Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards are presented annually by the Atlantic Council to honor individuals recognized for their contributions toward addressing global challenges. The awards are presented annually during the United Nations General Assembly week in New York.
Recipients Recipients of the awards are as follows:
2026
Anthony Albanese - Prime Minister of Australia Alexander Stubb - President of Finland Cynthia Erivo - actress and singer Stefano Domenicali, CEO of Formula One Group
2025 Javier Milei - President of Argentina Emmanuel Macron, President of France Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA
2024 Nana Akufo-Addo - President of Ghana Kyriakos Mitsotakis - Prime Minister of Greece Giorgia Meloni - Prime Minister of Italy Miky Lee - Vice chairwoman, CJ Group
2023
Volodymyr Zelenskyy – President of Ukraine Olaf Scholz – Chancellor of Germany Fumio Kishida – Prime Minister of Japan Janet Yellen – United States Secretary of the Treasury Victor L.L. Chu – Chairman and CEO of First Eastern Investment Group (Distinguished Service Award)
2022
Sauli Niinistö - President of the Republic of Finland Joko Widodo - President of the Republic of Indonesia Shinzo Abe - Former Prime Minister of Japan Magdalena Andersson - Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sweden Sundar Pichai - Chairman and CEO of Alphabet Inc, and its subsidiary Google Forest Whitaker - Actor and development activist
2019 Sebastian Piñera Echenique - President of the Republic of Chile Brian Grazer - Storyteller, film producer, and philanthropist Mark Rutte - Prime Minister of the Netherlands will.i.am - Founder, Black Eyed Peas; founder and CEO, I.AM+; founding president, i.am.angel Foundation Anna Deavere Smith - Actress, playwright, teacher, and author, Atlantic Council’s first Artist in Residence
2018 Mauricio Macri - President of the Argentine Republic John McCain - United States Senator from Arizona Erna Solberg - Prime Minister of Norway Hamdi Ulukaya - Founder, chairman and CEO, Chobani and founder, The Tent Partnership for Refugees
2017 Justin Trudeau - Prime Minister of Canada Moon Jae-in - President of the Republic of Korea Lang Lang - Pianist, educator, and philanthropist
2016 Shinzō Abe - Prime Minister of Japan Matteo Renzi - Prime Minister of Italy Wynton Marsalis - Managing and artistic director, Jazz at Lincoln Center
2015 Juan Manuel Santos - President of Colombia Mario Draghi - European Central Bank President Yu Long - Artistic director, China Philharmonic
2014 Shimon Peres - Former President of Israel Enrique Peña Nieto - President of Mexico Petro Poroshenko - President of Ukraine Lee Kuan Yew - Former Prime Minister of Singapore Robert De Niro - Actor, director, producer Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner - Piano virtuoso
2013 Bronisław Komorowski - President of the Republic of Poland Queen Rania Al Abdullah - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Seiji Ozawa - Conductor
2012 Aung San Suu Kyi - Chair, Burmese National League for Democracy Henry Kissinger - Former United States Secretary of State Sadako Ogata - Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Quincy Jones - Producer, composer, arranger, and humanitarian
2011 Christine Lagarde - Managing director, International Monetary Fund John Kerry - United States Secretary of State Rafik Hariri - Prime Minister of Lebanon (posthumous award)
2010 Klaus Schwab - Founder and executive chairman, World Economic Forum
References
External links Home page of Global Citizen Awards