Võ Chí Công

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Võ Chí Công (born August 7, 1912 in Tam Xuan , Tam Kỳ District , Quảng Nam Province, † September 8, 2011 in Ho Chi Minh City ) was a Vietnamese communist politician and president .

Politically active against the French occupation of Vietnam as early as 1930, Võ Chí Công was a founding member of the National Liberation Front in 1961 . After the reunification of Vietnam, he got a seat in the Politburo of the Communist Party and held various ministerial offices (fisheries, agriculture) before he became Deputy Prime Minister (1976-1982) and finally from 1987-1992 the President of Vietnam.

He died in September 2011 at the age of 99. The Vietnamese government ordered a state funeral .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Saigon online: Mừng đồng chí Võ Chí Công 95 tuổi
  2. ↑ Google Books: Vietnam under Communism, 1975-1982 By Van Canh Nguyen, Earle Cooper
  3. ^ The leadership of the PRG, the NFLSV and their affiliated organization, 1973
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dztimes.net
  5. ↑ http://baodientu.chinhphu.vn/Home/Dong-chi-Vo-Chi-Cong-tu-tran/20119/98466.vgp
  6. ↑ Viet Nam News: Former State leader dies at ninety nine
personal data
SURNAME Võ, Chí Công
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vietnamese communist politician, president
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Tam Xuan , Tam Kỳ District , Quảng Nam Province
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 2011
Place of death Ho Chi Minh City