Ho Chi Minh

, , .}}: |name=}} (born ;}}: |name=}} , dated 7 August 1908.}} 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969),}} colloquially known as Uncle Ho (),.}} and by other aliases, , and over 50–200 aliases.}} and sobriquets, ('President Hồ'), ('Father of the people') and Founding father of modern Vietnam}} was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary and politician. He served as prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1945 to 1955, and as president from 1945 until his death in 1969. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist, he was the Chairman of the Workers' Party of Vietnam, the predecessor of the current Communist Party of Vietnam.

was born in Nghệ An province in the French protectorate of Annam. From 1911, he left French Indochina to work, and in 1920 was a founding member of the French Communist Party. After studying in Moscow, Hồ founded the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League in 1925, which five years later became the Indochinese Communist Party. On his return to Vietnam in 1941, he founded the communist-led independence movement, and in 1945 led the August Revolution against the Japanese, resulting in the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. After the French returned to power the following month, Hồ's government retreated to the countryside and began guerrilla warfare. The Việt Minh defeated the French Union in 1954 at the Battle of , ending the First Indochina War and resulting in the division of Vietnam, with the Việt Minh in control of North Vietnam, and anti-communists in control of South Vietnam. Hồ remained as president and leader of the party during the Vietnam War, which lasted from 1955 to 1975. Hồ officially stepped down from power in 1965 due to health problems and died in 1969. North Vietnam was ultimately victorious against South Vietnam and its allies. Vietnam was officially unified in 1976. Saigon, the former capital of South Vietnam, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in his honor.

The details of 's life before he came to power in Vietnam are uncertain. He is known to have used between 50 and 200 pseudonyms. Information on his birth and early life is ambiguous and subject to academic debate. At least four existing official biographies vary on names, dates, places, and other hard facts while unofficial biographies vary even more widely. Aside from being a politician, Hồ was a writer, poet, and journalist. He wrote several books, articles, and poems in Chinese, Vietnamese, and French. Provided by Wikipedia