Thích Quảng Độ
Vietnamese Buddhist monk
Born on: November 27, 1928Died on: February 22, 2020
Aged: 91 years 87 days (1094 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Vietnamese
Birth Sign: Sagittarius
Thích Quảng Độ was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and scholar who was the patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) from 2008 until his death.
Since the execution of his master at the hands of the communist Việt Minh in his teenage years, Thích Quảng Độ had been involved in political activism, firstly against the anti-Buddhist policies of the Catholic President of South Vietnam Ngô Đình Diệm.
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