| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
| Year: | 1945 |
| Number: | 1 - 1 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Edvard Benes |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1884 |
| Year, Death: | 1948 |
| Profession: | Foreign Minister (1918-1935), President (1935-1938) |
| City: | Prague |
| Country: | CZECH REPUBLIC (CZ) |
| Motivation: | Benes was nominated for his efforts to promote peace during World War II. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Halvdan Koht |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1873 |
| Year, Death: | 1965 |
| Profession: | The nominations made in 1944 and 1945 were valid for both the reserved prize for 1944 and for the 1945 prize. |
| University: | University of Oslo |
| City: | Oslo |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
| Comments: | The nominations made in 1944 and 1945 were valid for both the reserved prize for 1944 and for the 1945 prize. Koht nominated Cordell Hull for the peace prize, but he also mentioned seven other candidates that were qualified for the peace prize. However, he did not explicitly nominate any of them. The persons mentioned were: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston S. Churchill, Anthony Eden, Josef Stalin, Max Litvinov, Edvard Benes, Jan Smuts. |