Ho Chi Minh (h  ch m n) 1890-1969. Vietnamese leader and first president of North Vietnam (1954-1969). His army was victorious in the French Indochina War (1946-1954), and he later led North Vietnam's struggle to defeat the U.S.-supported government in South Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh died before the reunification of Vietnam (1976). |
Ho Chi Minh [ˈhəʊ ˈtʃiː ˈmɪn]
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(Biographies / Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) M, Vietnamese, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: nationalist leader) original name Nguyen That Tan. 1890-1969, Vietnamese statesman; president of North Vietnam (1954-69). He headed the Vietminh (1941), which won independence for Vietnam from the French (1954)
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| Noun | 1. | Ho Chi Minh - Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South Vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969) |
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