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'''Ho Chi Minh''' (born on May 19, 1890 as Nguyen That Thanh) was a [[Vietnam]]ese revolutionary
'''Ho Chi Minh''' (born on May 19, 1890 as Nguyen That Thanh) was a [[Vietnam]]ese revolutionary
who imposed one-party rule on Vietnam, dashing any hopes of it becoming a democratic country.
who imposed one-party rule on Vietnam, dashing any hopes of it becoming a democratic country.
He was Prime Minister of the so-called Democratic Republic of Vietnam (actually a totalitarian [[Communist]] state) from 1945 to 1955. He assumed the office of President in 1955 and remained there until his death on September 2, 1969. After the civil war ended in 1975, [[Saigon]] was renamed [[Ho Chi Minh City]].
He was Prime Minister of the so-called Democratic Republic of Vietnam (actually a totalitarian [[Communist]] state) from 1945 to 1955. He assumed the office of President in 1955 and remained there until his death on September 2, 1969. After the civil war ended in 1975, [[Saigon]] was renamed [[Ho Chi Minh City]]. The name ''Ho Chi Minh'' means "The One Who Brings Light".
==Life and Career ==
Nguyen That Thanh left Vietnam at the age of 20. He traveled to London, New York and Paris and took different jobs (among others: worked as a sailor, gardener, cook i a restaurant). In 1919 he joined the French Socialist Party and in 1920, after the party fell apart, he become a member of the French Communist Party. He became an expert in colonialism issues. In 1922 he was delegated to [[Moscow]], where he studied the doctrine an techniques of communism.
In 1925 he was sent to China, officially as a staff member of the Soviet Consulate in Kanton, in fact as a Comintern agent. Then he became the Director of the Comintern Office in Shanghai. Since then, until the start of the [[Second World War]] he traveled a lot over Asia.
*Ho throughout his life was a dedicated Communist internationalist. If anything, he was drawn even more to the Chinese than to the Soviets. <ref>http://www.oldwardogs.us/2006/12/understanding_r.html</ref>
*Ho throughout his life was a dedicated Communist internationalist. If anything, he was drawn even more to the Chinese than to the Soviets. <ref>http://www.oldwardogs.us/2006/12/understanding_r.html</ref>