| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1902 |
| Number: | 7 - 4 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Charles Albert Gobat |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1843 |
| Year, Death: | 1914 |
| Profession: | Lawyer, legislator, administrator. Secretary general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. |
| City: | Bern |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1902 |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Élie Ducommun |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1833 |
| Year, Death: | 1906 |
| Profession: | Veteran peace advocate. Honorary secretary of the Permanent International Peace Bureau. |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1902 |
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| Motivation: | Gobat was secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. He was one of the leading administrators in the peace movement.
Ducommun was the unpaid leader of the Permanent International Peace Bureau, and his work was therefore closely connected to it. He actively started working for peace in 1867 when he participated at the foundation of Ligue de la Paix et de la Liberté. Ducommun advocated a pragmatic and practical approach to peace work, and he promoted international arbitration. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | John Theodor Lund |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1842 |
| Year, Death: | 1913 |
| Profession: | Member of the Norwegian parliament. Member of the Nobel Committee (1901-1913). |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
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| Comments: |
Lund suggested to divide the prize between the two candidates. |
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