who was the winner of the 2009 nobel peace prize?
Barack Obama
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 The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to imprisoned Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo " for his long and non @-@ violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China " . The laureate , once an eminent scholar , was reportedly little @-@ known inside the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) at the time of the award due to official censorship ; he is a veteran of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 , and a co @-@ author of the Charter 08 manifesto for which he was sentenced to 11 years in prison on 25 December 2009 . Liu , who was backed by Václav Havel and Desmond Tutu , received the award among a record field of more than 200 nominees . 

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 On October 9 , 2009 , the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that Obama had won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize " for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples " . Obama accepted this award in Oslo , Norway on December 10 , 2009 , with " deep gratitude and great humility . " The award drew a mixture of praise and criticism from world leaders and media figures . Obama 's peace prize was called a " stunning surprise " by The New York Times . Obama is the fourth U.S. president to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the third to become a Nobel laureate while in office . Obama 's Nobel Prize has been viewed skeptically in subsequent years , especially after the director of the Nobel Institute , Geir Lundestad , said Obama 's Peace Prize did not have the desired effect . 

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 The Nobel Peace Prize Concert to commemorate the 2010 prize was held on 11 December , the night following the award ceremony , as is the tradition . It was hosted by Denzel Washington and Anne Hathaway . The roster of confirmed performers announced before the award included Herbie Hancock , Florence and the Machine , Colbie Caillat , Elvis Costello . Those who were confirmed later included Barry Manilow , Jamiroquai , A. R. Rahman , India.Arie , Robyn and Sivert Høyem . 

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 Another controversial Peace Prize was that awarded to Barack Obama in 2009 . Nominations had closed only eleven days after Obama took office as President , but the actual evaluation occurred over the next eight months . Obama himself stated that he did not feel deserving of the award , or worthy of the company it would place him in . Past Peace Prize laureates were divided , some saying that Obama deserved the award , and others saying he had not secured the achievements to yet merit such an accolade . Obama 's award , along with the previous Peace Prizes for Jimmy Carter and Al Gore , also prompted accusations of a left @-@ wing bias . 
