Tôn Đức Thắng

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President of North Vietnam (1888-1980)

PoliticiansLived 1888 to 1980 · aged 91

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Fame56.2

Momentum1.9

Languages27

In century#9,436

Also inDeutsch

Photos 3

Hồ Chí Minh (seated, r) with Tôn Đức Thắng (seated, l) and other senior members of the Viet Minh, liberated zone, northern Vietnam, 1948.

Tôn Đức Thắng Museum in Ho Chi Minh City

Awards 8

1978Order of the October Revolution

1967Order of Lenin

Lenin Peace Prize

International Stalin Prize for Peace

Gold Star Order

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

Great National Unity Order

Order of Sukhbaatar

Connected to Tôn 6

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Lázaro CárdenasAlso won Lenin Peace Prize

Trường ChinhAlso won Gold Star Order

Pietro NenniAlso won International Stalin Prize for Peace

SouphanouvongAlso won Order of Sukhbaatar

Modibo KeïtaAlso won Lenin Peace Prize

About this person

Tôn Đức Thắng was the second President of Vietnam under the leadership of General Secretary Lê Duẩn. The position of president is ceremonial and Tôn was never a major policymaker or even a member of the Politburo, Vietnam's ruling council. He served as president, initially of Democratic Republic of Vietnam from September 2, 1969, and later of a united Vietnam, until his death in 1980.