 1973 Nobel Peace Prize | |
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| Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ | |
  Henry Kissinger (left) and Lê Đức Thọ (right) "for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973" | |
| Date | 16 October 1973 (announced) 10 December 1973 (ceremony) |
| Presented by | Norwegian Nobel Committee |
| First awarded | 1901 |
| Website | Official website |
The 1973 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Communist Party of Vietnam Politburo representative Lê Đức Thọ "for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973." Thọ declined to accept the prize, and Kissinger accepted in absentia as he did not want to be targeted by anti-war protestors at the event. Kissinger later tried to return the award, but the committee declined his offer.
The 1973 Nobel Peace Prize is often cited as one of, if not the most controversial in the history of the award.[1][2][3] Two members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee resigned in protest, The New York Times referred to it as the "Nobel War Prize", and Tom Lehrer stated that "political satire became obsolete".
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Nordlinger, Jay (30 November 2023). "Controversies and criticisms". The National Review. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024.