The Nobel Peace Prize 1989
Awarded on: 1989-10-05
"for advocating peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people"
The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso)
Born: 1935-07-06 in Taktser, Tibet (now China)
Gender: male
Field: Spiritual leader of Tibet since 1940
Biography
The 14th Dalai Lama is the incumbent Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism. He served as the resident spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet before 1959 and subsequently led the Tibetan government in exile represented by the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala, India.