Since 2010, the Atlantic Council’s Global Citizen Awards have honored individuals who make unique contributions towards improving the world.
2025 Honorees
His Excellency Javier Milei – President of the Argentine Republic
His Excellency Emmanuel Macron – President of the French Republic
Gianni Infantino – President, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
2024 Honorees
His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo – President of the Republic of Ghana
His Excellency Kyriakos Mitsotakis – Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
Her Excellency Giorgia Meloni – President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic
Miky Lee – Vice Chairwoman, CJ Group
2023 Honorees
His Excellency Volodymyr Zelenskyy – President of Ukraine
His Excellency Olaf Scholz – Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
His Excellency Fumio Kishida – Prime Minister of Japan
Secretary Janet L. Yellen – United States Department of Treasury
Victor L.L. Chu – Chairman & CEO, First Eastern Investment Group (Distinguished Service Award)
2022 Honorees
His Excellency President Sauli Niinistö – President of the Republic of Finland
His Excellency President Joko Widodo – President of the Republic of Indonesia
Her Excellency Magdalena Andersson – Prime Minister of Sweden
Sundar Pichai – CEO, Google and Alphabet
Forest Whitaker – Academy Award-winning Actor; Founder and CEO, Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative; and UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation
2019 Honorees
His Excellency President Sebastian Piñera Echenique – President of the Republic of Chile
His Excellency Mark Rutte – Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Brian Grazer – Storyteller, movie and television producer, founder, and philanthropist
will.i.am – Founder, Black Eyed Peas; Founder & CEO, I.AM+; and Founder and President, i.am.angel Foundation
Anna Deavere Smith – Actress, playwright, teacher, and author; Atlantic Council’s first Artist in Residence
2018 Honorees
His Excellency Mauricio Macri – President of the Argentine Republic
Her Excellency Erna Solberg – Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway
Hamdi Ulukaya – Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chobani and Founder, The Tent Partnership for Refugees
Special Tribute to The Honorable John S. McCain (1936-2018) – United States Senator from Arizona
2017 Honorees
The Right Honorable Justin Trudeau – Prime Minister of Canada
His Excellency Moon Jae-in – President of the Republic of Korea
Lang Lang – World-renowned pianist, educator and philanthropist
2016 Honorees
His Excellency Shinzō Abe – Prime Minister of Japan
His Excellency Matteo Renzi – President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic
Wynton Marsalis – American musician, composer, educator; Managing and Artistic Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center
2015 Honorees
His Excellency Juan Manuel Santos – President of Colombia
Mario Draghi – President, European Central Bank
Maestro Yu Long – Music Director, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra
2014 Honorees
His Excellency Shimon Peres – Former President of Israel
His Excellency Enrique Peña Nieto – President of Mexico
His Excellency Petro Poroshenko – President of Ukraine
His Excellency Lee Kuan Yew – Former Prime and first Minister of Singapore
Robert De Niro – Actor, director, producer, and philanthropist
Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner – Pianist, composer, and humanitarian (Young Global Citizen Awards)
2013 Honorees
His Excellency Bronisław Komorowski – President of the Republic of Poland
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah – Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Maestro Seiji Ozawa – Conductor
2012 Honorees
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi – Chair, Burmese National League for Democracy
Henry Kissinger – Former US Secretary of State
Sadako Ogata – Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Quincy Jones – Producer, composer, arranger, and humanitarian
2011 Honorees
Madame Christine Lagarde – Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
The Honorable Secretary John Kerry – United States Secretary of State, United States Department of State
Rafik Hariri – Prime Minister of Lebanon (posthumous award)
2010 Honorees
Professor Klaus Schwab – Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum