Ramon Magsaysay Award

Ramon Magsaysay Award
Gawad Ramon Magsaysay
Medallion with an embossed image of Ramon Magsaysayl facing right in profile.
Awarded forOutstanding contributions in Government Service, Public Service, Community Leadership, Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts, Peace and International Understanding and Emergent Leadership
CountryPhilippines
Presented byRamon Magsaysay Award Foundation
First awarded1958
Websitewww.rmaward.asia

The Ramon Magsaysay Award (Filipino: Gawad Ramon Magsaysay) is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society.[1][2] The prize was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund based in New York City with the concurrence of the Philippine government.[3][4][5] It is often called the "Nobel Prize of Asia".[6]

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