The Nobel Peace Prize 2006
Awarded on: 2006-10-13
"for their efforts to create economic and social development from below"
Muhammad Yunus
Born: 1940-06-28 in Chittagong, British India (now Bangladesh)
Gender: male
Field: Chief Adviser of Bangladesh
Biography
Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist, entrepreneur, statesman and civil society leader who has been serving as the Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh since 8 August 2024. Yunus pioneered the modern concept of microcredit and microfinance, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 as the first Bangladeshi. He is the founder of Grameen Bank.