Birthday: May 19, 1890 (Taurus)
Born In: Cụm di tích Hoàng trù, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh was one of the prominent Vietnamese communist revolutionary leaders, who fought the colonial forces for the liberation of the Vietnamese people. His contribution to the common struggle for peace, national independence, democracy and social progress, have been immense. Raised in Confucian tradition, Minh travelled across the world, visiting numerous cities and places. It transformed him as a person and shaped his political career. He later became the Prime Minister (1945–1955) and President (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He played an important role in founding the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Việt Cộng (NLF or VC) during the Vietnam War. With his revolutionary ideas and proposition of liberation, Minh led the Việt Minh independence movement from 1941, eventually forming the communist-ruled Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945. Even after leaving the position of power, Minh continued to remain one of the key people of Vietnam, a highly venerated leader who fought for a united and communist Vietnam.
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Died At Age: 79
Spouse/Ex-: Tang Tuyet Minh (m. 1926–1969)
father: Nguyễn Sinh Sắc
mother: Hoàng Thị Loan
siblings: Bạch Liên, Nguyễn Sinh Khiêm, Nguyễn Sinh Nhuận
Born Country: Vietnam
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political ideology: Workers’ Party of Vietnam
Died on: September 2, 1969
place of death: Hanoi, Vietnam
Ideology: Communists
Founder/Co-Founder: Parti Communiste Français (FCP)
education: Communist University of the Toilers of the East (1923 – 1925)
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Ho Chi Minh was born as Nguyen Sinh Cung to Nguyen Sinh Sac. His father, Sinh Sac was a Confucian scholar and teacher who went on to become an imperial magistrate of a small district, Binh Khe but was dismissed from the same. Young Nyugen had three siblings - a sister and two brothers out of which one died in infancy.
Nyugen took up the job of a kitchen helper on the French steamer, Amirale de Latouche-Tréville. Upon reaching France in December 1911, he tried his luck to get admission at the French Colonial Administrative School but in vain. Disheartened, he decided to continue his travel and sustained his work in ships until 1917, visiting many countries during the period.
Nyugen developed his writing skills and began writing articles and short stories. He led the Vietnamese nationalist group and became the founding member of the Parti Communiste Français (FCP).
Upon gaining entry in China, Nyugen began serving as an advisor with the Chinese Communist armed forces. It was in 1940 that Nyugen changed his name to Ho Chí Minh, meaning He Who Enlightens in Vietnamese.
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