| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1909 |
| Number: | 4 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Auguste-Marie-François Beernaert |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1829 |
| Year, Death: | 1912 |
| Profession: | Member of the Belgian parliament. Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Former Prime Minister |
| Country: | BELGIUM (BE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1909 |
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| Motivation: | Beernaert promoted international arbitration and disarmament. He was Belgium's representative at the Hague conferences in 1899 and 1907, where he advocated compulsory arbitration. Beernaert was very active in the work of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and was president of its council in 1909. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | 151 members of the Belgian parliament, Cabinet Ministers and Senators |
| Profession: | Members of parliament |
| Country: | BELGIUM (BE) |
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