Lê Đức Anh
4th president of Vietnam (1920-2019)
(Redirected from Le Duc Anh)
Lê Đức Anh (1 December 1920 – 22 April 2019) was an Vietnamese general and politician. He was President of Vietnam from 1992 until 1997. He became president after leading the Vietnamese forces in Cambodia throughout the 1980s. He was regarded as a conservative.[1] He supported maintaining strict party control over local policies.
Lê Đức Anh | |
|---|---|
 Anh in 1966 | |
| President of Vietnam | |
| In office 24 September 1992 – 24 September 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Vo Chi Cong |
| Succeeded by | Trần Đức Lương |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 16 February 1987 – 10 August 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Van Tien Dung |
| Succeeded by | Doan Khue |
| Member of the Politburo | |
| In office 31 March 1982 – 29 December 1997 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 December 1920 Thừa Thiên Huế province |
| Died | 22 April 2019 (aged 98) Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| Awards |  Gold Star Order Ho Chi Minh Order Military Exploit Order |
He was born in Phú Lộc District, Thừa Thiên–Huế Province on 1 December 1920. He died of stroke-related problems on 22 April 2019 in Hanoi, aged 98.[2]
References
change- ↑ Bolton 1999, 176
- ↑ "Nguyên Chủ tịch nước Lê Đức Anh từ trần".
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