The Prince of Asturias Awards (Spanish: Premios Príncipe de Asturias) is a series of annual prizes given in Spain by the Fundación Príncipe de Asturias to individuals, entities and/or organizations from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, or public affairs. Established in 1981,[1] the awards are presented in Oviedo, the capital of the Principality of Asturias at a ceremony presided by Felipe, Prince of Asturias. A sculpture expressly created by Spanish sculptor Joan Miró is presented to the yearly recipients. [edit] Categories [edit] Communications and Humanities [edit] International Cooperation - 1981: José López Portillo
- 1982: Enrique V. Iglesias
- 1983: Belisario Betancur
- 1984: Contadora Group
- 1985: Raúl Alfonsín
- 1986: Salamanca University and Coimbra University
- 1987: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 1988: Óscar Arias, Fatiha Boudiaf
- 1989: Jacques Delors and Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1990: Hans Dietrich Genscher
- 1991: UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
- 1992: Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk
- 1993: United Nations Blue Berets stationed in Ex-Yugoslavia
- 1994: Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin
- 1995: Mário Soares
- 1996: Helmut Kohl
- 1997: Government of Guatemala and Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
- 1998: Fatiha Boudiaf, Olayinka Koso-Thomas, Graça Machel, Rigoberta Menchú, Fatana Ishaq Gailani, Emma Bonino and Somaly Mam
- 1999: Pedro Duque, John Glenn, Chiaki Mukai and Valery Polyakov
- 2000: Fernando Henrique Cardoso
- 2001: International Space Station
- 2002: The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- 2003: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- 2004: The European Union's Erasmus Programme
- 2005: Simone Veil
- 2006: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- 2007: Al Gore
- 2008: Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre (Tanzania), Malaria Research and Training Centre (Mali), Kintampo Health Research Centre (Ghana) and Manhiça Centre of Health Research (Mozambique)
- 2009: World Health Organization (WHO)
[edit] Literature [edit] Social Sciences [edit] Sports
[edit] Technical and Scientific Research - 1981: Alberto Sols
- 1982: Manuel Ballester
- 1983: Luis Antonio Santaló
- 1984: Antonio García Bellido
- 1985: Emilio Rosenblueth and David Vázquez Martínez
- 1986: Antonio González González
- 1987: Pablo Rudomín and Jacinto Convit
- 1988: Manuel Cardona and Marcos Moshinsky
- 1989: Guido Münch
- 1990: Salvador Moncada and Santiago Grisolía
- 1991: Francisco Bolívar Zapata
- 1992: Federico García Moliner
- 1993: Amable Liñán
- 1994: Manuel Patarroyo
- 1995: Manuel Losada Villasante and Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad of Costa Rica
- 1996: Valentín Fuster
- 1997: Atapuerca research team
- 1998: Emilio Méndez Pérez and Pedro Miguel Etxenike Landiríbar
- 1999: Ricardo Miledi and Enrique Moreno González
- 2000: Luc Montagnier and Robert Gallo
- 2001: Craig Venter, John Sulston, Hamilton Smith, Francis Collins and Jean Weissenbach
- 2002: Robert E. Kahn, Vinton Cerf, Tim Berners-Lee and Lawrence Roberts
- 2003: Jane Goodall
- 2004: Judah Folkman, Tony Hunter, Joan Massagué Solé, Bert Vogelstein and Robert Weinberg
- 2005: Antonio Damasio
- 2006: Juan Ignacio Cirac
- 2007: Ginés Morata Pérez and Peter Lawrence
- 2008: Sumio Iijima, Shuji Nakamura, Robert Langer, George M. Whitesides and Tobin Marks
- 2009: Martin Cooper and Raymond Tomlinson
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