biography
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Ho Chi-Minh
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originally Nguyen That Thanh
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pronunciation:
[hoh chee min]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1892–1969)
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| biography:
| Vietnamese statesman, prime minister (1954–5), and president (1954–69), born in Kim-Lien, North Vietnam. From 1912 he visited London and the USA, and lived in France from 1918, where he was a founder member of the Communist Party. From 1922 he was often in Moscow. He led the Viet Minh independence movement in 1941, and directed the successful military operations against the French (1946–54), becoming President of North Vietnam. He was a leading force in the war between North and South Vietnam during the 1960s. |
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