Ramon Magsaysay Award winners 2012

The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. The following is a partial list of the awardees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2012.

 

Recipient	Field	Nationality
Syeda Rizwana Hasan	Government Service	Bangladesh
Yang Siang Koma	Public Service	Cambodia
Kulendei Francis	Community Leadership	India
Romulo Davide	Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts	Philippines
Chen Shu-chu	Peace and International Understanding	Taiwan
Ruwindrijarto	Emergent Leadership	Indonesia

 

The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often considered Asia's Nobel Prize. The prize was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund based in New York City with the concurrence of the Philippine government.

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