The Nobel Peace Prize remains inextricably linked to the person or organization designated as the laureate, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said today, a day after last year's winner gave part of her award to US President Donald Trump.
The 2025 laureate, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump on Thursday, and he thanked her for it.
The White House released a photo of Trump and Machado, in which the president holds a large, gold-painted frame displaying the medal, and a White House official confirmed that the president intends to keep it.
In addition to the gold medal, the award also consisted of a diploma and 11 million Swedish kronor ($1,19 million).
"Regardless of what may happen to the medal, diploma or prize money, the original laureate is and remains the one who is recorded in history as the winner of the prize," the awarding body said in a statement.
"There are no restrictions in the statutes of the Nobel Foundation regarding what a laureate can do with a medal, diploma or prize money. This means that the laureate is free to keep, give away, sell or donate these items," it added.
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