Quadriga award

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The Quadriga award was a German prize given annually to individuals or groups for their visionary leadership and contributions to political, economic, and cultural change.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf German award
award
associatedWith German Unity Day
surface form: Day of German Unity
awardedFor contributions to cultural change
contributions to economic change
contributions to political change
visionary leadership
awardType civil decoration
ceremonyDate German Unity Day
ceremonyDay 3 October
controversy 2011 Putin nomination controversy
country Germany
firstAwarded 2003
frequency annual
genre civic award
cultural award
economic award
political award
hasPart bronze statue of the Quadriga
inception 2003
lastAwarded 2010
location Berlin
motto “Vorbild für Deutschland”
mottoInEnglish “Role model for Germany”
namedAfter Brandenburg Gate
surface form: Quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate
notableLaureate Angela Merkel
Helmut Kohl
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso
surface form: José Manuel Barroso

Mikhail Gorbachev
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Shimon Peres
Václav Havel
presentedBy Werkstatt Deutschland
reasonForSuspension controversy over planned award to Vladimir Putin
selectionProcess jury decision
status suspended
suspensionYear 2011
websiteStatus inactive

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Jimmy Wales awardReceived Quadriga award