Abhisit Vejjajiva
23/04/2026
Thailand
Mohammed Mehdi Bensaid
23/04/2026
Morocco
Fábio Ostermann
23/04/2026
Brazil
Matthew McMillan
23/04/2026
United States of America
Pawel Bartoszek
23/04/2026
Iceland
Noah Wilenius
02/02/2026
Noah Wilenius joined the Liberal International Secretariat as our new office intern.  Noah will support the Secretariat’s administrative work, contributing to the Climate Justice and Fair Trade Committees, as well as assisting with the organisation of the London Security Conference. 
Osman Kavala
24/11/2025
Yoko Alender
09/09/2025
Estonia
Bi-Khim Hsiao
09/09/2025
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Lord John Alderdice
12/08/2025
The 2015 LI Prize for Freedom is awarded to Lord John Alderdice for his dedication to peace building worldwide.
Beate Meinl-Reisinger
12/06/2025
Austria
Yevheniia Kravchuk
12/06/2025
Ukraine
Dominique Munongo Inamizi
12/06/2025
Democratic Republic of Congo
Joar Forssell
13/02/2025
Liberalerna, Sweden 🇸🇪
Lina Frostdahl
11/02/2025
Layla Moran
28/01/2025
Liberal Democrats United Kingdom
Bassam Al-Kuwatli
28/01/2025
Batbaatar B
28/01/2025
Yonah Diamond
28/01/2025
Mutasim Ali
28/01/2025
Catherine McKenna
12/12/2024
Climate Justice Award Laureate
Toby Chance
12/12/2024
Democratic Alliance South Africa
Loubna Amhair
12/12/2024
INLW Morocco
Diego Rivera
12/12/2024
Partido Liberal de Chile Chile, United States of America
Ivan Moran
12/12/2024
Partido Liberal de Chile Chile
Bobby Dean
12/12/2024
Liberal Democrats United Kingdom
Arne Nelson
12/12/2024
IFLRY United States of America
Tirza Drent
12/12/2024
IFLRY Netherlands
Pippa Heylings
12/12/2024
Liberal Democrats United Kingdom
Annie Östlund
12/12/2024
Centerpartiet Sweden
Ahmad M. Horma
12/12/2024
AHLN Mauritania
Michael Kauch
11/12/2024
Freie Demokratische Partei (FDP), Germany 🇩🇪
Hiba Ouadghiri Idrissi
11/12/2024
Mouvement Populaire, Morocco 🇲🇦
Laure Donwahi
11/12/2024
Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix (RHDP), Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇮
Milosz Hodun
11/12/2024
European Liberal Forum (ELF), Poland 🇵🇱
Mirna Mneimneh
11/12/2024
Future Movement, Lebanon 🇱🇧
Hania Knio
11/12/2024
IFLRY, Lebanon 🇱🇧
Anna Lasses
11/12/2024
Centerpartiet, Sweden 🇸🇪
Lorenzo Tañada
11/12/2024
Liberal Party of the Philippines, Philippines 🇵🇭
Lee Yen-jong
11/12/2024
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Taiwan 🇹🇼
Elhabib Eddaqqaq
11/12/2024
Moroccan Constitutional Union Party, Morocco 🇲🇦
David Matas
11/12/2024
Canadian Group of Liberal International (CGLI), Canada 🇨🇦
Baroness Sal Brinton
11/12/2024
Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Sidi Tiemoko Touré
02/12/2024
RHDP, Côte d'Ivoire
Luz Poblete
02/12/2024
Evopoli, Chile
Ahmad Al-Hariri
02/12/2024
Future Movement, Lebanon
Fernanda Ulloa
14/10/2024
Carlos Da Costa
10/10/2024
Malin Nyberg
10/09/2024
Jayna Kothari
05/07/2024
Birgitta Ohlsson
12/06/2024
Laura de Vries
24/04/2024
D66, The Netherlands
Ryota Jonen
09/04/2024
Dr. Nele Fabian
09/04/2024
Morris Liemola
12/02/2024
Mariam Ghibradze
22/01/2024
Mardi Seng
18/12/2023
Irene Mayaka
18/12/2023
Felipe Kast
18/12/2023
Macky Sall
07/12/2023
Christiaan Duijst
27/09/2023
Democrats 66, the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Maja Meurman
26/09/2023
Maja Meurman joined the Liberal International Secretariat as staff intern. She will support the day-to-day activities of the Secretariat and work with the Human Rights and Climate Justice Committees.
Emma Lundström
02/03/2023
Francisco Winter
18/07/2022
Evópoli, Chile
Dean Macpherson
18/07/2022
George Cunningham
18/07/2022
Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom
David Zimmer
15/07/2022
Canadian Group of Liberal Internnational, Canada
Caroline Verduin
15/07/2022
D66, The Netherlands
Vincent Verbeecke
15/07/2022
Open VLD, Belgium
Liliana Tanguy
15/07/2022
Liberalno-demokratska Partija, North Macedonia
Sveinung Rotevatn
15/07/2022
Venstre, Norway
Christian Ottosson
15/07/2022
Centerpartiet, Sweden
Jonny Oates
15/07/2022
Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom
Dave Bryant
15/07/2022
Democratic Alliance, South Africa
Louise Alis
15/07/2022
Radikale Venstre, Denmark
Imad Ahmed
15/07/2022
British Group of Liberal International, United Kingdom
Monika Zajkova
15/07/2022
Liberalno-demokratska Partija (LDP), North Macedonia
Pedro Urruchurtu
15/07/2022
RELIAL, Venezuela 🇻🇪
Soumia Tega
15/07/2022
Moroccan Liberal Party, Morocco
Sevim Musak
15/07/2022
MRF, Bulgaria
Kawtar Mawas
15/07/2022
Al Hurriya Liberal Network (AHLN), Morocco 🇲🇦
Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett
15/07/2022
British Group of Liberal International (LIBG), United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Mikaela Hellman
15/07/2022
Centerpartiet, Sweden
Joost Dijkshoorn
15/07/2022
VVD, The Netherlands
Katie Beelaerts
15/07/2022
D66, The Netherlands
Martin Ängeby
15/07/2022
SILC, Sweden
Renata Alt
15/07/2022
FDP, Germany
Dr. Sima Samar
03/07/2022
Lennart Salemink
24/05/2022
VVD, The Netherlands 🇳🇱
Olivier Kamitatu
24/05/2022
Ensemble pour la Republique, Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩
Manfred R. Eisenbach
24/05/2022
German Group of LI, Germany 🇩🇪
Astrid Thors
24/05/2022
Svenska Folkpartiet, Finland 🇫🇮
Hamid Hamid
24/05/2022
Movement for Rights & Freedoms, Bulgaria 🇧🇬
Jean-Jacques Flahaux
24/05/2022
Mouvement Réformateur, Belgium 🇧🇪
Ahmadou Elbaz
24/05/2022
Union Constitutionnelle, Morocco 🇲🇦
Art Eggleton
24/05/2022
Canadian Group of LI, Canada 🇨🇦
Cellou Dalein Diallo
24/05/2022
UFDG, Guinea 🇬🇳
Ferran Costa
24/05/2022
Partit Liberal d’Andorra, Andorra 🇦🇩
Darren Bergman
24/05/2022
Democratic Alliance, South Africa 🇿🇦
Phillip Bennion
24/05/2022
Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Henrik Bach Mortensen
24/05/2022
Venstre, Denmark 🇩🇰
Karl-Heinz Paqué
24/05/2022
FDP, Germany 🇩🇪
Hakima el Haité
24/05/2022
Mouvement Populaire, Morocco 🇲🇦
Klara Fält
16/08/2021
Irene Wang
24/05/2021
Lawrence Herman
01/03/2021
Canadian Group of LI
Andrea Ugrinoska
25/11/2020
Art Eggleton
01/10/2020
Canadian Group of Liberal International, Canada Co-opted LI Vice President
Kasper Kannosto
23/09/2020
Florencio “Butch” Abad
27/08/2020
Liberal Party, The Philippines
Peifen Hsieh
27/08/2020
Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan
Yaya Sow
27/08/2020
Barry Campbell
27/08/2020
LI Canada Group, Canada
Sophia Bengtsson
27/08/2020
Centerpartiet, Sweden
Magnus Ek
03/03/2020
Centerpartiet Sweden
Viola Mickos
10/02/2020
Mikaela Hellman
10/10/2019
Ida-Maria Skytte
04/09/2019
Margaret de Vos van Steenwijk
07/07/2019
International Network of Liberal Women (INLW), the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Giuliomaria Terzi di Sant’Agata
07/07/2019
Fondazione Luigi Einaudi - Italy
Rose Sakala
07/07/2019
Africa Liberal Network
Bram Roodhart
07/07/2019
IFLRY
Steffen Pabst
07/07/2019
German Group of Liberal International (DGLI), Germany 🇩🇪
Juliana Nikolova
07/07/2019
Liberal Democratic Party - North Macedonia
Gyde Jensen
07/07/2019
FDP - Germany
Noora Hammar
07/07/2019
Keskusta - Finland
Joëlle Fiss
07/07/2019
FDP. Die Liberalen - Switzerland
Mamadou Tafsir Diallo
07/07/2019
UFDG - Guinea
Rachada Dhnadirek
07/07/2019
Democrat Party - Thailand
Irwin Cotler
07/07/2019
Canadian Group of LI - Canada
Ana Carrasquero
07/07/2019
RELIAL
Darren Bergman
07/07/2019
Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa 🇿🇦
Dascha Nefedov
23/04/2019
Kevin Charbel
17/04/2019
María Corina Machado
07/03/2019
María Corina Machado is a Venezuelan politician. She was awarded the 2019 Prize for Freedom for her dedicated efforts over many years to bring democracy to Venezuela, in spite of the risks she has faced.
Kristina Yngwe
15/02/2019
Centerpartiet Sweden
Duncan Brack
15/02/2019
Liberal Democrats and LIBG UK
Pornphrom Vikitsreth
15/02/2019
Democrat Party of Thailand Thailand
Karin Karlsbro
15/02/2019
Liberalerna Sweden
Susanna Rivero Baughman
15/02/2019
Llibertat i Democracia Spain
Ross Purdon
15/02/2019
DA South Africa
Milosz Hodun
15/02/2019
ELF, Poland
Ruth Richardson
15/02/2019
INLW, Netherlands
Perla Hernandez
15/02/2019
IFLRY Canada
Marijn Bosman
15/02/2019
D66 Netherlands
Steven Linares
15/02/2019
Liberal Party of Gibraltar Gibraltar
Lukas Köhler
15/02/2019
FDP, Germany
Louise Vinter Alis
15/02/2019
Radikale Venstre Denmark
Willem-Frederik Schiltz
15/02/2019
Open Vld Belgium
Kimmo Tiilikainen
15/02/2019
Former Minister of Environment, Energy & Housing Keskusta
Gordon Mackay
22/01/2019
Jason Frazer
19/12/2018
Judith Pallarés
12/10/2018
Liberals d'Andorra, Andorra
Omar Youm
12/10/2018
ADN/RDA, Burkina Faso
Robert Woodthorpe Browne
12/10/2018
Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom
Astrid Thors
12/10/2018
Svenska folkpartiet, Finland
Kiat Sittheeamorn
12/10/2018
Democrat Party, Thailand
Abir Al-Sahlani
12/10/2018
Centerpartiet, Sweden
Kitty Monterrey
12/10/2018
Ciudadanos por la libertad, Nicaragua
Hamid Hamid
12/10/2018
Cellou Dalein Diallo
12/10/2018
UFDG, Guinea
Hakima El Haité
12/10/2018
Mouvement Populaire, Morocco
Leila de Lima
13/08/2018
Leila de Lima is a Filipino lawyer, human rights activist, politician. She has served as the Chair of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights and the Philippines' Secretary of Justice. In February 2017, for her outspoken criticism of the Duterte government's so-called war on drugs, which has seen tens-of-thousands extra-judicially killed, she was incarcerated on politically motivated charges.
Ilham Tohti
06/06/2018
Ilham Tohti is an Uyghur economist serving a life sentence in China, on separatism-related charges. In 2014, Mr Ilham was jailed for life for inciting separatism in China - he was merely calling for better treatment of the Uyghur population in north-western China.
Sir Graham Watson
01/05/2018
Berhan Nazimov
28/11/2017
Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Bulgaria
Kiat Sittheeamorn
28/11/2017
Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats, Thailand
Stephanie Krisper
28/11/2017
The New Austria and Liberal Forum, Austria
Charlotte Burgess
28/11/2017
Radikale Venstre, Denmark
Jayanthi Devi Balaguru
28/11/2017
Parti Gerakan Rakyat, Malaysia
Edgard Razafindravahy
28/11/2017
Arche de la Nation, Madagascar
Tamar Khidasheli
28/11/2017
Republican Party of Georgia, Georgia
Denali Ranasinghe
28/11/2017
International Federation of Liberal Youth, United Kingdom
Astrid Thors
28/11/2017
Svenska Folkpartiet, Finland 🇫🇮
Tsai, Ing-wen
10/07/2017
Dr. Tsai, Ing-wen - the President of Taiwan and first female leader of the only Chinese-speaking democracy - received the Medal of Liberalism at the Presidential Palace in Taipei. Under the leadership of President Tsai, Taiwan's Liberals won their first-ever majority in the legislative Yuan in 2016 two years after historic gains in the 2014 local elections.
Xavier Bettel
10/07/2017
The Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, was awarded the medal of liberalism in Luxembourg, in front of a prominent delegation of Liberals. Prime Minister Bettel was nominated to receive the medal in recognition for his exemplary efforts in championing equality in his country and in so doing winning recognition from the international community.
Alassane Ouattara
10/07/2017
The President of Côte d'Ivoire, President Alassane Ouattara, received Liberal International’s inaugural medal of liberalism at a special ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. President Ouattara was commended for his lifelong commitment to supporting the development of liberalism in the West African country and around the world.
Marina Schuster
28/06/2017
Free Democratic Party, Germany
Åsa Nilsson-Söderström
28/06/2017
Liberalerna, Sweden
Medard Mulangala
28/06/2017
Africa Liberal Network, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Stevens Mokgalapa
28/06/2017
Democratic Alliance, South Africa
Christian Mayanda
28/06/2017
Congo Brazaville
Rosemary Machua
28/06/2017
Kenya
Lilli Löbsack
28/06/2017
German Group of LI, Germany
Ching-Yi Lin
28/06/2017
Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan
Ilhan Kyuchyuk MEP
28/06/2017
Bulgaria
Boris van der Ham
28/06/2017
Democrats 66, The Netherlands
Pauline Kastermans
28/06/2017
The Netherlands
Chito Gascon
28/06/2017
Philippines
Khadija El Morabit
28/06/2017
International Network of Liberal Women, Morocco
Neda Dabovic
28/06/2017
Liberal Party of Montenegro, Montenegro
Lourdes Ciuro I Buldo
28/06/2017
Catalonia
Naomi Blumenthal
28/06/2017
Israeli Group of LI, Israel
Phil Bennion
28/06/2017
Liberal Democrats and British Group of LI, United Kingdom
Bouchra Barrijal
28/06/2017
Morocco
Assiatou Bah-Diallo
28/06/2017
Guinea
Abir Al-Sahlani
28/06/2017
Centerpartiet, Sweden
Dr. Ketty Chen
28/06/2017
Taiwan
Frank van Dalen
28/06/2017
The Netherlands
Markus Löning
28/06/2017
Free Democratic Party, Germany
Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck
30/05/2017
OpenVLD, Belgium
Lord John Alderdice
30/05/2017
Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom
Manfred R Eisenbach
30/05/2017
Deutsche Gruppe der Liberal International, Germany
Dr Dzhevdet Chakarov MP
30/05/2017
Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Bulgaria
Abir al-Sahlani
30/05/2017
Centerpartiet, Sweden
Robert Woodthorpe Browne MBE
30/05/2017
Liberal International British Group, UK
Astrid Thors
30/05/2017
Svenska Folkpartiet, Finland
Eduardo Montealegre
30/05/2017
Nicaragua
Cellou Dalein Diallo MP
30/05/2017
UFDG, Guinea
Dr Juli Minoves Triquell
30/05/2017
Liberals d'Andorra, Andorra
Raif Badawi
18/05/2017
The 2016 LI Prize for Freedom is awarded to Raif Badawi as a true champion of basic liberal values such as freedom of expression and conscience, who is paying the ultimate price by being held behind bars for having exercised those freedoms.
Waris Dirie
18/05/2017
The 2014 LI Prize for Freedom is awarded to Ms. Waris Dirie for her pioneering work in fighting to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM). As UN Special Ambassador for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation, Ms. Dirie raised public awareness of the practice of FGM; work that she continues today through her Desert Flower Foundation.
Dick Marty
18/05/2017
A Swiss parliamentarian and former state prosecutor, Dick Marty was the lead investigator into the CIA's use of secret prisons within the European Union used to interrogate terror suspects captured as a result of extraordinary rendition. Marty's report, released in 2006, concluded that there was evidence implicating 14 European states in the perpetration of such abuses.
Colin Eglin
18/05/2017
A South African politician, Colin Eglin served as national leader of the opposition from 1977–79 and 1986-87, where he led the anti-apartheid Progressive Reform Party - a forerunner to the Democratic Alliance.
Chee Soon Juan
18/05/2017
Dr Juan is a politician and political activist who leads the Singapore Democratic Party. A psychologist by training, Juan has also been the subject of a political documentary entitled Singapore Rebel, which investigated acts of censorship and civil disobedience in Singapore.
Shirin Ebadi
18/05/2017
Shirin Ebadi is a lawyer, former judge and human rights activist who has also been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. Much of her work in the field of human rights has centred on women and children and most recently she has taught in many countries and defended people accused of political crimes in Iran.
Eric Avebury
18/05/2017
Lord Avebury has been a member of the Liberal Party since 1960 and was MP for Orpington from 1962—70, during which time he was Chair of the Parliamentary Civil Liberties Group.
Padraig O’Malley
18/05/2017
The 2008 Liberal International's Freedom Prize is awarded to Professor Padraig O'Malley in recognition of his achievement of the conflict resolution work in Northen Ireland and South Africa.
Aliaksandr Milinkevich
18/05/2017
The 2007 Liberal International Prize for Freedom has been awarded to Mr Aliaksandr Milinkevich, the courageous champion of human rights and the democratic movement in Belarus.
Sam Rainsy
18/05/2017
Sam Rainsy has been Cambodia's leading champion of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law for almost a decade. While he faces danger with his life, Sam Rainsy continues to fight to implement freedom and democracy in a dictatorial Cambodia.
Antonino Zichichi
18/05/2017
The United Nations declared the year 2005 the International Year of Physics, to raise people's awareness on the importance of physics and the tremendous impact it has on our international society.
Grigory Yavlinski
18/05/2017
This years Liberal International Prize for Freedom has been awarded to Grigory Yavlinsky, head of the Russian Democratic Party Yabloko, for his defence of liberal democracy and market economics in both the USSR and the Russian Federation.
Abdoulaye Wade
18/05/2017
This year Liberal Internationals Prize for Freedom has been awarded to Maitre Wade, President of Senegal, to honour his lifelong achievements in pursuit of liberal democracy in Senegal.
Helen Suzman
18/05/2017
The 2002 Liberal International Prize for Freedom is awarded to Mrs Helen Suzman, the courageous champion of human rights, who in the dark days of apartheid did more than any other person to keep liberal values alive in South Africa.
Chen Shui-bian
18/05/2017
Mr Chen Shui-bian, the President of Taiwan, is awarded with the LI Prize for Freedom for the year 2001 in recognition of the Taiwanese struggle for Freedom and Democracy and for their free choice concerning Taiwan's institutional future.
Asma Jahangir
18/05/2017
The Pakistani human rights lawyer, Asma Jahangir, received the LI Prize for Freedom in 2000 for her efforts in the promotion of Human Rights, and for her fight for the legal needs of Pakistani women seeking to divorce their abusive husbands.
Lennart Meri
18/05/2017
The Estonian writer, historian, and politician Lennart Meri received the LI Prize for Freedom in 1999 for his important role in the movement for freedom which led to the restoration of Estonia's independance.
Khalida Meddaoudi
18/05/2017
Khalida Messaoudi received the LI Prize for Freedom in 1998 for her efforts in the promotion of Human Rights and for her fight for the position of women in Algeria.
Olusegun Obasanjo
18/05/2017
When Olusegun Obasanjo was awarded the LI Prize for Freedom 1997 he was in prison. He had been sentenced in 1995 under the rule of General Sani Abacha for an alleged coup plot.
Martin Lee
18/05/2017
Martin Lee is the founder and the chairman of the Hong-Kong Democrats (since 1990). He is considered an outspoken advocate of Human Rights, press freedom, and the rule of law. The LI Prize for Freedom was awarded to him in 1996.
Aung San Suu Kyi
18/05/2017
Since 1988, Daw Aung Sam Suu Kyi has been the leader of the Burmese opposition, the Secretary General of the National League for Democracy (NLD). She was awarded the LI Prize for Freedom in 1995.
Sadako Ogata
18/05/2017
When she was awarded the LI Prize for Freedom in 1994, Sadako Ogata was UN High Commissioner for Refugees. She took this office in 1991 and has been re-elected twice since then, in 1994 and 1997.
Maria Elena Cruz Varela
18/05/2017
Maria Elena Cruz Varela was the leader of the anti-Castro group Critirio Alternativo (Alternative Criteria) in Cuba. In 1991 they published a manifesto demanding reforms, national debates, and free elections.
Mary Robinson
18/05/2017
The LI Prize for Freedom of 1993 was awarded to Mary Robinson, the first woman to become President of Ireland when she was elected in 1990. She has always been very active in the promotion of Human Rights and in the fight against hunger.
Domingo Laino
18/05/2017
For years, Domingo Laino was persecuted as an activist against the Stroessner dictatorship in Paraguay. When he received the LI Prize for Freedom in 1991, the country was just at the beginning of a democratisation process. The Constitutional Assembly had been elected (1991) and was setting up a new frame for the State.
Gitobu Imanyara
18/05/2017
Gitobu Imanyara is an opposition lawyer in Kenya. He used to publish The Nairobi Law Monthly, a highly controversial newspaper. In the early 1990s he was arrested several times for his opinions, and his magazine was banned for some time.
Vaclav Havel
18/05/2017
Vaclav Havel received the LI Prize for Freedom in 1989. He had been the leader of the Czechoslovak Human Rights movements and the main founder of the Civic Forum Party.
Benazir Bhutto
18/05/2017
The 1988 Freedom Prize was awarded to former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto. In December 1988 she was sworn in as prime Minister, becoming the first women to head the government of an Islamic State.
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
18/05/2017
Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Germany's longest serving Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor and architect of east-west reunification, is awarded LI's 1987 Prize for Freedom. Herr Genscher was born in March 1921 near Halle, in what later became East Germany.
Corazon Aquino
18/05/2017
Corazon Aquino, LI's Prize for Freedom winner for 1986, is being honoured for her world-renowned advocacy of democracy, peace, and the empowerment of women.
Sheena Duncan
18/05/2017
Sheena Duncan of South Africa is 1985's LI Prize for Freedom recipient for her outstanding contribution to human rights and political freedom. She was born in Johannesburg in 1932 and studied at the Domestic Science College in Scotland.
Raul Alfonsin
18/05/2017
Raúl Alfonsín is the recipient of LI's 1984 Prize for Freedom for his various contributions to solidifying peace in South America. He was born in the city of Chascomús, in the eastern Buenos Aires province of Argentina.
William Townsend
12/05/2017
Tamara Dancheva
12/05/2017
Emil Kirjas
12/05/2017
Hans van Baalen
28/04/2017
VVD, The Netherlands