Norway Nobel Committee published in October 9th, the United States President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace prize. This year won the Nobel Peace Prize nomination for a total of 205 individuals and organizations, record the history of the greatest number. The committee said, Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, is to praise him "to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples' extraordinary efforts." The Committee says in prize giving word, "few people such as Obama captured the world's attention, let people hope for a better future."

    Obama is the last ten years the third Nobel Peace Prize for the Democratic Party to the United States of america. Former Vice President Al Gore in 2007 and the UN climate panel shared the Nobel Peace Prize, former president Jimmy Carter won the 2002 Nobel Peace prize. According to tradition, the 2009 Nobel prize presentation ceremony will be held in December 10th this year. In addition to peace prize award ceremony in Norway capital Oslo, prize in physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry prize, prize and the prize in economics will be held in Swedish capital Stockholm. This year's Nobel prize every prize is 10000000 Swedish kronor ($1400000).