Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1936
Number:17 - 1
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Pierre Laval
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1883
Year, Death:1945
Profession:Jurist. Prime Minister (1931-32, 1935-36) and Foreign Minister (1932, 1934-36)
City:Paris
Country:FRANCE (FR)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1880
Year, Death:1959
Profession:Member of the British parliament. Former Foreign Minister (1935)
City:London
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
 
Motivation:Hoare and Laval developed the so-called Hoare-Laval Plan for the partition of Ethiopian territory between Italy and Ethiopia (Abyssinia), in order to solve the conflict between the two states. The plan clearly favored Italy, and was not implemented due to British opposition.
 
Nominator:
Name:Marc Réglade
Gender:M
Profession:Professor of Law (Jurisprudence)
University:University of Bordeaux
City:Bordeaux
Country:FRANCE (FR)
 
Comments: Réglade's primary choice was an undivided prize to Laval. His secondary suggestion was divided prize between Laval and Hoare. In 1945 Laval was convicted and executed for treason. As leader of the Vichy government he had collaborated closely with Germany during the war.