Lê Duẩn
Lê Duẩn (7 April 1907 – 10 July 1986) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1969 until his death in 1986. Lê Duẩn participated in the formation of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in 1930. During the French colonial rule, he was imprisoned in 1931-36 and 1940-45. Then until 1957 he served as leader of the Communist Party's Sector Section, and became General Secretary in 1960, thus leading the party after Ho Chi Minh. He continued Hồ Chí Minh's policy of ruling through collective leadership. and helped to formulate the party's policy for the development of the socialist economy.
Lê Duẩn | |
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| General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam | |
| In office 10 September 1960 – 10 July 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Hồ Chí Minh (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Trường Chinh |
| Secretary of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party | |
| In office 1977–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Võ Nguyên Giáp |
| Succeeded by | Văn Tiến Dũng |
| Member of the Politburo | |
| In office 1957 – 10 July 1986 | |
| Member of the Secretariat | |
| In office 1956 – 10 July 1986 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lê Văn Nhuận 7 April 1907 Quảng Trị Province, French Indochina |
| Died | 10 July 1986 (aged 79) Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Nationality | Vietnamese |
| Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam |
Lê Duẩn Media
Lê Duẩn. Although he would be the central strategist of North Vietnam’s war effort for more than a quarter of a century, he was little known or understood in Washington.
Inflation in retail prices in Vietnam since unification until the 6th National Congress in 1986
Real national income growth in Vietnam from 1976 until 1985
Lê Duẩn and Trường Chinh with Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu from the Socialist Republic of Romania
Lê Duẩn with Mao Zedong (1964)
The Ba Chuc massacre was perpetrated by the Kampuchean Revolutionary Army during one of their attacks on Vietnam in 1978
Lê Duẩn's grave in Mai Dich Cemetery.
Vietnam Hero of Labor ribbon
Ribbon bar of the "Order José Martí"
Ribbon bars of the Order of Klement Gottwald
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