How many individuals or organizations officially nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize and in which years?
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Executive summary
Multiple public records and news reports show that Donald Trump has been the subject of several publicly announced nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025 and earlier years; specific named nominators in 2025 include U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (December 2025 press release) and public claims that foreign leaders such as Cambodia’s Hun Manet and others put his name forward [1] [2] [3]. The Nobel Committee does not release its full list and has a February 1 nomination deadline for the 2025 prize, so which nominations met eligibility timing is contested in reporting [4] [5] [6].
1. How many official nominators can be identified in public reporting?
Public reporting identifies several individual and governmental figures who publicly announced they had nominated or supported nominating Donald Trump. U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said she formally submitted a nomination [1]. News outlets and summaries also report that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet posted about nominating Trump [2] and that other lawmakers such as Claudia Tenney and foreign leaders including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Pakistan’s government — and endorsements from Rwanda and Gabon — were reported as putting his name forward or backing a nomination [3] [7]. The Associated Press and other outlets note “nominations” in plural but caution some were after the committee’s deadline [6] [8].
2. Timing matters: which nominations met the Nobel deadline?
The Nobel Committee’s deadline for the 2025 prize was February 1, and the committee does not confirm nominees publicly [4] [7]. Multiple news reports emphasize that several high-profile public endorsements and claimed nominations came after that deadline — meaning those later submissions could not have been considered for the 2025 award [6] [3]. AP and Delaware Online explicitly state it’s impossible to confirm whether Trump was an official, accepted nominee for 2025 because the committee keeps records sealed and does not disclose nominations [5] [6].
3. Named nominators in reporting: who explicitly said they nominated him?
Among named individuals and offices, reporting cites Rep. Anna Paulina Luna as having “formally submitted a nomination” to the Nobel committee [1]. Newsweek and other outlets quote or reference Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet posting a nomination letter [2]. Other claims — including nominations or backing from Claudia Tenney, Benjamin Netanyahu, Pakistan’s government, and several African leaders — appear in news roundups and maps compiled by outlets but are sometimes presented as endorsements or as having “put forward” his name; the exact documentary proof of each submission is not published by the Nobel Institute and therefore varies by report [3] [7].
4. How many individuals or organizations in total?
Available sources do not provide a definitive total count of distinct nominators for Trump across years. News outlets report “several” or “multiple” nominations and public pushes, but the Norwegian Nobel Committee keeps nomination lists sealed for 50 years and will not confirm the full set for 2025 [5] [7]. AP’s coverage notes that Trump “received nominations” but does not enumerate an authoritative list [6]. Therefore an exact, independently verifiable tally is not available in current reporting.
5. Conflicting narratives and hidden incentives
Media pieces and Trump allies framed the flurry of nominations as political pressure or a campaign to secure international legitimacy; foreign leaders’ public endorsements sometimes followed diplomatic interactions that also had political value for those leaders [7]. Coverage from outlets such as Newsweek and the AP highlights that some nominations were clearly timed after the Nobel deadline — which serves supporters’ political messaging but would not affect the 2025 selection [4] [6]. The Nobel Committee’s secrecy and the 50‑year sealing of files create an information vacuum that benefits both proponents who claim momentum and critics who call the push symbolic [5] [7].
6. What can be concluded now — and what remains unknown?
Conclusion: public sources identify multiple publicly announced nominators for Donald Trump (notably Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and a reported nomination by Cambodia’s Hun Manet), and news organizations describe additional governments and lawmakers asserting they put his name forward [1] [2] [3] [7]. Limitation: the Nobel Committee does not disclose nominee lists and many reported nominations were after the February 1 deadline for the 2025 prize, so whether and how many nominations were official, timely, and accepted is not verifiable from available reporting [5] [6]. Available sources do not mention a single, definitive count of nominees for Trump that can be independently confirmed [5].
If you want, I can compile a timeline of the named public claims (Luna, Hun Manet, Tenney, Netanyahu, Pakistan, others) with direct quotes and dates from the cited reports to make the public record clearer.