Professor Muhammad Yunus established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in 1983, fueled by the belief that credit is a fundamental human right. His objective was to help poor people escape from poverty by providing loans on terms suitable to them and by teaching them a few sound financial principles so they could help themselves.

Muhammad Yunus Nobel Peace Prize 2006 Born: 28 June 1940, Chittagong, British India (now Bangladesh) Residence at the time of the award: Bangladesh Role: Founder of Grameen Bank Prize motivation: “for their efforts to create economic and …

Feb 4, 2005 · Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Grameen Bank, for his efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below. Muhammad Yunus. Photo: N.A. Mamun. Professor Muhammad Yunus is from Bangladesh.

Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. [2] Yunus has received several other national and international honors, including the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2010. [3]

Muhammad Yunus, 2013. A list of awards granted to Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi entrepreneur, banker, economist, politician and civil society leader.

In 2006, Professor Yunus received the Seoul Peace Prize and the Nobel Peace Prize. On August 12, 2009 Professor Yunus was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama at a White House ceremony.

Aug 7, 2024 · Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has been chosen to lead Bangladesh's interim government after the country's former prime minister Sheik Hasina resigned and fled the country...

Jan 24, 2025 · In 2006 Yunus and Grameen received the Nobel Prize for Peace. On August 6, 2024, Yunus was appointed to lead an interim government in Bangladesh, following nationwide political unrest and the resignation and flight of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed .

Aug 7, 2024 · Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has been chosen to head Bangladesh’s interim government after student protests sparked an uprising that toppled the former leader.

Aug 7, 2024 · Yunus is a social entrepreneur and banker who won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his pioneering microfinance work that helped alleviate poverty in Bangladesh and was widely adopted around the...