
|-
|2010
|2010
|{{Country|United Kingdom}}
|[[United Kingdom]]
|[[Tony Blair]]
|[[Tony Blair]]
|-
|-
|2009
|2009
|{{Country|United States}}
|[[United States]]
|[[Steven Spielberg]]
|[[Steven Spielberg]]
|-
|-
|2008
|2008
|{{Country|Russia}}
|[[Russia]]
|[[Mikhail Gorbachev]]<ref>http://russiatoday.ru/news/news/26208</ref>
|[[Mikhail Gorbachev]]{{cn|date=April 2023}}
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|rowspan=2|2007
|{{Country|Ireland}}
|[[Ireland]]
|[[Bono]]
|[[Bono]]
|-
|-
|{{Country|United Kingdom}}
|[[United Kingdom]]
|[[DATA|DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa)]]
|[[DATA|DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa)]]
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|2006
|rowspan=2|2006
|{{Country|United States}}
|[[United States]]
|[[George H. W. Bush]]
|[[George H. W. Bush]]
|-
|-
|{{Country|United States}}
|[[United States]]
|[[Bill Clinton]]
|[[Bill Clinton]]
|-
|-
|2005
|2005
|{{Country|Ukraine}}
|[[Ukraine]]
|[[Viktor Yushchenko]]
|[[Viktor Yushchenko]]
|-
|-
|2004
|2004
|{{Country|Afghanistan}}
|[[Afghanistan]]
|[[Hamid Karzai]] <ref>[http://www.constitutioncenter.org/libertymedal/recipient_2004.html "HAMID KARZAI 2004 Liberty Medal Recipient"]</ref><ref>[https://www.state.gov/m/ds/rls/44651.htm "Afghan President Hamid Karzai receives Philadelphia Liberty Medal"]</ref>
|[[Hamid Karzai]]<ref>[http://www.constitutioncenter.org/libertymedal/recipient_2004.html "HAMID KARZAI 2004 Liberty Medal Recipient"]</ref><ref>[https://2009-2017.state.gov/m/ds/rls/44651.htm "Afghan President Hamid Karzai receives Philadelphia Liberty Medal"]</ref>
|-
|-
|2003
|2003
|{{Country|United States}}
|[[United States]]
|[[Sandra Day O'Connor]]
|[[Sandra Day O'Connor]]
|-
|-
|2002
|2002
|{{Country|United States}}
|[[United States]]
|[[Colin Powell]]
|[[Colin Powell]]
|-
|-
|2001
|2001
|{{Country|Ghana}}
|[[Ghana]]
|[[Kofi Annan]]
|[[Kofi Annan]]
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|rowspan=2|2000
|{{Country|United States}}
|[[United States]]
|[[James D. Watson|Dr. James D. Watson]]
|[[James Watson|Dr. James D. Watson]]
|-
|-
|{{Country|United Kingdom}}
|[[United Kingdom]]
|[[Francis Crick|Dr. Francis Crick]]
|[[Francis Crick|Dr. Francis Crick]]
|-
|-
|1999
|1999
|{{Country|South Korea}}
|[[South Korea]]
|[[Kim Dae Jung]]
|[[Kim Dae-jung]]
|-
|-
|1998
|1998
|{{Country|United States}}
|[[United States]]
|[[George J. Mitchell]]
|[[George J. Mitchell]]
|-
|-
|1997
|1997
|{{Country|United States}}
|[[United States]]
|[[CNN International]]
|[[CNN International]]
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|1996
|rowspan=2|1996
|{{Country|Jordan}}
|[[Jordan]]
|[[King Hussein]]
|[[King Hussein]]
|-
|-
|{{Country|Israel}}
|[[Israel]]
|[[Shimon Peres]]
|[[Shimon Peres]]
|-
|-
|1995
|1995
|{{Country|Japan}}
|[[Japan]]
|[[Sadako Ogata]]
|[[Sadako Ogata]]
|-
|-
|1994
|1994
|[[Czech Republic]]
|{{Country|Czechoslovakia}}
|[[Václav Havel]]
|[[Václav Havel]]
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|1993
|rowspan=2|1993
|rowspan=2|{{Country|South Africa|1928}}
|rowspan=2|[[South Africa]]
|[[Nelson Mandela]]
|[[Nelson Mandela]]
|-
|-
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|-
|-
|1992
|1992
|{{Country|United States}}
|[[United States]]
|[[Thurgood Marshall]]
|[[Thurgood Marshall]]
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|1991
|rowspan=2|1991
|{{Country|Costa Rica}}
|[[Costa Rica]]
|[[Óscar Arias Sánchez]]
|[[Óscar Arias Sánchez]]
|-
|-
|{{Country|Switzerland}}
|[[Switzerland]]
|[[Médecins Sans Frontières]]
|[[Médecins Sans Frontières]]
|-
|-
|1990
|1990
|{{Country|United States}}
|[[United States]]
|[[Jimmy Carter]]
|[[Jimmy Carter]]
|-
|-
|1989
|1989
|{{Country|Poland}}
|[[Poland]]
|[[Lech Wałęsa]]
|[[Lech Wałęsa]]

|}
|}


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Philadelphia|Human rights}}
{{Portal|Philadelphia}}
* [[Independence National Historical Park]]
* [[Independence National Historical Park]]


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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://www.constitutioncenter.org/libertymedal}}
* {{Official|http://www.constitutioncenter.org/libertymedal}}
* [http://www.constitutioncenter.org/ National Constitution Center Official page]
* [http://www.constitutioncenter.org/ National Constitution Center Official page]


[[Category:Culture of Philadelphia]]
[[Category:Culture of Philadelphia]]
[[Category:Human rights awards]]
[[Category:Human rights awards]]
[[Category:Maps in art]]

Latest revision as of 01:31, 18 October 2023

Liberty Medal
Philadelphia Liberty Medal
LocationPhiladelphia
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Constitution Center (NCC)
First awarded1989
Websitehttp://www.constitutioncenter.org/libertymedal Edit this on Wikidata
Ribbon of the medal
Bill Clinton and Steven Spielberg at the 2009 ceremony

The Liberty Medal is an annual award administered by the National Constitution Center (NCC) of the United States to recognize leadership in the pursuit of freedom. It was founded by the Philadelphia Foundation. In 2006 an agreement was made with the National Constitution Center (NCC) that the NCC would take over the organizing, selecting and presenting of the award to recipients. Recipients are now chosen by the NCC and its board of trustees.[1]

List of recipients[edit]

Year Country Name
2022 Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy[2]
2021 Hong Kong Jimmy Lai[3]
Saudi Arabia Loujain al-Hathloul
2020 United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg[4]
2019 United States Anthony Kennedy[5]
2018 United States George W. Bush and Laura Bush[6]
2017 United States John McCain[7]
2016 United States John Lewis
2015 Tibet 14th Dalai Lama
2014 Pakistan Malala Yousafzai[8]
2013 United States Hillary Clinton
2012 United States Muhammad Ali[9]
2011 United States Robert Gates
2010 United Kingdom Tony Blair
2009 United States Steven Spielberg
2008 Russia Mikhail Gorbachev[citation needed]
2007 Ireland Bono
United Kingdom DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa)
2006 United States George H. W. Bush
United States Bill Clinton
2005 Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko
2004 Afghanistan Hamid Karzai[10][11]
2003 United States Sandra Day O'Connor
2002 United States Colin Powell
2001 Ghana Kofi Annan
2000 United States Dr. James D. Watson
United Kingdom Dr. Francis Crick
1999 South Korea Kim Dae-jung
1998 United States George J. Mitchell
1997 United States CNN International
1996 Jordan King Hussein
Israel Shimon Peres
1995 Japan Sadako Ogata
1994 Czech Republic Václav Havel
1993 South Africa Nelson Mandela
Frederik Willem de Klerk
1992 United States Thurgood Marshall
1991 Costa Rica Óscar Arias Sánchez
Switzerland Médecins Sans Frontières
1990 United States Jimmy Carter
1989 Poland Lech Wałęsa

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.constitutioncenter.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Liberty Medal to be awarded to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy". Toronto Star. 2022-08-22. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  3. ^ "2021 Recipients - National Constitution Center". National Constitution Center. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  4. ^ "Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be awarded this year's Liberty Medal". CNN – cnn.com. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  5. ^ "Ceremony - National Constitution Center". National Constitution Center – constitutioncenter.org. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  6. ^ The 2018 Liberty Medal Ceremony
  7. ^ Remarks At The 2017 Liberty Medal Ceremony
  8. ^ "Liberty Medal for Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai". Michaelle Bond. Philly.com. June 29, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  9. ^ "Muhammad Ali named recipient of 2012 Liberty Medal". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  10. ^ "HAMID KARZAI 2004 Liberty Medal Recipient"
  11. ^ "Afghan President Hamid Karzai receives Philadelphia Liberty Medal"

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