Who are the members of the Nobel Committee that chooses the winner for the Peace Prize?
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five, appointed by the Storting (the Norwegain parliament). According to the rules laid down by the Storting, election to the committee is for a six-year term, and members can be re-elected. The committee’s composition reflects the relative strengths of the political parties in the Storting. Although this is not a requirement, all committee members have been Norwegian nationals. The Norwegian Nobel Committee 2009 Thorbjørn Jagland (Chairman) President of the Storting Geir Lundestad (Secretary) Professor, Director of the Nobel Institute Kaci Kullmann Five (Deputy Chairman) Adviser Public Affairs Sissel Rønbeck (Member) Deputy Director, Directorate for Cultural Heritage Inger-Marie Ytterhorn (Member) Senior political adviser to the Progress Party’s Parliamentary Group Ågot Valle (Member) Member of Parliament Sources: http://nobelprize.org/prize_awarders/pe
