Ho Chi Minh

Politician

1890 – 1969

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Who was Ho Chi Minh?

Hồ Chí Minh; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Tất Thành, Nguyen That Thanh and Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. He was a key figure in the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, as well as the People’s Army of Vietnam and the Việt Cộng during the Vietnam War.

He 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 the battle of Điện Biên Phủ. He officially stepped down from power in 1965 due to health problems, but remained a highly visible figurehead and inspiration for those Vietnamese fighting for his cause—a united, communist Vietnam—until his death. After the war, Saigon, the former capital of the Republic of Vietnam, was renamed Hồ Chí Minh City, however the name Sai Gon is still very widely used.

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Born
May 19, 1890
Kim Lien
Also known as
  • Nguyen That Thanh
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Ethnicity
  • Vietnamese people
Nationality
  • Vietnam
Profession
Education
  • Communist University of the Toilers of the East
    (1923 - 1925)
Died
Sep 2, 1969
Hanoi

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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