Queen's Young Leader Award

Queen's Young Leader Award was an annual award given in recognition of leadership skills by young persons between the ages of 18 and 29. The award was open to selected Commonwealth of Nations to recognize exceptional people or organizations who are making a difference in improving other citizen's lives. The program was established by the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, in partnership with Comic Relief and the Royal Commonwealth Society.[1] The programme closed in 2019.[2]

History

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The award was first established in 2014 and initially was approved to run through 2018. Nominations re-opened each June.[3]

Award recipients by year

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2014

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  1. Kate Row of Australia
  2. Emily Smith of Australia
  3. Alicia Wallace of Bahamas
  4. Shamir Shehab of Bangladesh
  5. Donnya Piggott of Barbados
  6. Denielle Neal of Belize
  7. Khairunnisa Ash'ari of Brunei Darussalam
  8. Alain Nteff of Cameroon
  9. Mallah Enow Tabot of Cameroon
  10. Joannes Paulus Yimbesalu of Cameroon
  11. Melissa Kargiannakis of Canada
  12. Aaron Joshua Pinto of Canada
  13. Rosimay Venancio of Canada
  14. Kellyn George of Dominica
  15. Alzima Elisha Bano of Fiji
  16. Leroy Phillips of Guyana
  17. Ashwini Angadi of India
  18. Akshay Jadhao of India
  19. Devika Malik of India
  20. Jerome Cowans of Jamaica
  21. Nicole Nation of Jamaica
  22. Abdikadir Aden Hassan of Kenya
  23. Samuel Karuita of Kenya
  24. Caren Nelima Odanga of Kenya
  25. Mohammad Yaaseen Edoo of Mauritius
  26. Barkha Mossae of Mauritius
  27. Karuna Rana of Mauritius
  28. Tanyaradzwa Daringo of Namibia
  29. Tabitha Besley of New Zealand
  30. Oladipupo Ajiroba of Nigeria
  31. Nkechikwu Azinge of Nigeria
  32. Kelvin Ogholi of Nigeria
  33. Isaiah Owolabi of Nigeria
  34. Salman Ahmad of Pakistan
  35. Christina J K Giwe of Papua New Guinea
  36. John Taka of Papua New Guinea
  37. Nadia Hitimana of Rwanda
  38. Jean D’Amour Mutoni of Rwanda
  39. Javon Liburd of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  40. Kenville Horne of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  41. Erna Takazawa of Samoa
  42. Philip Cole of Sierra Leone
  43. Christina Houaisuta Solomon Islands
  44. Nosipho Bele of South Africa
  45. Emma Dicks of South Africa
  46. Patrice Madurai of South Africa
  47. Thejitha Saubhagya Edirisinghe of Sri Lanka
  48. Kavindya Thennakoon of Sri Lanka
  49. Nondumiso Hlophe of Swaziland
  50. Given Edward of Tanzania
  51. Angela Benedicto Mnagoza of Tanzania
  52. Teocah Dove of Trinidad And Tobago
  53. Diana Nakaweesa of Uganda
  54. Deo Sekandi of Uganda
  55. Nicola Byrom of United Kingdom
  56. Zoe Jackson of United Kingdom
  57. Edmund Page of United Kingdom
  58. Missack Willy of Vanuatu
  59. Brighton Kaoma of Zambia
  60. Regina Mtonga of Zambia

2015

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Africa

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  1. Alain Nteff of Cameroon
  2. Joannes Paulus Yimbesalu of Cameroon
  3. Mallah Enow Tabot of Cameroon
  4. Abdikadir Aden Hassan
  5. Caren Nelima Odanga
  6. Samuel Karuita
  7. Barkha Mossae
  8. Karuna Rana
  9. Mohammad Yaaseen Edoo
  10. Tanyaradzwa Daringo
  11. Isaiah Owolabi
  12. Kelvin Ogholi
  13. Nkechikwu Azinge
  14. Oladipupo Ajiroba of Nigeria
  15. Jean d’Amour Mutoni
  16. Nadia Hitimana
  17. Philip Cole
  18. Emma Dicks
  19. Nosipho Bele
  20. Patrice Madurai
  21. Nondumiso Hlophe
  22. Angela Benedicto Mnagoza
  23. Given Edward
  24. Deo Sekandi
  25. Diana Nakaweesa
  26. Brighton Kaoma
  27. Regina Mtonga

Asia

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  1. Shamir Shehab
  2. Khairunnisa Ash’ari
  3. Akshay Jadhao
  4. Ashwini Angadi
  5. Devika Malik
  6. Salman Ahmad
  7. Kavindya Thennakoon
  8. Thejitha Saubhagya Edirisinghe

Caribbean and Americas

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  1. Alicia Wallace
  2. Donnya Piggott
  3. Denielle Neal
  4. Aaron Joshua Pinto
  5. Melissa Kargiannakis
  6. Rosimay Venancio
  7. Kellyn George
  8. Leroy Phillips
  9. Jerome Cowans
  10. Nicole Nation
  11. Javon Liburd
  12. Kenville Horne
  13. Teocah Dove

Europe

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  1. Edmund Page
  2. Nicola Byrom
  3. Zoe Jackson

Pacific

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  1. Emily Smith
  2. Kate Row
  3. Alzima Elisha Bano
  4. Tabitha Besley
  5. Christina Giwe
  6. John Taka
  7. Erna Takazawa
  8. Christina Houaisuta
  9. Willy Missack

2016

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Africa

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  1. Moitshepi Matsheng
  2. David Morfaw
  3. Paul-Miki Akpablie
  4. Alex Mativo of Kenya
  5. Peris Bosire of Kenya
  6. Susan Mueni Waita of Kenya
  7. Maletsabisa Molapo
  8. Asante Mzungu of Malawi
  9. Madalo Banda of Malawi
  10. Deegesh Maywah
  11. Drucila Meireles
  12. Imrana Alhaji Buba of Nigeria
  13. Olanrewaju Adeloye of Nigeria
  14. Olumide Makanjuola of Nigeria
  15. Nancy Sibo Rwanda
  16. Angelique Pouponneau
  17. Howard Nelson-Williams
  18. Jessica Dewhurst of South Africa
  19. Lethabo Ashleigh Letube of South Africa
  20. Rachel Nungu of Tanzania
  21. Josephine Nabukenya of Uganda

Asia

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  1. Osama Bin Noor
  2. Kartik Sawhney
  3. Neha Swain
  4. Calvin Yoong Shen Woo
  5. Safaath Ahmed Zahir
  6. Muhammad Usman Khan
  7. Zainab Bibi
  8. Mark Jin Quan Cheng
  9. Nushelle de Silva

Caribbean and Americas

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  1. Regis Burton
  2. Firhaana Bulbulia
  3. Shamelle Rice
  4. Deidra Smith
  5. Gunjan Mhapankar
  6. Kelly Lovell
  7. Tina Alfred
  8. Ali Dowden
  9. Tijani Christian
  10. Tevin Shepherd
  11. Trevis Belle
  12. Dillon Ollivierre

Europe

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  1. Katerina Gavrielidou
  2. Annabelle Xerri
  3. Sara Ezabe Malliue
  4. Adam Bradford
  5. Ashleigh Porter-Exley
  6. Ella Mckenzie

Pacific

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  1. Alexander Stonyer-Dubinovsky of Australia
  2. Jacob Thomas of Australia
  3. Luisa Tuilau of Fiji
  4. Tabotabo Auatabu of Kiribati
  5. Unique Harris of Nauru
  6. Brad Olsen of New Zealand
  7. Valentino Wichman of New Zealand
  8. Seini Fisi’ihoi of Papua New Guinea
  9. Nolan Salmon Parairua of Solomon Islands
  10. Aiona Prescott of Tonga
  11. Easter Tekafa Niko of Tonga
  12. Mary Siro of Solomon Islands

2017

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Africa

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  1. Chaikhwa Lobatse
  2. Tobby Bond Njamngang
  3. Efua Asibon
  4. Elijah Amoo Addo of Ghana
  5. Winnifred Selby
  6. Chebet Lesan[4]
  7. Domtila Chesang
  8. Towett Ngetich
  9. Virginia Khunguni
  10. Hilda Nambili Liswani
  11. Nyeuvo Amukushu
  12. Bukola Bolarinwa
  13. Nasir Yammama of Nigeria
  14. Kellya Uwiragiye
  15. Yvette Ishimwe
  16. Demien Mougal
  17. Kumba Musa
  18. Salton Massally
  19. Aditi Lachman
  20. Chantelle De Abreu of South Africa
  21. Farai Mubaiwa
  22. Nonduduzo Ndlovu
  23. Favourite Driciru
  24. Joel Baraka
  25. Ruth Nabembezi
  26. Alina Karimamusama
  27. Natasha Salifyanji Kaoma

Asia

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  1. Rahat Hossain
  2. Sajid Iqbal
  3. Ankit Kawatra
  4. Suhani Jalota
  5. Heidy Quah
  6. Syed Faizan Hussain
  7. Yunquan Qin
  8. Rakitha Malewana
  9. Senel Wanniarachchi
  10. Yeoh Hong Boon

Caribbean and Americas

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  1. Lia Kupiec Nicholson
  2. Jamilla Sealy
  3. Alexander Deans
  4. Kevin Vuong
  5. Eber Ravariere
  6. Rianna Patterson
  7. Michael Thomas
  8. Samantha Sheoprashad
  9. Abrahim Simmonds
  10. Ajani Lebourne
  11. Dion Browne
  12. Matthew Batson
  13. Siddel Ramkissoon

Europe

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  1. Eman Borg
  2. Vladyslava Kravchenko
  3. Alex Holmes
  4. Usman Ali

Pacific

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  1. Abdullahi Alim
  2. Jordan O’Reilly
  3. Madeleine Buchner
  4. Ashleigh Smith
  5. Johnetta Lili
  6. Theresa Gizoria
  7. Karrie Jionisi
  8. Elizabeth Kite

2018

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Africa

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  1. Alimatu Bawah Wiabriga of Ghana
  2. Derick Omari of Ghana
  3. Shadrack Frimpong of Ghana
  4. Douglas Mwangi of Kenya
  5. Reekelitsoe Molapo of Lesotho
  6. Chikondi Violet Mlozi of Malawi
  7. Pilirani Khoza of Malawi
  8. Mavis Elias of Namibia
  9. Hauwa Ojeifo of Nigeria
  10. Isaac Ezirim of Nigeria
  11. Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph of Nigeria
  12. Priscilla Ruzibuka of Rwanda
  13. Anael Bodwell of Seychelles
  14. Brima Manso Bangura of Sierra Leone
  15. Siposetu Sethu Mbuli of South Africa
  16. Thamsanqa Hoza of South Africa
  17. Alice Ahadi Magaka of Tanzania
  18. Isaya Yunge of Tanzania
  19. Bazil Mwotta Biddemu of Uganda
  20. Elizabeth Kasujja of Uganda
  21. Stephen Katende of Uganda
  22. Gift Chansa of Zambia
  23. Sela Kasepa of Zambia

Asia

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  1. Ayman Sadiq of Bangladesh
  2. Zaiba Tahyya of Bangladesh
  3. Ahmad Fadillah Sellahhuddin of Brunei Darussalam
  4. Aditya Kulkarni of India
  5. Deane De Menezes of India
  6. Trisha Shetty of India
  7. Siva Nagappan Visvesvaran of Malaysia
  8. Wen Shin Chia of Malaysia
  9. Haroon Yasin of Pakistan
  10. Hassan Mujtaba Zaidi of Pakistan
  11. Mahnoor Syed of Pakistan
  12. Efraheem Matthew of Pakistan
  13. Tian Sern Oon of Singapore
  14. Yi Jun Mock of Singapore
  15. Bhagya Wijayawardane of Sri Lanka

Caribbean and Americas

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  1. Ronelle King of Barbados
  2. Aditya Mohan of Canada
  3. Ishita Aggarwal of Canada
  4. Midia Shikh Hassan of Canada
  5. Lakeyia Joseph of Dominica
  6. Jenella Edwards of Grenada
  7. Marva Langevine of Guyana
  8. Aubrey Stewart of Jamaica
  9. Jodie Dennie of St. Vincent and Grenadines
  10. Benedict Bryan of Trinidad and Tobago
  11. Jean-Claude Cournand of Trinidad and Tobago

Europe

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  1. Antonia Michailidi of Cyprus
  2. Martina Caruana of Malta
  3. Harry Phinda of United Kingdom
  4. Leanne Armitage of United Kingdom

Pacific

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  1. Caitlin Figueiredo of Australia
  2. Hunter Johnson of Australia
  3. Lily Brechtefeld Kumkee of Kiribati
  4. Alexia Hilbertidou of New Zealand
  5. Ezekiel Raui of New Zealand
  6. Petronilla Molioo Mataeliga of Samoa
  7. Millicent Barty of Solomon Islands
  8. Joshua Isikeli Sefesi of Tonga
  9. Litiana Kalsrap of Vanuatu

References

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  1. ^ "About Us". Queens Young Leaders. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. ^ "About the programme". Queen's Young Leaders. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. ^ "The first ever Queen's Young Leaders are announced". The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust. 13 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Chebet Lesan". Queen's Young Leaders. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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