| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1930 |
| Number: | 18 - 2 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Tomás Garrigue Masaryk |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1850 |
| Year, Death: | 1937 |
| Profession: | President of Czechoslovakia (1918-1935) |
| University: | Prague |
| City: | Prague |
| Country: | CZECH REPUBLIC (CZ) |
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| Motivation: | Masaryk promoted humanism, ethics, and pacifism. As a Czechoslovakian nationalist he fought to defend the Slav peoples against Austrian-Hungarian imperialism. He successfully acted as mediator between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in 1912. During World War I Masaryk advocated democratic rights and human liberation. He was the chief founder and first president of Czechoslovakia. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Hellmut von Gerlach |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1866 |
| Year, Death: | 1935 |
| Profession: | Editor. Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau |
| City: | Berlin |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Comments: |
Masaryk was on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested. |
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