Ramon Magsaysay Award – List of Ramon Magsaysay Award winners

Ramon Magsaysay Award – Since 1958, the Ramon Magsaysay Award is being given to persons – regardless of race, nationality, creed or gender – who address issues of human development in Asia with courage and creativity, and in doing so have made contributions which have transformed their societies for the better.

Ramon Magsaysay Award

 

Ramon Magsaysay Award  Name – Ramon Magsaysay Instituted – 1958 Official Website – http://www.rmaf.org.ph

             Since 1958, the Ramon Magsaysay Award is being given to persons – regardless of race, nationality, creed or gender – who address issues of human development in Asia with courage and creativity, and in doing so have made contributions which have transformed their societies for the better.    

            The roster of Magsaysay awardees includes social and political leaders who have led independence movements; established, restored, or strengthened democratic institutions; and reformed inept government systems. Other awardees have modernized their post-war economies; preserved and promoted indigenous cultures; and pioneered in setting up basic human services programs in health, education, and social welfare especially for the poor and marginalized. As scientists and doctors many Magsaysay Awardees have revolutionized agricultural production; led breakthroughs in disease control and cancer treatment; pioneered improvements in promoting maternal health and child survival. As public intellectuals, other awardees have shaped public policy and discourse towards environmental protection, promoting human rights, religious tolerance, the empowerment of women, and participative development.

 

 List of Ramon Magsaysay Award winners

 

Year	Recipient	Nationality or Base Country
Government Service (GS)
1959	Jose Vasquez Aguilar	Philippines
1961	Raden Kodijat	Indonesia
1962	Francisca Reyes-Aquino	Philippines
1963	Akhtar Hameed Khan	Pakistan
1964	Yukiharu Miki	Japan
1965	Puey Ungpakorn	Thailand
1966	Fon Saengsingkaew	Thailand
1967	Keo Viphakone	Laos
1968	Kwoh-Ting Li	Taiwan
1969	Hsu Shih-chu	Taiwan
1971	Ali Sadikin	Indonesia
1972	Goh Keng Swee	Singapore
1973	Balachandra Sekhar	Malaysia
1974	Hiroshi Kuroki	Japan
1975	Mohammed Sufian	Malaysia
1976	Elsie Tu	Great Britain in Hong Kong
1977	Bejamin Galstaun	Indonesia
1978	Dato Shahrum bin Yub	Malaysia
1979	Raden Wasito	Indonesia
1980	Muhammed Alias	Malaysia
1981	Prawes Wasi	Thailand
1982	Arturo Alcaraz	Philippines
1983	Su Nan-cheng	Taiwan
1984	Ta-You Wu	Taiwan
1985	Tan Sri Noordin	Malaysia
1987	Haji Hanafiah	Malaysia
1988	Miriam Santiago	Philippines
1989	Zakiah Hanum	Malaysia
1991	Alfredo R.A. Bengzon	Philippines
1992	Chamlong Srimuang	Thailand
1993	Vo Tong Xuan	Vietnam
1994	Kiran Bedi	India
1995	Morihiko Hiramatsu	Japan
1996	T. N. Seshan	India
1997	Anand Panyarachun	Thailand
1998	Syed Adibul Hasan Rizvi	Pakistan
1999	Tasneem Ahmed Siddiqui	Pakistan
2000	Jesse Robredo	Philippines
2001	Yuan Longping	China
2002	Hilario G. Davide, Jr.	Philippines
2003	James Michael Lyngdoh	India
2004	Haydee Yorac	Philippines
2005	Jon Ungphakorn	Thailand
2006	Ek Sonn Chan	Cambodia
2007	Jovito R. Salonga	Philippines
2008	Grace Padaca	Philippines
Public Service (PS)
1958	Mary H. Rutnam	Ceylon
1959	Joaquin Vilallonga	Spain in Philippines
	Tee Tee Luce	Burma
1960	Henry Holland	Great Britain in Pakistan
	Ronald Holland	Great Britain in Pakistan
1961	Nilawan Pintong	Thailand
1962	Horace Kadoorie	Great Britain in Hong Kong
	Lawrence Kadoorie	Great Britain in Hong Kong
1963	Helen Kim	South Korea
1964	Augustine Nguyen Lac Hoa	South Vietnam
1965	Jayaprakash Narayan	India
1966	Kim Yong-ki	South Korea
1967	Sithiporn Kridakara	Thailand
1968	Seiichi Tobata	Japan
1969	Kim Hyung-Seo	South Korea
1971	Pedro Orata	Philippines
1972	Cecile Guidote	Philippines
	Gilopez Kabayao	Philippines
1973	Antonio Fortich	Philippines
	Benjamin Gaston	Philippines
1974	M. S. Subbulakshmi	India
1975	Phra Parnchand	Thailand
1976	Hermenegild Fernandez	France in Sri Lanka
1977	Fe Del Mundo	Philippines
1978	Prateep Hata	Thailand
1979	Chang Kee-ryo	South Korea
1980	Ohm Dae-sup	South Korea
1981	Johanna Nasution	Indonesia
1982	Manibhai Desai	India
1983	Fua Hariphitak	Thailand
1984	Thongbai Thongpao	Thailand
1985	Baba Amte	India
1986	Abdul Sattar Edhi	Pakistan
	Bilquis Edhi	Pakistan
1987	Hans Jassin	Indonesia
1988	Masanobu Fukuoka	Japan
1989	Lakshmi Chand Jain	India
1991	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn	Thailand
1992	Angel Alcala	Philippines
1993	Banoo Jehangir Coyaji	India
1994	Mechai Viravaidya	Thailand
1995	Asma Jahangir	Pakistan
1996	John Woong-Jin Oh	South Korea
1997	Mahesh Chandra Mehta	India
1998	Sophon Suphapong	Thailand
1999	Rosa Rosal	Philippines
2000	Liang Congjie	China
2001	Wu Qing	China
2002	Ruth Pfau	Pakistan
2003	Gao Yaojie	China
2004	Jiang Yanyong	China
2005	Teten Masduki	Indonesia
	V. Shanta	India
2006	Park Won-soon	South Korea
2007	Kim Sun-tae	South Korea
2008	Center for Agriculture and Rural Development Mutually Reinforcing Institutions	Philippines
	Therdchai Jivacate	Thailand
Community Leadership (CL)
1958	Vinoba Bhave	India
1959	Dalai Lama	Tibet
1960	Tunku Abdul Rahman	Malaya
1961	Gus Borgeest	Great Britain in Hong Kong
1962	Palayil Narayanan	Malaya
	Koesna Poeradiredja	Indonesia
1963	Verghese Kurien	India
	Dr. Dara N Khurody	India
	Tribhuvandas Patel	India
1964	Pablo Tapia	Philippines
1965	Lim Kim San	Singapore
1966	Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay	India
1967	Razak Abdul	Malaysia
1968	Rosario Encarnacion	Philippines
	Silvino Encarnacion	Philippines
1969	Ahangamage Ariyaratne	Sri Lanka
1971	M. S. Swaminathan	India
1972	Hans Westenberg	Indonesia
1973	Krasae Chanawongse	Thailand
1974	Fusaye Ichikawa	Japan
1975	Lee Tai-Young	South Korea
1976	Toshikazu Wakatsuki	Japan
1977	Ela Bhatt	India
1978	Tahrunessa Abdullah	Bangladesh
1979	Mabelle Arole	India
	Rajanikant Arole	India
1980	Fazle Hasan Abed	Bangladesh
1981	Pramod Karan Sethi	India
1982	Chandi Prasad Bhatt	India
1983	Anton Soedjarwo	Indonesia
1984	Muhammad Yunus	Bangladesh
1985	Zafrullah Chowdhury	Bangladesh
1986	John Vincent Daly	United States in South Korea
	Paul Jeong Gu Jei	South Korea
1987	Aree Valyasevi	Thailand
1988	Mohammed Yeasin	Bangladesh
1989	Kim Im-soon	South Korea
1991	Ven. Cheng Yen	Taiwan
1992	Shoaib Sultan Khan	Pakistan
1993	Abdurrahman Wadir	Indonesia
1994	Sima Samar	Afghanistan in Pakistan
	Fei Xiaotong	China
1995	Ho Ming-Teh	Taiwan
1996	Pandurang Shastri Athavale	India
1997	Eva Fidela Maamo	Philippines
1998	Nuon Phaly	Cambodia
1999	Angela Gomes	Bangladesh
2000	Aruna Roy	India
2001	Rajendra Singh	India
2002	Cynthia Maung	Burma
2003	Shantha Sinha	India
2004	Prayong Ronnarong	Thailand
2005	Sombath Somphone	Laos
2006	Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation	Philippines
	Antonio Meloto	Philippines
2007	Mahabir Pun	Nepal
2008	Prakash Amte	India
	Mandakini Amte	India
Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts (JLCCA)
1958	Robert Dick	Great Britain in Philippines
	Mochtar Lubis	Indonesia
1959	Tarzie Vittachi	Ceylon
	Edward Michael Law-Yone	Burma
1961	Amitabha Chowdhury	India
1962	Chang Chun-Ha	South Korea
1964	Richard Wilson	Great Britain in Hong Kong
	Kayser Sung	China in Hong Kong
1965	Akira Kurosawa	Japan
1967	Satyajit Ray	India
1968	Ton That Thien	South Vietnam
1969	Mitoji Nishimoto	Japan
1971	Prayoon Chanyavongs	Thailand
1972	Yasuji Hanamori	Japan
1973	Michiko Ishimure	Japan
1974	Zacarias Sarian	Philippines
1975	Boobli George Verghese	India
1976	Sombhu Mitra	India
1977	Mahesh Chandra Regmi	Nepal
1978	Yoon Suk-joong	South Korea
1979	Lokukamkanamge Manjusri	Sri Lanka
1980	F. Sionil Jose	Philippines
1981	Gour Kishore Ghosh	India
1982	Arun Shourie	India
1983	Marcelline Jayakody	Sri Lanka
1984	R. K. Laxman	India
1985	Lino Brocka	Philippines
1986	Radio Veritas	Philippines
1987	Diane Ying	Taiwan
1988	Ediriweera Sarachchandra	Sri Lanka
1989	James Reuter	Philippines
1991	K. V. Subbanna	India
1992	Ravi Shankar	India
1993	Bienvenido Lumbera	Philippines
1994	Abdul Samad Ismail	Malaysia
1995	Pramoedya Ananta Toer	Indonesia
1996	Nick Joaquin	Philippines
1997	Mahasweta Devi	India
1998	Ruocheng Ying	China
1999	Raul Locsin	Philippines
	Lin Hwai-min	Taiwan
2000	Atmakusumah Astraatmadja	Indonesia
2001	Wannakuwatta Amaradeva	Sri Lanka
2002	Bharat Koirala	Nepal
2003	Sheila Coronel	Philippines
2004	Abdullah Abu Sayeed	Bangladesh
2005	Matiur Rahman	Bangladesh
2006	Eugenia Duran Apostol	Philippines
2007	Palagummi Sainath	India
2008	Akio Ishii	Japan
Peace and International Understanding (PIU)
1958	Operation Brotherhood	Philippines
1960	Y. C. James Yen	Taiwan
1961	Genevieve Caulfield	United States in Thailand
1962	Mother Teresa	Albania in India
1963	Peace Corps	United States
1964	Welthy Fisher	United States in India
1965	Bayanihan Folk Arts Center and its Supporting Entities	Philippines
1966	Mekong Committee and Cooperating Entities	Cambodia
1967	Shiroshi Nasu	Japan
1968	Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere (CARE)	Philippines
1969	International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)	United States in Philippines
1971	Saburo Okita	Japan
1973	Summer Institute of Linguistics	Philippines
1974	William Masterson	Philippines
1975	Patrick James McGlinchey	Ireland in South Korea
1976	Henning Holck-Larsen	Denmark in India
1977	College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB)	Philippines
1978	Soedjatmoko	Indonesia
1979	Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)	Indonesia
1980	Shigeharu Matsumoto	Japan
1981	Augustine Joung Kang	South Korea
1983	Aloysius Schwartz	United States in South Korea
1984	Jiro Kawakita	Japan
1985	Harold Ray Watson	Philippines
1986	International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR)	Philippines
1987	Richard William Timm	Bangladesh/United States
1988	The Royal Project	Thailand
1989	Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)	Thailand
1991	Press Foundation of Asia	Philippines
1992	Washington SyCip	Philippines/United States
1993	Noboru Iwamura	Japan
1994	Eduardo Jorge Anzorena	Argentina in Japan
1995	Asian Institute of Management (AIM)	Philippines
1996	Toshihiro Takami	Japan
1997	Sadako Ogata	Japan
1998	Corazon Aquino	Philippines
2000	Jockin Arputham	India
2001	Ikuo Hirayama	Japan
2002	Pomnyun Sunim	South Korea
2003	Tetsu Nakamura	Japan
	Seiei Toyama	Japan
2004	Laxminarayan Ramdas	India
	Ibn Abdur Rehman	Pakistan
2006	Sanduk Ruit	Nepal
2007	Tang Xiyang	China
2008	Ahmad Syafi’i Maarif	Indonesia
Emergent Leadership (EL)
2001	Oung Chanthol	Cambodia
	Dita Indah Sari	Indonesia
2002	Sandeep Pandey	India
2003	Aniceto Guterres Lopes	Timor-Leste
2004	Benjamin Abadiano	Philippines
2005	Yoon Hye-Ran	South Korea
2006	Arvind Kejriwal	India
2007	Chen Guangcheng	China
	Chung To	United States in Hong Kong
2008	Ananda Galappatti	Sri Lanka
2009	Ka Hsaw Wa	Burma
2011	Nileema Mishra	India
2012	Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto	Indonesia
2013	Ernesto Domingo	Philippines
	Corruption Eradication Commission	Indonesia
2014	Randy Halasan	Philippines
2015	Sanjiv Chaturvedi	India
Uncategorized
2009	Antonio Oposa, Jr.	Philippines
	Krisana Kraisintu	Thailand
	Deep Joshi	India
	Ma Jun	China
	Yu Xiaogang	China
2010	Tadatoshi Akiba	Japan
	Huo Daishan	China
	A. H. M. Noman Khan	Bangladesh
	Christopher Bernido	Philippines
	Ma. Victoria Carpio-Bernido	Philippines
	Pan Yue	China
	Fu Qiping	China
2011	Hasanain Juaini	Indonesia
	Tri Mumpuni	Indonesia
	Harish Hande	India
	Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc. (AIDFI)	Philippines
	Koul Panha	Cambodia
2012	Chen Shu-chu	Taiwan
	Kulandei Francis	India
	Yang Saing Koma	Cambodia
	Syeda Rizwana Hasan	Bangladesh
	Romulo Davide	Philippines
2013	Habiba Sarobi	Afghanistan
	Lahpai Seng Raw	Myanmar
	Shakti Samuha	Nepal
2014	Hu Shuli	China
	Wang Canfa	China
	Saur Marlina Manurung	Indonesia
	Omara Khan Massoudi	Afghanistan
	The Citizens Foundation	Pakistan
2015	Kommaly Chanthavong	Laos
	Ligaya Fernando	Philippines
	Anshu Gupta	India
	Sanjiv Chaturvedi	India
	Kyaw Thu	Myanmar