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Hồ Chí Minh

Hồ Chí Minh

Acting
18 May 1890
02 Sept 1969
Nghệ An, Nietnam

Biography

Hồ Chí Minh (19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician. He served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1955 and President from 1945 until his death in 1969. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist, he served as Chairman and First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Vietnam. Hồ Chí Minh led the Việt Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the Communist-ruled Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at t...

Also Known As

Nguyễn Sinh Cung, Nguyễn Tất Thành, Nguyễn Ái Quốc, Bác Hồ, Nguyen Sinh Cung

Photos

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