Ho Chi Minh
Hồ Chí Minh, colloquially known as Uncle Ho among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman who founded the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, which was commonly known as North Vietnam after 1954. He served as its first president from 1946 until his death in 1969 and as its first prime minister from 1945 to 1955. A committed Marxist–Leninist, Hồ also played a central role in establishing the Indochinese Communist Party in 1930 and later led its successor, the Workers' Party of Vietnam, as chairman until his death.
Background
- Born in
- Kim Liên
- Educated at
- Quốc Học – Huế High School for the GiftedCommunist University of the Toilers of the East
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of Lenin🏆 Gold Star Order🏆 Star of the Republic of Indonesia🏆 Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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Trending topics shown first"Revolutionary morality consists in absolute loyalty to the Party and the people."
"Final Tribute to Ho Chi Minh from the Central Committee of the Vietnam Workers' Party"
"To study Marxism-Leninism is to learn the spirit in which one should deal with things, with other people and with oneself. It means to study the universal Marxist-Leninist truths in order to apply the…"
"The hour has struck! Raise aloft the banner of insurrection and lead the people throughout the country to overthow the Japanese and the French! The sacred call of the fatherland is resounding in our e…"
"All my life, U have served the fatherland, the revolution and the people with all my heart and strength. If I should now depart from this world, I would have nothing to regret, except not being able t…"
"Our cause is just our people are united from North to South; we have a tradition of undaunted struggle and the great sympathy and support of the fraternal socialist countries and progressive people al…"
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1890
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Birth1969
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