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Lê Đức Thọ
1990Oct, 13

Lê Đức Thọ

Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
Lê Đức Thọ (Vietnamese: [lē ɗɨ̌k tʰɔ̂ˀ] (listen); 14 October 1911 – 13 October 1990), 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.

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