Henry Alfred Kissinger was an American diplomat, political scientist, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 7th national security advisor from 1969 to 1975 and as the 56th United States secretary of state from 1973 to 1977, serving under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. The Nobel Peace Prize 1973, announced October 17, 1973. Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho , “for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973”. Henry Kissinger: born 1923, Fürth, Germany. Le Duc Tho : born 1911, Nam Ha province, Vietnam. Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).