Monday, April 25, 2011

Ho Chi Mihn ... Hoochie Men

Hồ Chí Minh (Vietnamese pronunciation: [hô̤ tɕǐmɪŋ]  ( listen)Chữ Nôm: 胡志明), born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Áli Quỗc (19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969) was a Vietnamese Marxist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955) and president (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He formed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and led the Việt cộng during the Vietnam War until his death.
Hồ led the Việt Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the communist-governed Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at Điện Biên Phủ. He lost political power in 1955—when he was replaced as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam—but remained the highly visible figurehead of North Vietnam—through the Presidency—until his death. The capital of South VietnamSaigon, after theFall of Saigon, was renamed Hồ Chí Minh City in honor of the communist leader.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh

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