| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1933 |
| Number: | 38 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Théodore Eugène César Ruyssen |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1868 |
| Year, Death: | 1967 |
| Profession: | Former Professor of Philosophy. |
| University: | University of Bordeaux |
| City: | Bordeaux |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
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| Motivation: | Ruyssen was president of "La Paix par le Droit", the most prominent French peace association, and he was editor of the association's journal. He was an executive member of both the International Peace Bureau and "Ligue des Droits de l'Homme". Ruyssen promoted peace and disarmament, and he was secretary general of "Union des Associations pour la Société des Nations" (The Union of Associations of the League of Nations). He had been an important part of the international peace movement for more than 40 years.
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Christian Lous Lange |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1869 |
| Year, Death: | 1938 |
| Profession: | Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1921. |
| University: | University of Oslo |
| City: | Oslo |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
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| Comments: |
Lange also nominated the Spanish Parliament. |
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