Manfred Wörner

Manfred Wörner (born September 24, 1934 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt; died August 13, 1994 in Brussels) was a German politician and diplomat. He served as the defense minister of Germany between 1982 and 1988. He then served as the Secretary General of NATO from 1988 to 1994. Whilst serving in that position, he was diagnosed with a cancer, but, in spite of his illness, continued serving until his final days.

Manfred Wörner Medal

Since 1996, the Ministry of Defense has awarded the Manfred Wörner Medal on an annual basis to honour public figures who have rendered "special meritorious service to peace and freedom in Europe".

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Since then it was given to:

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• 1996, Richard Holbrooke, US diplomate and Special Envoy in Bosnia and Kosovo
• 1997, Ewald von Kleist, publisher and initiator of the Munich Conference on Security Policy
• 1998, Dr. Gerd Wagner (postmortem), for the implementation of the Dayton Agreement
• 1999 Dr. Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Minister of Defense of Poland
• 2000 Elizabeth Pond, American Journalist
• 2001 Karsten D. Voigt, Co-ordinator at the German State Departement for the German-American Cooperation
• 2002 Javier Solana, the EU's foreign policy chief and former Secretary General of NATO
• 2003 Prof. Dr. Catherine McArdle Kelleher, U.S. Naval War College and former Head of the Aspen Institute Berlin