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Hồ Chí Minh

Hồ Chí Minh
胡志明
Ho Chi Minh 1946.jpg
Portrait c. 1946
Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
In office
19 February 1951 – 2 September 1969
Preceded by Position created
Succeeded by Position abolished
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
In office
1 November 1956 – 10 September 1960
Preceded by Trường Chinh
Succeeded by Lê Duẩn
1st President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
In office
2 September 1945 – 2 September 1969
Preceded by Position established
Bảo Đại (as Emperor)
Succeeded by Tôn Đức Thắng
1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
In office
2 September 1945 – 20 September 1955
Preceded by Position established
Trần Trọng Kim (as Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam)
Succeeded by Phạm Văn Đồng
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
28 August 1945 – 2 March 1946
Succeeded by Nguyễn Tường Ta
In office
3 November 1946 – March 1947
Preceded by Nguyễn Tường Tam
Succeeded by Hoàng Minh Giám
Member of the Politburo
In office
31 March 1935 – 2 September 1969
Personal details
Born Nguyễn Sinh Cung
(1890-05-19)19 May 1890
Kim Liên, Nghệ An Province, French Indochina
Died 2 September 1969(1969-09-02) (aged 79)
Hanoi, North Vietnam
Nationality
  • Vietnamese
  • French
Political party French Section of the Workers' International
(1919–1921)
French Communist Party
(1921–1925)
Communist Party of Vietnam
(1925–1969)
Spouse(s) none (disputed)
Relations Bạch Liên (or Nguyễn Thị Thanh) (Sister)
Nguyễn Sinh Khiêm (or Nguyễn Tất Đạt) (brother)
(Nguyễn Sinh Nhuận) (brother)
Parents Nguyễn Sinh Sắc (father)
Hoàng Thị Loan (mother)
Alma mater Communist University of the Toilers of the East
Profession Politician
Signature
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese Hồ Chí Minh
Hán-Nôm
Vietnamese birth name
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese Nguyễn Sinh Cung
Hán-Nôm

Hồ Chí Minh (/ˈh ˈtʃ ˈmɪn/; Central Vietnamese pronunciation: [ho̞˧˩ t͡ɕi˧˥ mɪŋ˧], Southern Vietnamese pronunciation: [ho̞˧˩ t͡ɕɪj˧ mɪ̈n˧]; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969; Chữ nôm: 胡志明), born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, also known as Nguyễn Tất Thành and Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–55) and president (1945–69) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North 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 (PAVN) and the Việt Cộng (NLF or VC) 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.


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