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Ho Chi Minh

Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)

  • Fame79.7
  • Momentum3.0
  • Politicians rank#114
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  • Fame79.7
  • Momentum3.0
  • Politicians rank#114
  • Wikipedia175.6K
Lived 1890–1969, aged 79
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  • Era
    1890–1969
    Aged 79
  • Known for
    Ho Chi Minh:The Price …
    2008
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Updated 2026-08-23

He led Vietnam through three decades of war against colonial France, then the United States, dying six years before the final victory that reunified the country under his government's flag. His name now marks the former enemy capital.

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Born Nguyễn Sinh Cung in 1890 in French Indochina, he left Vietnam in 1911 and spent years working abroad — in France he helped found the French Communist Party in 1920, then studied in the Soviet Union before moving to China to organize Vietnamese revolutionaries. He founded the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League in 1925, which became the Indochinese Communist Party in 1930. Returning to Vietnam in 1941, he founded the Việt Minh and led guerrilla resistance against Japanese occupation, then in 1945 launched the August Revolution that toppled the monarchy and declared the Democratic Republi…

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Ho Chi Minh
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Only in a socialist system are the interests of the individual, the state and the collective at one.
— "Report on the Draft Amended Constitution", (December 18, 1959)
Ho Chi Minh
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The capitalists often boast that their constitutions guarantee the rights of the individual, democratic liberties and the interests of all citizens.
— "Report on the Draft Amended Constitution", (December 18, 1959)
Ho Chi Minh
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It is crystal clear that once victorious, socialism can never tolerate the personality cult and its harmful consequences.
— "Development of Ideological Unity Among Marxist Leninist Parties" (August 3, 1956)
Ho Chi Minh
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The CPSU again demonstrates that the most important aspect of self-criticism is to practically and effectively correct one's errors.
— "Development of Ideological Unity Among Marxist Leninist Parties" (August 3, 1956)
Ho Chi Minh
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To have a good crop we must weed the field, otherwise the rice will grow badly in spite of careful ploughing and abundant manuring.
— "To Practice Thrift and Oppose Embezzlement (1952)
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