Nguyễn Hữu Thọ

Vietnamese politician (1910-1996)

Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (10 July 1910 – 24 December 1996) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and Chairman of Consultative Council of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam from 6 June 1969 to 2 July 1976, and the Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam from 4 July 1981 to 18 June 1987.

Nguyễn Hữu Thọ
Nguyễn Hữu Thọ in 1932
President of Vietnam
Acting
In office
30 March 1980 – 4 July 1981
Preceded byTôn Đức Thắng
President of Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam
In office
8 June 1969 – 2 July 1976
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTôn Đức Thắng (as President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam)
Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam
In office
26 April 1981 – 19 April 1987
Preceded byTrường Chinh
Succeeded byLê Quang Đạo
Vice President of Vietnam
In office
2 July 1976 – 19 July 1992
Preceded byNguyễn Lương Bằng (as Vice President of North Vietnam)
Succeeded byNguyễn Thị Bình
Personal details
Born(1910-07-10)10 July 1910
Bến Lức District, Long An Province, French Indochina
Died24 December 1996(1996-12-24) (aged 86)
Ho Chi Minh City, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
NationalityVietnamese
Political partyCommunist Party of Vietnam (1949–1994)
AwardsGold Star Order
Lenin Peace Prize

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