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Lê Đức Thọ, born Phan Đình Khải in Nam Dinh Province, was a Vietnamese revolutionary, 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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Born 14 October 1911 · Died 13 October 1990 · Q233969

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids.
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2016· 1 entry

Dec 10, 2016Documented record85% confidence

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.

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2003· 1 entry

Dec 10, 2003Documented record85% confidence

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids.

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1990· 1 entry

Oct 13, 1990Documented record86% confidence

Died 1990-10-13.

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1986· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1986Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Order of the October Revolution (1986).

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1979· 1 entry

1979Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

The politburo assigned Lê Đức Thọ to run the nation building effort in Cambodia

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1978· 1 entry

1978Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

But retained a large amount of influence and was an advisor to the Communist Party's Central Committee until his death

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1973· 2 entries

Dec 10, 1973Documented record85% confidence

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973.

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Jun 15, 1973Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1973).

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1967· 1 entry

1967Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

High tensions in the communist sphere had major consequences in North Vietnam

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1963· 2 entries

1963Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Opposing armed resistance against the Americans and South Vietnam along with unification, and even correspondence with members of a foreign government

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1963Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Thọ supported the purges of the party as a result of Resolution 9

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1955· 2 entries

1955Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Joined the Politburo of the Lao Dong Party (Vietnam Workers' Party), now the Communist Party of Vietnam

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1955Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And was welcomed back into the Politburo and took control of the Party Control Commission in 1956

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1954· 1 entry

Dec 10, 1954Documented record85% confidence

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue.

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1948· 2 entries

1948Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was in South Vietnam as Deputy Secretary, Head of the Organization Department of the Cochinchina Committee Party

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1948Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was sent to South Vietnam to help build the communist movement there and eventually became the leader of the Communist Party's organization in the South

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1945· 2 entries

1945Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Lê Đức Thọ was elected to Central Committee and standing committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam

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1945Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Thọ helped lead the Viet Minh, the Vietnamese independence movement, against the French, until the Geneva Accords were signed in 1954

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1930· 1 entry

1930Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Thọ helped found the Indochinese Communist Party

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1927· 1 entry

Dec 10, 1927Documented record85% confidence

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour.

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1924· 1 entry

Dec 10, 1924Documented record85% confidence

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram.

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1911· 1 entry

Oct 14, 1911Documented record86% confidence

Born 1911-10-14.

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