List of Sadat Lecture for Peace Speakers
Year Speaker Notes
1997 Ezer Weizman President of Israel
1998 Jimmy Carter Former President of the United States
1999 No Speaker
2000 Henry Kissinger Former U.S. Secretary of State
2001 Nelson Mandela Former President of South Africa
2002 Kofi Annan Secretary General of the United Nations
2003 No Speaker
2004 Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland
2005 James Baker Former U.S. Secretary of State
2006 Dr. Mohamed Elbaradei Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
2010 Madeleine Albright Former U.S. Secretary of State
2012 Zbigniew Brzezinski and Stephen Hadley Former U.S. National Security Advisors
2013 14th Dalai Lama Current Dalai Lama of Tibetan Buddhism
The Sadat Lecture for Peace is a lecture series at the University of Maryland , College Park , which began in 1997 when the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development was established within The Center for International Development and Conflict Management ( which is associated with the Department of Government & Politics ) . The Sadat Chair , currently held by Shibley Telhami , was established by Jehan Sadat in memory of her late husband , Anwar Sadat , the former President of Egypt . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The Sadat Lecture for Peace is a lecture series at the University of Maryland, College Park, which began in 1997 when the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development was established within The Center for International Development and Conflict Management (which is associated with the Department of Government & Politics). The Sadat Chair, currently held by Shibley Telhami, was established by Jehan Sadat in memory of her late husband, Anwar Sadat, the former President of Egypt.