Hồ Chí Minh

Acting

Born May 18, 1890 · Nghệ An, Nietnam

Died September 2, 1969

Also known as Nguyễn Sinh Cung · Nguyễn Tất Thành · Bác Hồ

Biography

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. 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 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.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA