The Nobel Peace Prize 1973
Awarded on: 1973-10-17
"for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973"
Le Duc Tho
Born: 1911-10-14 in Nam Ha province, Vietnam
Gender: male
Field: Vietnamese revolutionary, general, diplomat, and politician (1911–1990)
Biography
Lê Đức Thọ, born Phan Đình Khải in Nam Dinh Province, was a Vietnamese revolutionary general, diplomat, and politician. He was the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1973, but refused the award.