Vo Van Kiet
Politician
1922 – 2008
Who was Vo Van Kiet?
Võ Văn Kiệt was a Vietnamese politician and statesman. He was a veteran fighter in the long war against French and then American military forces in South Vietnam, and lost his first wife and two children to US bombing. He was Prime Minister of Vietnam from 8 August 1991 to 25 September 1997, who led the communist nation's return to the world arena after decades of war and isolation. He was one of the Vietnamese political leaders that led the innovation policy in Vietnam. His birth name was Phan Văn Hòa and he changed it to Võ Văn Kiệt when he joined the Indochinese Communist Party. He also had a pseudonym, Sáu Dân.
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- Born
- Nov 23, 1922
Vung Liem District - Also known as
- Phan Văn Hòa
- Sáu Dân
- Chín Dũng
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- Vietnam
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 11, 2008
Mount Elizabeth Hospital
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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