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Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chí Minh was prime minister from 1946 to 1955 and president from 1945 until his death in 1969 of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam North Vietnam. Le Duan was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and leader of North Vietnam and later the unified Vietnam from 1969 until his death in 1986. -
Ngo Dinh Diem
As a colonel in the South Vietnamese army, Mr. Thieu first came to prominence in helping to organize the coup that ousted President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963. He moved up swiftly, becoming chairman of the ruling military junta's National Directory, then chief of state in 1965.
