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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by amf12 on Saturday November 07, 2020 @01:53PM (#25017471)
> and had 4 Nobel Peace Prize nominations.

FWIW, Nobel Peace Prize nominations are worthless. National level politicians, professors can nominate anyone.[1] You could find someone (or three people) to nominate you.

[1] https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by the_why_of_y on Saturday November 07, 2020 @04:01PM (#25019303)
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/facts/facts-on-the-nobel-p...

> Nominated but not awarded

> Joseph Stalin, the Secretary General of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1953), was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 and 1948 for his efforts to end World War II.

> Adolf Hitler was nominated once in 1939. As unlikely as it may seem today, Adolf Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939 by a member of the Swedish parliament, E.G.C. Brandt. Apparently, Brandt never intended the nomination to be taken seriously. [...]

> Other statesmen and national leaders who were nominated but not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize:

> Italy: Benito Mussolini

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