Le Duan: Quick Facts


Facts

Also Known As Le Dung
Born April 7, 1908 • Vietnam
Died July 10, 1986 (aged 78) • Hanoi • Vietnam
Political Affiliation Indochinese Communist Party • Vietnamese Communist Party • Vietnamese Workers’ Party
Role In Vietnam War

Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap in full military uniform with medals and a peaked cap, photographed in 1968.
Vo Nguyen Giap
Vietnamese general
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.
Ho Chi Minh
president of North Vietnam
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Ton Duc Thang
president of Vietnam
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Vo Chi Cong
Vietnamese revolutionary
Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho
Le Duc Tho
Vietnamese politician
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Huynh Tan Phat
Vietnamese leader
Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam from 1955 to 1963, wearing a dark double-breasted suit and tie, facing the camera with a neutral expression.
Ngo Dinh Diem
Vietnamese political leader
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Nguyen Huu Tho
president of Vietnam
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Phạm Tuân
Vietnamese pilot and cosmonaut
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Truong Chinh
Vietnamese scholar and statesman
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Nguyen Van Thieu
president of South Vietnam
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Chu Van Tan
Vietnamese military and political leader
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnamese leader
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Nguyen Khanh
Vietnamese politician and military leader
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Do Muoi
Vietnamese political leader
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Pham Hung
prime minister of Vietnam
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James Stockdale
United States admiral
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Melvin Laird
American public official
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
president of United States
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
president of United States