Võ Nguyên Giáp

Vietnamese general and communist politician (1911–2013)

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Lived 1911–2013, aged 102

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1911–2013
Aged 102

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Updated 2026-05-29

Vietnamese general who orchestrated military victories across the Indochina wars, commanding forces from 1941 through the 1970s. Held Vietnam's defense ministry for over three decades and shaped communist military strategy at the highest levels.

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Võ Nguyên Giáp was a Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary and politician. Highly regarded as a military strategist, Giáp led Vietnamese communist military forces to victory in the decades long Indochina wars. Giáp was the military commander of the Việt Minh and the People's Army from 1941 to 1972, minister of defense of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1946–1947 and from 1948 to 1980, and deputy prime minister from 1955 to 1991. He was a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

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