Ho Chi Minh
1890 – 1969 Vietnamese Founder and President of North Vietnam
Communist founder of North Vietnam and figurehead of Vietnamese independence.
- Religion
- Atheist Marxist-Leninist; the Vietnamese Communist state promoted a cult of 'Uncle Ho' whose mausoleum and image serve a quasi-religious civic role.
- Affiliations
- Indochinese and Vietnamese Communist Parties; the Comintern. No occult ties.
Ho founded the Vietnamese Communist movement, led the fight against French colonial rule and became the first president of North Vietnam. He was the enduring symbol of the struggle that continued through the Vietnam War. After his death in 1969 the state embalmed him and built a mausoleum cult around 'Uncle Ho.'
Connections
- ally of Joseph Stalin — Received Soviet backing for the Vietnamese revolution.
- ally of Mao Zedong — Leaned on Chinese support against France and the United States.
In the timeline
- 1919 Ho Chi Minh appeals to US over French Indochina central figure
- 1920 Ho Chi Minh converts to Leninism at the Congress of Tours central figure
- 1923 Ho Chi Minh in Moscow and the Comintern central figure
- 1945 Independence of Vietnam mentioned
- 1945 Ho Chi Minh proclaims Democratic Republic of Vietnam central figure
- 1945 Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnamese independence central figure
- 1950 Red China recognizes Ho Chi Minh's Vietnam central figure
- 1954 Vietnam partitioned at Geneva after Dien Bien Phu mentioned
- 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends French rule in Indochina mentioned