Argentinian President Javier Milei has been awarded Israel's prestigious 2025 Genesis Prize in recognition of his support of Israel.

The Argentinian president, who has worked to change his country’s tune on Israel, will take home the coveted Genesis Prize after a unanimous vote.

For the first time since its inauguration more than a decade ago, the prize dubbed the “Jewish Nobel” is going to a non-Jew: Javier Milei, the president of Argentina. Milei’s selection marks another first for the Genesis Prize Foundation: the first prize given to a head of state,

Javier Milei's first year in office shows a major victory against inflation in Argentina, but at the expense of a deep recession.

The Genesis Prize announces President of Argentina Javier Milei as the 2025 Genesis Prize Laureate, the first time the award, known as "The Jewish Nobel Prize," has been bestowed upon a head of state.