IRI Freedom Award

Freedom Award
Freedom Award
Description	"individuals who have worked to advance freedom and democracy in their countries and around the world"
Country	United States
Presented by	International Republican Institute
First awarded	1995
Last awarded	2015
Website	http://www.iri.org/program/freedom-award

IRI Freedom Award is the annual award "to honor individuals who have worked to advance freedom and democracy in their countries and around the world" established by the International Republican Institute in 1995.^[1]

Recipients

Year	Image	Recipient	Nationality
1995		Alfredo Cristiani^[2]	El Salvador
1995		Miguel Obando y Bravo^[2]	Nicaragua
1996		Colin Powell^[2]	USA
1997		Ronald Reagan^[2]	USA
1998		Robert J. Dole^[2]	USA
1999		Aung San Suu Kyi^[2]	Burma
1999		Natan Sharansky^[2]	Israel
2001		Richard B. Cheney^[2]	USA
2001	File:Mrscheney.jpeg	Lynne Cheney^[2]	USA
2003	File:Bill Frist Official Photo 2013.jpg	Bill Frist^[2]	USA
2003		Hamid Karzai^[2]	Afghanistan
2004		Condoleezza Rice^[2]	USA
2004		Sérgio Vieira de Mello, posthumously^[2]	United Nations
2005		George W. Bush^[2]	USA
2005		Pope John Paul II, Posthumously^[2]	Roman Catholic Church
2006		Laura Bush^[2]	USA
2006		Ellen Johnson Sirleaf^[2]	Liberia
2007		Elías Antonio Saca González^[2]	El Salvador
2009		Henry A. Kissinger^[2]	USA
2010		George P. Shultz^[2]	USA
2011		James A. Baker III^[2]	USA
2011		Lawrence Eagleburger, posthumously^[2]	USA
2014		George H. W. Bush^[2]	USA
2014		Ukrainian Maidan Movement^[2]	Ukraine
2015		John A. Boehner^[2]	USA
2015		Mo Ibrahim^[2]	Sudan
2015		Boris Nemtsov, posthumously^[2]	Russia