Albert Gobat (1843-1914) was a Swiss lawyer, Doctor of Law (1867), professor at the University of Bern (1882-1912). One of the organizers of the pacifist movement and the founder of the International Inter-Parliamentary Union in 1889. He headed (since 1906) the International Peace Bureau. Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1902, together with E. Ducommen).

Inter-Parliamentarian and Organizer

Albert Gobat was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize primarily for his efforts to unite popularly elected representatives from different countries at meetings and congresses. His work as a national politician led him to work internationally for peace. Gobat has participated in the Inter-Parliamentary Union since its foundation in 1889. When the Inter-Parliamentary Bureau was established in Bern three years later, Gobat was elected its general secretary. Without receiving a salary, he planned conferences that the Union held every year, drew up agendas and made proposals for resolutions. He tried to create inter-parliamentary groups in countries where there were none, edited a periodical and distributed literature on peace and arbitration.
Gobat assumed the post of Secretary General of the International Peace Bureau after the death of Elie Ducommun in 1906. This meant that he simultaneously headed the offices of both the inter-parliamentary and the People's movement for peace. Gobat lived to see the International Peace Bureau awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1910.

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