Trường Chinh

Trường Chinh ( Vietnamese: [ʈ͡ʂɯɤ̀ŋ ciŋ̟], meaning "Long March"), born Đặng Xuân Khu (9 February 1907 – 30 September 1988) was a Vietnamese communist political leader, revolutionary and theoretician. He was one of the key figures of Vietnamese politics for over 40 years, and played a major role in the 1946–1954 war against the French. Trường also played an important role in shaping the politics of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) and creating the socialist structure of the new Vietnam.

Between November 9, 1940 and November 11, 1945, when the party dissolved, Trường was General Secretary of the Indochinese Communist Party Central Committee. Between 1946 and 1954, the First Indochina War led to the fall of French Indochina and the partitioning of Vietnam between north and south. On 19 February 1951, Trường became First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Vietnam Central Committee. After the failure of the Land Reform program in 1956, he was dismissed from his post of General Secretary and had less power.