IRI Freedom Award

INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE

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.

Sl	Name	Country	Year	Awarded For
44	Rolando José Álvarez Lagos	Nicaragua	2024	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
43	The Women of Iran	Iran	2023	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
42	Alexei Navalny	Russia	2022	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
41	The People of Ukraine	Ukraine	2022	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
40	The People of Burma	Myanmar	2021	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
39	The People of Cuba	Cuba	2021	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
38	The People of Lithuania	Lithuania	2021	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
37	Michael R. Pompeo	United States	2020	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
36	Maria Kolesnikova, Veronika Tsepkalo, and the People of Belarus	Belarus	2020	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
35	The People of Hong Kong	China	2020	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
34	Mitch McConnell	United States	2019	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
33	Cindy McCain	United States	2019	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
32	The People of Venezuela	Venezuela	2019	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
31	Jim Mattis	United States	2018	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
30	Nikki Haley	United States	2018	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
29	Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White)	Cuba	2017	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
28	John McCain	United States	2017	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
27	John A. Boehner	United States	2015	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
26	Mo Ibrahim	Sudan	2015	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
25	Boris Nemtsov	Russia	2015	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
24	George H.W. Bush	United States	2014	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
23	Ukraine’s Maidan Movement	Ukraine	2014	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
22	James A. Baker III	United States	2011	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
21	Lawrence Eagleburger	United States	2011	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
20	George P. Shultz	United States	2010	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
19	Henry A. Kissinger	United States	2009	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
18	Elías Antonio Saca González	El Salvador	2007	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
17	Laura Bush	United States	2006	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
16	Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf	Liberia	2006	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
15	George W. Bush	United States	2005	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
14	Pope John Paul II	Poland	2005	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
13	Condoleezza Rice	United States	2004	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
12	Sergio Vieira de Mello	Brazil	2004	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
11	Bill Frist	United States	2003	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
10	Hamid Karzai	Afganistan	2003	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
9	Richard B. Cheney	United States	2001	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
8	Lynne Cheney	United States	2001	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
7	Aung San Suu Kyi	Myanmar	1999	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
6	Natan Sharansky	Ukraine	1999	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
5	Robert J. Dole	United States	1998	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
4	Ronald Reagan	United States	1997	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
3	Colin Powell	United States	1996	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
2	Alfredo F. Cristiani	El Salvador	1995	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.
1	Miguel Obando y Bravo	Nicaragua	1995	For given hope to millions and has helped improve the lives of people.