| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
| Year: | 1923 |
| Number: | 15 - 1 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Tomás Garrigue Masaryk |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1850 |
| Year, Death: | 1937 |
| Profession: | President of Czechoslovakia (1918-1935) |
| University: | Prague |
| City: | Prague |
| Country: | CZECH REPUBLIC (CZ) |
| Motivation: | Masaryk promoted humanism, ethics, and pacifism. As a Czechoslovakian nationalist he fought to defend the Slav peoples against Austrian-Hungarian imperialism. He successfully acted as mediator between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in 1912. During World War I Masaryk advocated democratic rights and human liberation. He was the chief founder and first president of Czechoslovakia. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Absalon Taranger |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of Law |
| University: | University of Kristiania (now Oslo) |
| City: | Kristiania (now Oslo) |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |