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Nguyen Van Linh Nguyen Van Linh
Nguyen Van Linh , 1915-98, Vietnamese political leader, b. near Hanoi as Nguyen Van Cuc. As a young man he was active in organizing Vietnam's Communist party and was twice jailed (1931-36; 1941-45) for his political activities. In the years following Vietnam's independence (1945), Linh rose in the... Read more
Duong Van Minh Duong Van Minh
Duong Van Minh , 1916-2001, Vietnamese army officer and political leader. A military adviser (1962-63) to President Diem , he helped to overthrow Diem in 1963. He was head of government (1963-64), after which he went into exile. Minh returned in 1968, serving as an opposition leader against... Read more
Nguyen Cao Ky Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Cao Ky , 1930-, premier (1965-67) and vice president (1967-71) of the former Republic of South Vietnam. Flight trained by the French, he returned to Vietnam (1954) and held a series of commands in the South Vietnamese air force. Ky's involvement in President Diem's overthrow (1963) led to his... Read more
Nguyen Van Thieu Nguyen Van Thieu
Nguyen Van Thieu , 1924-2001, president of the former Republic of South Vietnam (1967-75). After World War II, he joined the Viet Minh , but then left it to join what became the South Vietnamese National Army (ARVN). He rose rapidly, becoming a division commander. In 1963, he helped lead the coup... Read more
Le Duan Le Duan
Le Duan , 1908-86, Vietnamese Communist party leader. Imprisoned by the French colonial regime, he organized Communist forces in the South after the French withdrawal from Vietnam in 1954 and became first secretary of North Vietnam's Communist party in 1959. After Ho Chi Minh 's death (1969), Le... Read more
Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh , 1890-1969, Vietnamese nationalist leader, president of North Vietnam (1954-69), and one of the most influential political leaders of the 20th cent. His given name was Nguyen That Thanh. In 1911 he left Vietnam, working aboard a French liner. He later lived in London and in the United... Read more
Khmer Rouge Khmer Rouge
Khmer Rouge , name given to native Cambodian Communists. Khmer Rouge soldiers, aided by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, began a large-scale insurgency against government forces in 1970, quickly gaining control over more than two thirds of the country. The strength of the Khmer Rouge rose... Read more
Radovan Karadzic Radovan Karadzic
Radovan Karadzic Radovan Karadzic (born 1945), the leader of the Bosnian Serbs, pursued a course of "ethnic cleansing" as he struggled to gain independence from the Muslim-controlled Bosnian government in the former Yugoslavia. He has been indicted by the World Court in The Hague for his actions.... Read more
Menzel Bourguiba Menzel Bourguiba
Menzel Bourguiba or Manzil Abu Ruqaybah , formerly Ferryville, town (1994 pop. 47,521), N Tunisia, on Lake Bizerte. It was founded as a naval installation during the period of French rule. After Tunisia became independent (1956), it was renamed in honor of Habib Bourguiba , Tunisia's leader. ... Read more
Pol Pot Pol Pot
Pol Pot 1925-98, Cambodian political leader, originally named Saloth Sar. Paris-educated, and a Khmer Communist leader from 1960, he led Khmer Rouge guerrillas against the government of Lon Nol after 1970. In 1975 he proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Kampuchea and served as its premier... Read more

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Former Communist Party chief Linh, architect of Vietnam reforms, dies
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Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...the Communist rulers of this former South Vietnamese capital once known as Saigon...sixth party Congress," said Nguyen Cong Ai, vice chairman of...City in the early 1980s, Vietnamese leader Nguyen Van ...
Conditions ripe for U.S., Viets to restore links
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times ...a hand to the former enemy. But to...gives the Russian leader the opening to...supporting the Vietnamese involvement in...Cambodia through its Vietnamese surrogate was...to Hanoi. And Vietnamese leader ...
Perestroika, doi moi, shall we call the whole thing off? (Vietnam economic...
Magazine article from: The Economist (US) ...second year as leader of the Vietnamese Communist party, Mr Nguyen Van Linh is pressing for...City, run by Mr Nguyen Xuan Oanh, the...invited to visit Vietnamese friends in their...opposing doi moi the ...
Hanoi ready to meet with China
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times HANOI Vietnamese Communist Party chief Nguyen Van Linh said here Wednesday...meet China's top leader, Deng Xiaoping...agreed with the former Japanese finance...relations with Hanoi. Vietnamese Foreign Minister ...
China's Zhao Starts Visit To E. Europe;Party Chief, Premier To Drop 1 of 2 Jobs
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...under paramount leader Deng Xiaoping...downfall of former party chief...visit of Polish leader Gen. Wojciech...joint Soviet-Vietnamese statement...to Moscow by Vietnamese party chief Nguyen Van ...
The Great Red Hope;The Last Commies on the Bloc
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...relations with a former enemy. But...recognize that the Vietnamese communists...Koreans, the Vietnamese communists...The Chinese leaders, on the other...admitted by the Vietnamese Communist Party...secretary, Nguyen ...
Leaders of Vietnam, China Held Secret Talks
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Economic reform seen in selection of Viet boss
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times ...Thailand The sixth Vietnamese Communist Party...economic reformer Nguyen Van Linh chosen as new party chief. Linh was chosen...of several Vietnamese leaders, including...Chinh, 79, former ...

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