Ho Chih Minh
| Ho Chi Minh | |
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| Hồ Chí Minh | |
Portrait c. 1946
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| Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam | |
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In office 19 February 1951 – 2 September 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam | |
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In office 1 November 1956 – 10 September 1960 |
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| Preceded by | Trường Chinh |
| Succeeded by | Lê Duẩn |
| 1st President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam | |
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In office 2 September 1945 – 2 September 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Position established Bảo Đại (as Emperor) |
| Succeeded by | Tôn Đức Thắng |
| 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam | |
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In office 2 September 1945 – 20 September 1955 |
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| Preceded by | Position established Trần Trọng Kim (as Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam) |
| Succeeded by | Phạm Văn Đồng |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 28 August 1945 – 2 March 1946 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Nguyễn Tường Tam |
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In office 3 November 1946 – March 1947 |
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| Preceded by | Nguyễn Tường Tam |
| Succeeded by | Hoàng Minh Giám |
| Member of the Politburo | |
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In office 31 March 1935 – 2 September 1969 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Nguyễn Sinh Cung 19 May 1890 Kim Liên, Nghệ An Province, Vietnam |
| Died | 2 September 1969 (aged 79) Hanoi, North Vietnam |
| Nationality |
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| 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 |
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| Vietnamese name | |
| Vietnamese | Hồ Chí Minh |
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| Hán-Nôm | |
| Vietnamese birth name | |
| Vietnamese | Nguyễn Sinh Cung |
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| Hán-Nôm | |
 Booknotes interview with William Duiker on Hồ Chí Minh: A Life, 12 November 2000, C-SPAN
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Hồ Chí Minh (/ˈhoʊ ˈtʃiː ˈmɪn/;Vietnamese: [hò tɕǐ mīɲ], Saigon: [hò tɕǐ mɨ̄n]; Chữ nôm: 胡志明; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, also known as Nguyễn Tất Thành and Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was Chairman and First secretary of the Workers' Party of Vietnam. Hồ was also 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 respected 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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