Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh

 (hō′ chē′ mĭn′) 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 US-supported government in South Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh died before the reunification of Vietnam (1976).

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Ho Chi Minh

(ˈhəʊ ˈtʃiː ˈmɪn)

n

(Biography) 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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Ho Chi Minh

(ˈhoʊ ˈtʃi ˈmɪn)
n.

1890?–1969, president of North Vietnam 1954–69.

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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) Nguyen Tat Thanh

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