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NAME: Le Duc Tho
OCCUPATION: Political Leader
BIRTH DATE: October 14, 1911
DEATH DATE: October 13, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH: Nam Ha Province, Vietnam
PLACE OF DEATH: Hanoi, Vietnam
Originally: Phan Dinh Khai

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Le Duc Tho was a Vietnamese politician and co-recipient in 1973 (with Henry Kissinger) of the Nobel Prize for Peace, which he declined.

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Le Duc Tho was born October 14, 1911 in Nam Ha province, Vietnam. He was one of the founders of the Indochinese Communist Party in 1930. In 1945 he helped lead the Viet Minh. He is best known for negotiating the 1973 cease-fire agreement that led to the withdrawal of the last American troops from South Vietnam. It was for this accomplishment that he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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