Nguyễn Đan Quế
Nguyễn Đan Quế | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 April 1942 Hanoi, Tonkin, French Indochina |
| Nationality | Vietnamese |
| Occupation | Endocrinologist |
| Known for | Democracy activism and repeated imprisonment |
| Awards | Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award (1995) Certificate of Distinction in Civil Courage (2004) |
Nguyễn Đan Quế (born 13 April 1942) is a Vietnamese endocrinologist and pro-democracy activist in Saigon. He was imprisoned from 1978 to 1988, 1990 to 1998, 2003 to 2005, and briefly in 2011 on state security charges related to his activism. In 2003, The New York Times described him as "Vietnam's most renowned dissident".