Trường Chinh
Trường Chinh (Vietnamese: [ʈɨ̂əŋ ciŋ̟]; 9 February 1907, Xuân Trường District, Nam Định Province – 30 September 1988, Hanoi) was a Vietnamese communist political leader and theoretician. He was one of the key figures of Vietnamese politics.[1]
His Excellency Trường Chinh | |
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam | |
In office 14 July 1986 – 18 December 1986 | |
Preceded by | Lê Duẩn |
Succeeded by | Nguyễn Văn Linh |
In office 9 November 1940 – 5 October 1956 | |
Preceded by | Nguyễn Văn Cừ |
Succeeded by | Ho Chi Minh |
Secretary of the Central Military–Party Committee of the Communist Party | |
In office 14 July 1986 – 18 December 1986 | |
Preceded by | Văn Tiến Dũng |
Succeeded by | Nguyễn Văn Linh |
2nd Chairman of the Council of State of Vietnam | |
In office 4 July 1981 – 18 June 1987 | |
Preceded by | Tôn Đức Thắng |
Succeeded by | Võ Chí Công |
Chairman of the National Assembly | |
In office 15 July 1960 – 4 July 1981 | |
Preceded by | Tôn Đức Thắng |
Succeeded by | Nguyễn Hữu Thọ |
Member of the Politburo | |
In office 1951–1986 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Xuân Trường District, Nam Định Province, Indochina | 9 February 1907
Died | 30 September 1988 Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam | (aged 81)
Nationality | Vietnamese |
Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam (1930–1987) |
Trường Chinh Media
Mugshot of Trường Chinh at Hỏa Lò prison after his arrest
Trường Chinh (far left) and Lê Duẩn with Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu from the Socialist Republic of Romania in 1978.
References
- ↑ Stein Tonesson, Vietnam 1946: How did the War Began (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010), p. 20.