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Võ Nguyên Giáp
Vietnamese general and communist politician (1911–2013)
In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Võ. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Nguyên Giáp.
Võ Nguyên Giáp (chữ Hán: 武元甲, Vietnamese pronunciation:[vɔ̌ˀŋʷīənjǎːp]; 25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) was a Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary and politician.
Hommage general giap biography
Highly regarded as a military strategist,[1][2] Giáp led Vietnamese communist forces to victories in wars against Japan, France, South Vietnam, the United States, and China. Giáp was the military commander of the Việt Minh and the People's Army from 1941 to 1972, minister of defense of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1946–1947 and from 1948 to 1980, and deputy prime minister from 1955 to 1991.
He was a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
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