Peace 2025 · Announced Oct 10
María Corina Machado
A Venezuelan opposition leader who kept campaigning from hiding.
Born 1967 · Venezuela · Opposition leader
23 yrs
The wait, from co-founding the vote-watch group Súmate (2002) to the prize
1967
Year born
Solo
Won this prize alone
Oct 10
Announced in 2025
Their part in the prize
Machado is a Venezuelan opposition leader. She has pushed for fair votes for over twenty years, even after being banned from running and forced into hiding.
Why it matters
The prize puts world attention on Venezuela's elections and on people who keep working for democracy under threat.
The road to the prize
- 2002Co-founds Súmate, a group that watches elections.
- 2010Elected to Venezuela's National Assembly.
- 2023Wins the opposition primary by a landslide.
- 2024Barred from the ballot. Backs another candidate and goes into hiding.
- 2025Nobel Peace Prize.
The official reason
"for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy"