| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1939 |
| Number: | 8 - 1 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Henri Golay |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1867 |
| Year, Death: | 1950 |
| Profession: | Secretary General of the Permanent International Peace Bureau. |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Edvard Benes |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1884 |
| Year, Death: | 1948 |
| Profession: | Foreign minister (1918-1935). President (1935-1938). |
| City: | Prague |
| Country: | CZECH REPUBLIC (CZ) |
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| Motivation: | Benes advocated peace, justice and international law in the League of Nations while serving as Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister, and he continued to promote peace when he became president of Czechoslovakia. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Henri Marie La Fontaine |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1854 |
| Year, Death: | 1943 |
| Profession: | Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1913. |
| Country: | BELGIUM (BE) |
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| Comments: |
La Fontaine nominated the Inter-Parliamentary Union as his primary choice. |
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