Wangari Muta Maathai - Nobel Peace Prize — 2004
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Wangari Muta Maathai

Prize
Nobel Peace Prize — 2004
for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace
Citizenship
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Languages
English, Gikuyu, Swahili
date of birth
4/1/1940
place of birth
Nyeri
date of death
9/25/2011
place of death
Nairobi
Lived
71 years

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occupation
  • philanthropist
  • environmentalist
  • teacher
  • politician
  • biologist
educated at
  • University of Pittsburgh
    • end time: 1966
  • University of Giessen
  • Benedictine College
  • LMU Munich
  • University of Nairobi
    • end time: 1971
  • Loreto High School, Limuru
employer
  • Yale University
position held
  • Member of the National Assembly
    • start time: 2002
    • end time: 2007
  • Minister of Environment of Kenya
    • start time: January 2003
    • end time: November 2005
work location
  • Nairobi
member of
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha
  • Nobel Women's Initiative
notable work
  • The Challenge for Africa
  • Unbowed
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