Muhammad Yunus
(1940-)

Bangladeshi Economist, Founder Grammen Bank
1996 International Simón Bolívar Prize
1998 Sydney Peace Prize Winner
2000 Gandhi Peace Prize
2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Ashoka Fellow | The Elders

birthdate: June 28
birthplace:
Chittagong, Bangladesh

LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION

www.sydneypeacefoundation.org.au/
previousWinners.shtml#PW1998

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/
peace/laureates/2006/yunus-bio.html

http://scu.edu/ethics/architects-of-peace/Yunus/homepage.html

www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/
Biography/BiographyYunusMuh.htm

www.theelders.org/elders/yunus.aspx

www.worldfoodprize.org/laureates/Past/1994.htm

www.ashoka.org/gamembers

www.muhammadyunus.org

 

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