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Also Known As Ba • Nguyen Tat Thanh • Nguyen Sinh Cung • Ly Thuy • Nguyen Ai Quoc
Born May 19, 1890 • Vietnam
Died September 2, 1969 (aged 79) • Hanoi • Vietnam
Founder Viet Minh
Political Affiliation French Communist Party • Indochinese Communist Party • Vietnamese Workers’ Party
Role In First Indochina War • Geneva Accords • Vietnam War

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Ho Chi Minh, president of North Vietnam, with a long white beard and mustache, wearing a dark jacket, seated and looking to the side in a 1957 black-and-white portrait.
Map of Vietnam from 1954 to 1976, showing North Vietnam in the north and South Vietnam in the south, separated by a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel. The map highlights the Ho Chi Minh Trail running from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia into South Vietnam, with major cities such as Hanoi in the north and Saigon in the south, as well as neighboring countries and bodies of water.
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