Nguyen Huu Tho
| Nguyễn Hữu Thọ | |
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Nguyễn Hữu Thọ in 1932
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President of Vietnam (Acting) |
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In office 30 March 1980 – 4 July 1981 |
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| Preceded by | Tôn Đức Thắng |
| Succeeded by | Trường Chinh |
| Chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam | |
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In office 6 June 1969 – 25 July 1976 |
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| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Tôn Đức Thắng |
| Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam | |
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In office 26 April 1981 – 19 April 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Trường Chinh |
| Succeeded by | Lê Quang Đạo |
| Vice President of Vietnam | |
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In office 25 April 1976 – 19 July 1992 |
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| Preceded by |
Nguyễn Lương Bằng (as Vice President) |
| Succeeded by | Nguyễn Thị Bình |
| Personal details | |
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10 July 1910 Bến Lức District, Long An Province, French Indochina |
| Died | 24 December 1996 (aged 86) Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
| Nationality | Vietnamese |
| Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam |
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Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (10 July 1910, Bến Lức District – 24 December 1996, Hanoi) was the Chairman of Consultative Council of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam from 6 June 1969 to 25 April 1976, and the Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam from 4 July 1981 to 18 June 1987.
A French-educated lawyer in Cochinchina, Thọ was also a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and a participant in the Vietnamese fight for independence. He joined the Vietnamese National Popular League (or Liên Việt) in 1948, Communist Party in 1949, and was kept in detention from 1950–52. He later came to support the 1954 Geneva agreements, but opposed the government of South Vietnam's president, Ngô Đình Diệm. In August 1954, he founded the Committee in Defense of Peace and the Geneva Agreements. The committee was crushed and banned by the South Vietnamese government in November the same year, and Thọ and other members of the organization were jailed after a police raid.
He remained in detention until 1961, when he managed to escape. Free, Thọ became Chairman of the Central Committee of the National Liberation Front. In 1965, he delivered an anti-imperialist speech, a booklet was later published in English, entitled SPEECH. His title was given as: President of the Presidium of the Consultative Council of the South Viet Nam [sic] National Front for Liberation on the 5th founding anniversary of the N.F.L. In 1969, he came Chairman of the Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, a post he retained until South Vietnam was incorporated into North Vietnam in 1976.
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