Peace Award Winners

The Gold Mercury Award for Peace was created in 1970 and granted in its first year to GIUSEPPE SARAGAT, President of the Italian Republic. Since this time the award has been presented to some of the most prominent royal and political leaders in the world including U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, H.M. King Juan Carlos I of Spain, and H.E. Anwar Sadat President of Egypt. Each winner has been recognised for a major contribution to peace and fostering international cooperation among nations. Other historic recipients of the Gold Mercury Award for Peace include:

Prof. Gustav Heinemann, President of the Federal Republic of Germany.

M. Georges Pompidou, President of the French Republic.

H.M. King Juan Carlos I, King of Spain.

H.E. Muhammed Hosni Mubarak, President of Arab Republic of Egypt.

H.M. King Baudouin I, King of the Belgians.

H.R.H. Prince Bernhard, Prince Consort of the Kingdom of The Netherlands.

H.I.M. Shad Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran.

Gerald Rudolph Ford, President of the United States of America.

Marshal Josip Broz Tito, President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

H.H. Shaikh Khalifa bin Sulman Al-Khalifa, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Señor José López Portillo, President of United Mexican States.

Prof. Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations.

H.E. Mr Anwar El Sadat, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Leonid Brezhnev, Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and President of the Praesidium of the Supreme Soviet of U.S.S.R.

Señor Luis Herrera Campins, President of the Republic of Venezuela.

H.E. Zhao Ziyang, Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China.

Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America.

Industry & Corporate Governance Award Winners

Winners of the Gold Mercury Award for Industry and Corporate Governance include some of the world’s most important corporations. These industry leaders were determined to improve corporate governance by promoting sustainable strategies and practices that would benefit all stakeholders. Additionally they have taken the responsibility to the environment and society as a whole.

Avv. Gianni AGNELLI, President FIAT – Italy

Mr. Emilio BOTIN, President BANCO SANTANDER CENTRAL HISPANO – Spain

Mr. Masaru IBUKA, Founder & President SONY CORPORATION – Japan

Mr. Gordon C. HURLBERT, President WESTINHOUSE - U.S.A

Mr. Gerry VAN OS, General Director CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY - U.S.A

Mr. Antonio BARRERA DE IRIMO, President TELEFONICA – Spain

Mr. Remy C. HEIDSIECK, President CHAMPAGNE CHARLES HEIDSIECK – France

Mr. Jean Pierre GUERLAIN, President GUERLAIN – France

Mr. Pierre RATAILLE, President POCLAIN – France

Mr. Rudolf (Rudy) DASSLER, Founder PUMA AG – Germany

Mr. Dorrien B.E. BELSON, President JUSTERINI & BROOKS – UK

Mr Gunnar ENGELLAU, President A.B. VOLVO – Sweden

Mr. Ramon Areces RODRIGUEZ, President EL CORTE INGLES – Spain

Mr. Soichiro HONDA, President HONDA MOTORS – Japan

Mr. Angelo RIZZOLI, Founder RIZZOLI EDITRICE (RCS) – Italy

Mr. Uolevi RAADE, Chairman NESTE – Finland

Mr. Hans SUESSENGUTH, Chairman LUFTHANSA A.G. – Germany

Mr. Juan Miguel VILLAR MIR, President OBRASCON HUARTE LAIN CONSTRUCTION SA – Spain

Eng. Mashhour A. MASSHOUR, Chairman SUEZ CANAL AUTHORITY – Egypt

Prof. Dr Bernhard TIMM, President BASF – Germany

Mr James WILKINSON, President WILKINSON SWORD - United Kingdom

Mr. Hubert BEUVE-MERY, Editor LE MONDE – France

Mr. Raymond VANDEMOORTELE, President VANDEMOORTELE

Mr. Vaclav KLAIL, General Manager SKODA AUTO - Czech Republic

Mr. M.A. CLEMENTS, CATERPILLAR - U.S.A

Mr. Paul G. HAHNEMANN, President BMW – Germany

Mr. Juan Miguel ANTONANZAS, President SEAT CARS (VW Group)

Mr. Armand PETITJEAN, President LANCOME – France

Mr. Michel CAMUS, CAMUS – France

Sir William REES MOGG, Editor THE TIMES - United Kingdom

Mr. Gustavo DE NEGRI, President PIAGGIO – Italy

E.L PARAMORE, President HALLIBURTON - U.S.A

Mr. Francis J. O. REILLY, Chairman IRISH DISTILLERS GROUP – Ireland

Mr. Alfonso ESCAMEZ, President CEPSA (Elf Aquitaine) – Spain

Lord STOKES, Chairman and CEO BRITISH LEYLAND CORP. - United Kingdom

Comandante MAINETTI, President ALITALIA – Italy

Mr. Tomas Pascual, CEO of Leche Pasual - Spain

Mr. Jean Rey, First President of the EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Belgium

Information & Media Award Winners

In order to emphasise the importance of information in the efforts of global democratisation, the Gold Mercury Award has been bestowed upon leading newspapers and publications such as: Corriere della Sera, Le Monde, The Times, Axel Springer Verlag, De Telegraaf, Le Soir, Ettela'at, Borba Publishing House, and many more. Prominent individuals, such as Camilo Jose Cela, Nobel Prize Winner for Literature, have also won this award. This particular acknowledgement honours the role of information and media as a way to foster the communication of ideas and cultures among people, without which no democracy, and therefore, no freedom can exist.

Al Ahram Cairo

Axel Springer Verlag, Berlin

Corriere Della Sera, Milano

De Telegraaf, Amsterdam

Der Spiegel, Hamburg

Diario Panorama, Caracas

El País, Madrid

Ettela'At, Teheran

Grazia, Milano

Gulf Daily News, Bahrain

Hurriyet, Ankara

La Vanguardia, Barcelona

Le Monde, Paris

L'Express, Paris

Le Soir, Bruxelles

Mweti, Brazzaville

Nip Borba, Belgrade

Novedades Editores SA, Mexico City

Pakistan Television Corp, Karachi

Pravda, Moscow

Radio Television Gabon, Libreville

Radio Television Togolese, Lomé

The Economist, London

The Times, London

Time Magazine, New York

Mr. Camilo Jose Cela, Nobel Prize winner for Literature

Mr. Luis Garcia Berlanga, Filmmaker

Humanitarian Award Winners

Gold Mercury International has awarded international organisations such as FAO, UNICEF, and the International Red Cross with the Gold Mercury Award for their work and special mission of combating poverty, hunger and malnutrition throughout the world. We have also bestowed the Gold Mercury Award upon individuals such as H.M. Queen Sofia of Spain for international cultural and humanitarian efforts.

FAO (the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations)

UNICEF (the United Nations Children Fund)

International Red Cross

H.M. Queen Sofia, Queen of Spain

Ms. Paloma O’Shea, Creator of Albeniz Musical Foundation and Reina Sofía Musical School

All Africa Leprosy & Rehabilitation Training Centre