Lê Đức Anh
| Le Duc Anh | |
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General Le Duc Anh
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| 5th President of Vietnam | |
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In office 22 September 1992 – 24 September 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | Võ Văn Kiệt |
| Vice President | Nguyễn Thị Bình |
| General Secretary | Đỗ Mười |
| Preceded by | Võ Chí Công |
| Succeeded by | Trần Đức Lương |
| Chairman of the Council for National Defense and Security | |
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In office 22 September 1992 – 24 September 1997 |
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| Deputy | Võ Văn Kiệt |
| Succeeded by | Trần Đức Lương |
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office February 1987 – August 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Văn Tiến Dũng |
| Succeeded by | Đoàn Khuê |
| Chief of the General Staff | |
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In office December 1986 – February 1987 |
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| President | Trường Chinh |
| Preceded by | Lê Trọng Tấn |
| Succeeded by | Đoàn Khuê |
| Member of the Politburo | |
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In office 31 March 1982 – 29 December 1997 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 December 1920 Thừa Thiên–Huế Province |
| Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| Awards |
 Gold Star Order Ho Chi Minh Order Military Exploit Order
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| Military service | |
| Service/branch |
 Vietnam People's Army
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| Years of service | 1945–1992 |
| Rank |
 Army General
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Lê Đức Anh (born 1 December 1920) is a Vietnamese general and politician who was President of Vietnam from 1992 to 1997. He previously led the Vietnamese forces in Cambodia throughout the 1980s. He was regarded as a conservative who advocated maintaining tight party control over domestic policies.
He was born in Phú Lộc District, Thừa Thiên–Huế Province. In August 1945, he joined the army. From October 1948 to 1950, he was chief of staff of the 7th Military Region, 8th Military Region and administrative region of Sai Gon–Cho Lon. From 1951 to 1954, served as Deputy Chief of Staff, acting Chief of Staff of Cochinchina. From August 1963, he served as Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army. February 1964, to the South Vietnam, position of Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Armed Force (Vietcong).
As a general Anh was the commander of the Vietnamese forces in the People's Republic of Kampuchea in the 1980s. He formulated five key points for the defence of Cambodia against Khmer Rouge re-infiltration and was the architect of the K5 Plan.
Later he entered politics and he held a succession of government posts. During his time as Defence Minister General he was already a major conservative voice in Vietnam's political system. In 1989, after the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, he warned about the alleged threat of the West undermining Vietnam's Communist Party, arguing for more army involvement in politics "at a time when Vietnamese socialism was under attack".
From 1991 (to 1993) Anh controlled Vietnamese policy towards Cambodia and China and therefore was involved in the normalisation of Vietnam's relations with China in November 1991. He was the first Vietnamese president to visit Beijing in 38 years since an official visit in November 1993 to discuss economic relations and territorial disputes in the South China Sea; however, consensus was achieved only on the former issue.
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