Ho Chi Minh

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Ho Chi Minh

president of North Vietnam

Also known as: Ba, Ly Thuy, Nguyen Ai Quoc, Nguyen Sinh Cung, Nguyen Tat Thanh

Written by Jean Lacouture

Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Last Updated: Dec 20, 2024 • Article History

Ho Chi Minh (born May 19, 1890, Hoang Tru, Vietnam, French Indochina—died September 2, 1969, Hanoi, North Vietnam) was the founder of the Indochina Communist Party (1930) and its successor, the Viet-Minh (1941), and president from 1945 to 1969 of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). As the leader of the Vietnamese nationalist movement for nearly three decades, Ho was one of the prime movers of the post-World War II anti-colonial movement in Asia and one of the most influential communist leaders of the 20th century. The son of a poor country scholar, Nguyen Sinh Huy, Ho Chi Minh ...(100 of 2829 words)

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