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Le Duc Anh, known in Vietnamese as Lê Đức Anh and born Lê Văn Giác on 1 December 1920 in Huế, was a politician and military personnel of the Communist Party of Vietnam, of Vietnamese ethnicity. He served as President of Vietnam and Minister of Defence, held the rank of army general and general in the People's Army of Vietnam, and took part in the Vietnam War. His career began in 1945. He received the Gold Star Order, the Order of Hồ Chí Minh and the Feat Order. Le Duc Anh died of a stroke on 22 April 2019 in Hanoi.
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1920–2019
- Nationality
- VN
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 5 libraries
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Võ Văn Kiệt
- Vice president
- Nguyễn Thị Bình
- Leader
- Đỗ Mười
- Preceded by
- Võ Chí Công
- Succeeded by
- Trần Đức Lương
- Deputy
- Võ Văn Kiệt
- President
- Trường Chinh
- Born
- ( 1920-12-01 ) 1 December 1920, Phú Lộc , Huế , Annam, French Indochina
- Died
- 22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) (aged 98), Hanoi , Vietnam
- Resting place
- Thủ Đức City , Ho Chi Minh City
- Party
- Communist Party of Vietnam (1945–2019)
- Awards
- Gold Star Order , Ho Chi Minh Order , Military Exploit Order
- Branch service
- Vietnam People's Army
- Years of service
- 1945–1992
- Rank
- Army General
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Vietnam
- Place of birth
- Huế
- Place of death
- Hanoi
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Political party
- Communist Party of Vietnam
- Languages spoken
- Vietnamese
- Conflict
- Vietnam War
- Military branch
- People's Army of Vietnam
- Military rank
- army general
- Image
- Leducanh2.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1920-12-01
- Commons category
- Lê Đức Anh
- name in native language
- Lê Đức Anh
- ethnic group
- Vietnamese people
- date of death
- 2019-04-22
- honorific prefix
- Excellency
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- stroke
- start of work period
- 1945-00-00
- birth name
- Lê Văn Giác
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Encyclopedic overview
Lê Đức Anh ( Vietnamese: [le˧˧ ʔɗɨk̚˧˦ ʔajŋ̟˧˧]; 1 December 1920 – 22 April 2019) was a Vietnamese politician and general who served as the fifth President of Vietnam from 1992 to 1997. He previously led the Vietnamese forces in Cambodia throughout the 1980s. He was regarded as a conservative who advocated maintaining tight party control over domestic policies.
Lê Đức Anh's military career spanned many battlefields across Vietnam, from north to south. Vietnamese primarily remember him for his role in the war against the United States and his command of Vietnamese forces in Cambodia.
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