The Europeans of the Year award was established in 2001 by '' European Voice'' to honour influential European citizens who have mostly affected the

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an legislative and policy agenda. The annual award is officially supported by the Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt. Every year, senior editors of ''European Voice'' and a panel of advisors from the

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select 50 people who have had most influence on the European legislative and policy agenda in the past year. The list includes

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ers, MEPs,

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, politicians, EU functionaries,

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, campaigners and European citizens. Following a public poll, the results of which are announced at a gala dinner, the winners in different categories receive the "Europeans of the Year" awards. {, class="wikitable" , - ! Year !! Winner !! Comment , - , 2001 , , Bono , , U2 lead singer. , - , 2002 , , Marco Cappato , , Italian MEP , - , 2003 , ,

Eddie Fenech Adami Edoardo "Eddie" Fenech Adami, (born 7 February 1934) is a Maltese politician and Nationalist politician who served as the prime minister of Malta from 1987 until 1996, and again from 1998 until 2004. Subsequently, he was the seventh president ...

, , prime minister of Malta , - , 2004 , , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , , prime minister of Turkey , - , 2005 , ,

Jean-Claude Juncker Jean-Claude Juncker (; born 9 December 1954) is a Luxembourgish politician who served as the 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg from 1995 to 2013 and 12th President of the European Commission from 2014 to 2019. He also served as Finance Minister ...

, , prime minister of Luxembourg , - , 2006 , , José Manuel Barroso , , European commission president , - , 2007 , ,

Valdas Adamkus Valdas Adamkus (; born Voldemaras Adamkavičius; 3 November 1926) is a Lithuanian-American politician, diplomat and civil engineer. He served as the 5th and 7th President of Lithuania from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2004 to 2009. Adamkus' ...

, , President of Lithuania , - , 2008 , ,

Meglena Kuneva Meglena Shtilianova Kuneva ( bg, Меглена Щилиянова Кунева; born 22 June 1957) is a Bulgarian and EU politician. Biography Born in Sofia, Kuneva is descended from a Catholic family from the town of Rakovski. She graduat ...

, , European commissioner for consumer protection , - , 2009 , - , 2010 , , Kristalina Georgieva , , European Commissioner for international co-operation, humanitarian aid and crisis response , - , 2011 , ,

Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark Prince Henrik of Denmark (; born Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat; 11 June 1934 – 13 February 2018) was the husband of Margrethe II of Denmark. He served as her royal consort from Margrethe's accession on 14 January 1972 unt ...

, , {{cite web, last1=Surrugue, first1=Stéphanie Marie, last2=Vestergaard, first2=Nikoline, title=Obituary: Prince Henrik had the joy of a hedonist and the soul of an artist, url=https://www.dr.dk/webfeature/prinshenrik, website=Dr.dk, accessdate=14 February 2018, language=Danish, date=14 February 2018 , - , 2012 , - , 2013

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The Europeans of the Year (archived as of February 2014)
Awards honoring politicians European awards Awards established in 2001