Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1937
Number:24 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Giuseppe Motta
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1871
Year, Death:1940
Profession:President of Switzerland (1915, 1920, 1927, 1932, 1937)
City:Bern
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
 
Motivation:Motta was the chief Swiss delegate to the League of Nations from 1920. He became Honorary President of the first League assembly (1920) and President of the fifth assembly (1924). Protector of Swiss neutrality and advocate of international law and arbitration.
 
Nominator:
Name:V E Scherer
Gender:M
Profession:Member of parliament. Chairman of the Swiss Inter-Parliamentary Group
City:Basel
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)