Giorgio Napolitano and Hans-Dietrich Genscher to Receive 2015 Henry A. Kissinger Prize

BERLIN and NEW YORK, April 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

The American Academy in Berlin is pleased to announce that the 2015 Henry A. Kissinger Prize will be awarded to both Giorgio Napolitano, former President of Italy (2006-2015), and Hans-Dietrich Genscher, former Federal Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany (1974-1992).

The award is given in recognition of President Napolitano's outstanding contributions to ensuring further European integration and stability. Foreign Minister Genscher is being honored for his exceptional contributions towards the peaceful resolution of the Cold War and the reunification of Germany.    

Henry A. Kissinger is delighted to be able to personally present the awardees with the prize on June 17, 2015, at the American Academy in Berlin's Hans Arnhold Center.

"These two statesmen's achievements in overcoming historic divisions led to a more united Europe and provided stability during very challenging times," said Professor Gerhard Casper, the designated President of the American Academy in Berlin. "We owe both a debt of gratitude for making political decisions with a view towards strengthening the transatlantic relationship."

The Henry A. Kissinger Prize has been awarded annually since 2007 to Europeans and Americans who have made outstanding contributions to the transatlantic relationship. The prize was established to honor the Academy's Founding Chairman, former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, whose initiatives to create and sustain a stable East-West relationship and to promote détente in the postwar period helped to lay the foundation for democratic change in Europe, the end of the Cold War, and the reunification of Germany. Previous recipients of the prize are former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt; 41st President of the United States George H.W. Bush; former President of the Federal Republic of Germany Richard von Weizsäcker; New York Mayor and philanthropist Michael R. Bloomberg, former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl; former US Secretary of State George P. Shultz; founder of the Munich Security Conference Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist, and former US Secretary of State James A. Baker, III.

Details: 2015 Henry A. Kissinger Prize Award Ceremony
Recipients: President Giorgio Napolitano, Foreign Minster Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Date: June 17, 2015
Location: American Academy in Berlin, Am Sandwerder 17-19, 14109 Berlin
Press accreditation begins May 25, 2015

For media inquiries please contact: Rüdiger Jürgensen, Head of Communications
tel: +49(0)30 - 80483-414 / email: [email protected]
http://www.americanacademy.de

SOURCE American Academy in Berlin

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