Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Berlin Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation for a Free Society, see Friedrich A. von Hayek Society .

The Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Foundation was established in May 1999 on the occasion of the hundredth birthday of Friedrich August von Hayek . The foundation, based in Freiburg im Breisgau , is headed by Lüder Gerken . The founder was Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG. According to its own statements, the foundation supports the consolidation and promotion of the foundations of a free economic and social order on a national and international level in the spirit of Friedrich August von Hayek.

Hayek Awards

The Foundation awards the International Prize and the Journalism Prize of the Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation every two years. The prizes are intended to honor personalities who have distinguished themselves through exemplary and extraordinary achievements in the establishment, strengthening or other promotion of a free economic and social order in Germany, Europe or other parts of the world.

Award winners

• 2001: Journalism: Hans D. Barbier , International Prize: Leszek Balcerowicz
• 2003: Journalism: Johan Norberg , International Prize: Otmar Issing and Margaret Thatcher
• 2005: Journalism: Karen Horn , International Prize: Mario Monti
• 2007: Journalism: Horst Siebert , International Prize: Mikuláš Dzurinda
• 2009: Journalism: Paul Kirchhof , International Prize: Václav Klaus
• 2011: Journalism: Rainer Hank , International Prize: Andrus Ansip and Valdis Dombrovskis
• 2013: Journalism: Dorothea Siems , International Prize: Sauli Niinistö
• 2015: Journalism: Udo Di Fabio , International Prize: Jens Weidmann , Honorary Prize: Roman Herzog
• 2017: Journalism: Heike Göbel , International Prize: Joachim Gauck
• 2019: Journalism: Wolfgang Clement , International Prize: Margrethe Vestager

Board of Trustees

Members of the Board of Trustees are:

Horst Köhler (* 1943), Chairman (since 2013) Leszek Balcerowicz (* 1947) Heinrich Otto Deichmann (* 1962)

Lüder Gerken (* 1958) Otmar Issing (* 1936), from 2005 Jürgen Albert Junker (* 1969)

Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller (* 1959) Holger Steltzner (* 1962), from 2013 Roland Tichy (* 1955), from 2013

Former members of the board of trustees:

Frits Bolkestein (* 1933) Ralf Dahrendorf (1929-2009) Alexander Erdland (* 1951)

Gert Haller (1944-2010) Roman Herzog (1934–2017), chairman until 2013 Laurence Hayek †

Jürgen Jeske (* 1935) Christoph Keese (* 1964) Hans Tietmeyer (1931-2016)

Web links

• Official website of the foundation
• Entry on Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Foundation at Lobbypedia.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Foundation: Prize Winner
2. ↑ FAZ.net: A praise for freedom from two federal presidents (report from the award ceremony)
3. ^ Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Foundation: Board of Trustees

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