# If not Obama, who should have won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize?

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**Created:** [October 9, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-not-obama-who-should-have-won-the-2009-nobel-peace-prize/513216 "2009-10-09T18:17:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-not-obama-who-should-have-won-the-2009-nobel-peace-prize/513216/61 "2009-10-14T04:01:11Z")

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Of the nominees I knew of, I personally would probably have picked [Morgan Tsvangirai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Tsvangirai) of Zimbabwe. I heard he had been a front-runner.

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