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| image=[[File:Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam.jpg|200px]]

| name        =Ho Chi Minh

| name        =Ho Chi Minh

| birth        =19 May 1890, Nghe An Province, French Indochina

| birth        =19 May 1890, Nghe An Province, French Indochina

| parents      =Nguyễn Sinh Sắc (father)  

| parents      =Nguyen Sinh Sac (father)  

| religion    =Atheist

| religion    =Unknown<ref>Available sources attribute either traditional Vietnamese folk religion or atheism to Ho Chi Minh</ref>

| spouse      =Tăng Tuyết Minh  

| spouse      =[[Tang Tuyet Minh]]

| children    =None

| children    =None

| death        =3 September 1969 (aged 79)

| death        =3 September 1969 (aged 79), in Hanoi

| deathmanner  =Heart failure

| deathmanner  =Heart failure

| burial      =Buried in Hanoi with honors

| burial      =Buried in Hanoi with honors

| country      =[[Vietnam]]

| country      =[[Vietnam]]

| military    =Led military as Commander in Chief during wars with France and USA

| military    =Led military as commander in chief during wars with France and US

| rank        =N/A

| rank        =N/A

| polbeliefs  =Communist

| polbeliefs  =Communist

| dictatordate =Served as President from 2 September 1945 – 3 September 1969

| dictatordate =Served as President from 2 September 1945 – 3 September 1969

| war          =Invasions of South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia; [[Vietnam War]]

| war          =Invasions of South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia; [[Vietnam War]]

| deathnumber  =1,500,000 (total number of Vietnamese killed by Communist democide in the north and south from 1945 to 1990, not counting war casualties); Engineered 1956-59 "land reform" bloodbath, during which 100,000 to 300,000 were killed.  North Vietnam altogether killed upwards of 500,000 of its citizens (some say over 1 million); the Communists executed 200,000 South Vietnamese, killed 155,000 who tried to escape in cold blood, drowned 200-400,000, and killed another 200,000 in concentration camps after the war, along with potentially tens of thousands of others through different means.  From 1945-56, when he had full control, North Vietnam killed between 250,000 and 900,000 people (Rummel).  About 1,200,000 Vietnamese were killed on both sides during the war, along with 300,000 Cambodians and Laotians.

| deathnumber  =100,000+

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'''Ho Chi Minh''' (born on May 19, 1890 as Nguyen Tat Thanh, also known as Nguyen Van Ba, Nguyen Ai Quoc, sometimes used other aliases) was a [[Vietnam]]ese revolutionary  

'''Ho Chi Minh''', born on May 19, 1890 as Nguyen Tat Thanh, was a [[Vietnam]]ese revolutionary and communist dictator who imposed socialist authoritarian rule on North [[Vietnam]], dashing any hopes of it becoming a [[Democracy|democratic]] [[country]]. He was [[prime minister]] of the Viet Minh, a [[Communist]] proto-state, from 1945 to 1955. The Viet Minh became the government of North Vietnam in 1954.  Ho became president in 1955 and held this position until [[death]] on September 2, 1969.  Ho was more a figurehead than a leader.  Although Le Duan, the [[political party|party boss]], maintained a lower profile, he was a more powerful leader.  "Ho" is a surname while "Chi Minh" means "the one who brings light."  [[Vietnamese]] generally call him ''Bác Hồ'' (Uncle Ho).  This phrase was coined in imitation of "Uncle Joe," one of [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]'s nicknames.  Official [[propaganda]] stresses that Ho was celibate and dedicated only to welfare of the nation.  Few Vietnamese are aware that he was married to [[Tang Tuyet Minh]], a [[Chinese]] [[Catholic]] who lived in [[Guangzhou]].  After the [[Vietnam War]] ended in 1975, [[Saigon]] was renamed [[Ho Chi Minh City]].  

who imposed one-party rule on Vietnam, dashing any hopes of it becoming a [[Democracy|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]]. The name ''Ho Chi Minh'' means "The One Who Brings Light".  

==Life and Career ==

==Life and career ==

Nguyen Tat 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 [[ship]] steward, gardener, cook in a restaurant). While working on a ship he used name Nguyen Van Ba, then he returned to his original name.  

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]] and techniques of Communism.

In 1925 he was sent to [[China]], officially as a staff member of the [[Soviet]] Consulate in [[Canton]], 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]].

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]] and techniques of communism.  

* Ho throughout his life was a dedicated [[Communist international]]ist. In 1938 Ho went from [[Moscow]] to Moa's side at [[Yenan]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NJcolGHWfzoC&pg=PA288&lpg=PA288&dq=chi+minh%2Bmao%2Byenan&source=bl&ots=MqYmygssrY&sig=HuS7BoXeptzMYrD_EJfYeEaZTMk&hl=en&ei=cVHDTY7UA5CPsgav0qneAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CC4Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=chi%20minh%2Bmao%2Byenan&f=false [[OSS]] in China: prelude to Cold War], By Maochun Yu.</ref><ref>http://www.oldwardogs.us/2006/12/understanding_r.html</ref>

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 Chi Minh was a [[Nationalism|nationalist]] in the sense that he had a special affection for Vietnam's people and favored Vietnamese unification and independence, but, from his reading of [[Lenin]]’s Theses onward, he firmly adhered to the [[Leninist]] principle that Communist [[nation]]s should subordinate their interests to those of the international Communist movement.<ref>http://www.triumphforsaken.com/index.php?pr=Excerpt</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>

* Ho Chi Minh was a [[Nationalism|

nationalist]] in the sense that he had a special affection for Vietnam’s people and favored Vietnamese unification and independence, but, from his reading of [[Lenin]]’s Theses onward, he firmly adhered to the Leninist principle that Communist [[nation]]s should subordinate their interests to those of the international Communist movement. <ref>http://www.triumphforsaken.com/index.php?pr=Excerpt</ref>

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://www.triumphforsaken.com/ Triumph Foresaken] - history book by [[Mike Moyar]] which disproves most of the liberal propaganda about Ho.

*[http://www.triumphforsaken.com/ Triumph Foresaken] - history book by [[Mike Moyar]] which disproves most of the liberal propaganda about Ho.

*[http://www.vietquoc.com]- VietNam Quoc Dan Dang (Vietnamese National Party) website

*[http://www.vietquoc.com Viet Quoc]- The website of the Vietnamese Nationalist Party.

*[http://www.paulbogdanor.com/left/vietnam/hochiminh.html]-The Blood-Red Hands of Ho Chi Minh

*[http://www.paulbogdanor.com/left/vietnam/hochiminh.html The Blood-Red Hands of Ho Chi Minh], Vietcong mass murder in South Vietnam 

*[http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP6.HTM]-Statistics Of Vietnamese Democide:  Estimates, Calculations, And Sources

*[http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP6.HTM Statistics Of Vietnamese Democide:  Estimates, Calculations, And Sources]

*[http://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam_landreform-20060608.html] "More than 172,000 people died during the North Vietnam land reform campaign after being classified as landowners and wealthy farmers, official records of the time show.  But official figures leave out summary executions of those accused of membership of the National People’s Party, however. Unofficial estimates of those killed by Ho Chi Minh’s Vietnam Labor Party, which later become the Vietnamese Communist Party, range from 200,000 to 900,000. ...“The land reform campaign was a crime of genocide like that of Pol Pot,” Hao said."

*[http://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam_landreform-20060608.html The North Vietnamese Terror] "More than 172,000 people died during the North Vietnam land reform campaign after being classified as landowners and wealthy farmers, official records of the time show.  But official figures leave out summary executions of those accused of membership of the National People’s Party, however. Unofficial estimates of those killed by Ho Chi Minh’s Vietnam Labor Party, which later become the Vietnamese Communist Party, range from 200,000 to 900,000. ...“The land reform campaign was a crime of genocide like that of [[Pol Pot]],” Hao said."

 

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