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How old was Malala Yousafzai when they became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate?

Malala Yousafzai was 17 years old when they became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate, on 10 October 2014.

Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani female education activist, and producer of film and television. She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history, receiving the Peace Prize in 2014 at age 17, and is the second Pakistani and the only Pashtun to receive a Nobel Prize. Yousafzai is a human rights advocate for the education of women and children in her native district, Swat, where the Pakistani Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, she has become Pakistan's "most prominent citizen".

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