Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1938
Number:15 - 8
 
Nominee:
Name:Cordell Hull
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1871
Year, Death:1955
Profession:Secretary of State (1933-44).
City:Washington, DC
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1945
 
Motivation:Hull was nominated for his efforts to improve relations between the USA and Latin America. He encouraged détente and a spirit of peace on the American continent through his Pan-American policy, the so-called "Good Neighbor Policy". Hull also made efforts to establish a liberal economic policy and to remove international trade restrictions.
 
Nominator:
Name:Mario de Pimentel Brandao
Gender:M
Profession:Foreign Minister
Country:BRAZIL (BR)
 
Comments: Brandao made the nomination on behalf of the Brazilian government.