Citizenship
:For other uses, see citizen (disambiguation).
Honorary citizenship
Some countries extend "honorary citizenship" to those whom they consider to be especially admirable or worthy of the distinction.
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By Act of Congress and presidential assent, honorary United States citizenship has been awarded to:
Related Topics:
Act of Congress - Honorary United States citizenship
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- British statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1963)
- Swedish humanitarian and diplomat Raoul Wallenberg (1981)
- Pennsylvania founder William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn (1984)
- Macedonian-born Catholic nun and humanitarian Mother Teresa (1996)
- French nobleman and American Revolutionary War ally, the marquis de La Fayette (2002)
A bill was introduced in Congress to grant such status to the Russian nuclear physicist and prisoner of conscience Dr. Andrei Sakharov in 2002 but it was not made law.
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The only people to ever receve honourary Canadian citizenship are Raoul Wallenberg posthumously in 1985, and Nelson Mandela in 2001.
Related Topics:
Canadian - Nelson Mandela
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Subnational citizenship |
| ► | Supranational citizenship |
| ► | Honorary citizenship |
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