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In 1991 Aung San Suu Kyi won the prize; in 2016 Aung San Suu Kyi became the State Counsellor or head of government of the [[Chinese Communist]] allied state of [[Myanmar]]; after taking office the Myanmar ruling [[junta]] massacred thousands of Rohingya in a [[genocide]], forcing more than 700,000 to flee for their lives abroad.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/world/asia/aung-san-suu-kyi-myanmar.html|title=Did the World Get Aung San Suu Kyi Wrong?|first1=Amanda|last1=Taub|first2=Max|last2=Fisher|date=31 October 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114095109/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/world/asia/aung-san-suu-kyi-myanmar.html|archive-date=14 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/02/what-happened-to-myanmars-human-rights-icon|title=What Happened to Myanmar's Human-Rights Icon?|first=Hannah|last=Beech|date=25 September 2017|work=The New Yorker|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114145201/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/02/what-happened-to-myanmars-human-rights-icon|archive-date=14 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/on-demand/67615-001|title=Dispatches – On Demand – All 4|publisher=Channel 4|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515112236/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/on-demand/67615-001|archive-date=15 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrJ7FgNyTNbhNAA3RtXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1530149261/RO=10/RU=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/myanmar-suu-kyi-rohingya-genocide_us_5ab14dd7e4b008c9e5f1fc90/RK=2/RS=g1Tivi.NDd5FfxVlfFFrf5LyFn4-|title=rohingya genocide}}{{Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>The Guardian, 12 November 2018 [https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/nov/12/aung-san-suu-kyi-amnesty-highest-honour-shameful-betrayal amnesty betrayal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112211037/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/nov/12/aung-san-suu-kyi-amnesty-highest-honour-shameful-betrayal |date=12 November 2018 }}</ref>
In 1991 Aung San Suu Kyi won the prize; in 2016 Aung San Suu Kyi became the State Counsellor or head of government of the [[Chinese Communist]] allied state of [[Myanmar]]; after taking office the Myanmar ruling [[junta]] massacred thousands of Rohingya in a [[genocide]], forcing more than 700,000 to flee for their lives abroad.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/world/asia/aung-san-suu-kyi-myanmar.html|title=Did the World Get Aung San Suu Kyi Wrong?|first1=Amanda|last1=Taub|first2=Max|last2=Fisher|date=31 October 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114095109/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/world/asia/aung-san-suu-kyi-myanmar.html|archive-date=14 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/02/what-happened-to-myanmars-human-rights-icon|title=What Happened to Myanmar's Human-Rights Icon?|first=Hannah|last=Beech|date=25 September 2017|work=The New Yorker|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114145201/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/02/what-happened-to-myanmars-human-rights-icon|archive-date=14 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/on-demand/67615-001|title=Dispatches – On Demand – All 4|publisher=Channel 4|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515112236/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/on-demand/67615-001|archive-date=15 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrJ7FgNyTNbhNAA3RtXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1530149261/RO=10/RU=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/myanmar-suu-kyi-rohingya-genocide_us_5ab14dd7e4b008c9e5f1fc90/RK=2/RS=g1Tivi.NDd5FfxVlfFFrf5LyFn4-|title=rohingya genocide}}{{Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>The Guardian, 12 November 2018 [https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/nov/12/aung-san-suu-kyi-amnesty-highest-honour-shameful-betrayal amnesty betrayal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112211037/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/nov/12/aung-san-suu-kyi-amnesty-highest-honour-shameful-betrayal |date=12 November 2018 }}</ref>
[[Nelson Mandela]] won in 1993 with former [[South Africa]] president Frederik Willem de Klerk for a peaceful transfer of power to black majority rule.<ref>https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/ The Nobel Peace Prize 1993</ref> Former President [[Jimmy Carter]] won the award in 2002.<ref>https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2002/ The Nobel Peace Prize 2002</ref>
[[Nelson Mandela]] won in 1993 with former [[South Africa]] president Frederik Willem de Klerk for a peaceful transfer of power to black majority rule.<ref>https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/ The Nobel Peace Prize 1993</ref>
[[Yassir Arafat]], the "father of modern terrorism" and responsible for thousands of murderes,<ref>https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2004/11/11/the-father-of-modern-terrorism-the-true-legacy-of-yasser-arafat/#:~:text=Under%20international%20pressure%2C%20King%20Hussein,driven%20out%20of%20the%20country.</ref> received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, together with [[Yitzhak Rabin]] and [[Shimon Peres]] for the Oslo Accords. Even after receiving the award, thousands more died in the Palestinian Intifada between 2000-2005 which he commanded.<ref>https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/yasser-arafat</ref>
Former President [[Jimmy Carter]] won the award in 2002.<ref>https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2002/ The Nobel Peace Prize 2002</ref>
[[File:Nobel Prize nominee.PNG|right|200px|thumb|The Black Lives Matter terrorist organization was nominated for the Prize in 2021.]]
[[File:Nobel Prize nominee.PNG|right|200px|thumb|The Black Lives Matter terrorist organization was nominated for the Prize in 2021.]]
In 2009 [[Barack Obama]] became the third sitting U.S. President<ref name=wilsons>Wilson, Scott (October 10, 2009). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/09/AR2009100900914.html "President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize"]. ''Washington Post'' website. See [[Washington Post]].</ref> to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "''for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples''".<ref>[https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/press.html "The Nobel Prize for 2009: Press release"] (October 9, 2009). Nobel Prize website [Oslo, Norway]/Nobel Prizes/Peace/Laureates/2009. Accessed May 13, 2012.</ref> Obama stated that he was "surprised and deeply humbled" to receive the unexpected award,<ref>CNN (October 9, 2009). [https://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/nobel.peace.prize/index.html?eref=ib_us "Obama: Nobel Peace Prize is 'Call to Action'"]. CNN website/World/Europe.</ref> and also said, "To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this prize—men and women who have inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace".<ref name=wilsons /> The award was widely criticized given Obama's then lack of accomplishments.<ref>Multiple references:
In 2009 [[Barack Obama]] became the third sitting U.S. President<ref name=wilsons>Wilson, Scott (October 10, 2009). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/09/AR2009100900914.html "President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize"]. ''Washington Post'' website. See [[Washington Post]].</ref> to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "''for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples''".<ref>[https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/press.html "The Nobel Prize for 2009: Press release"] (October 9, 2009). Nobel Prize website [Oslo, Norway]/Nobel Prizes/Peace/Laureates/2009. Accessed May 13, 2012.</ref> Obama stated that he was "surprised and deeply humbled" to receive the unexpected award,<ref>CNN (October 9, 2009). [https://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/nobel.peace.prize/index.html?eref=ib_us "Obama: Nobel Peace Prize is 'Call to Action'"]. CNN website/World/Europe.</ref> and also said, "To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this prize—men and women who have inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace".<ref name=wilsons /> The award was widely criticized given Obama's then lack of accomplishments.<ref>Multiple references: