Trường Chinh (pseudonym meaning “Long March” born Đặng Xuân Khu (9 February 1907 Xuân Trường District Nam Định Province – 30 September 1988 Hanoi) was a Vietnamese communist political leader and theoretician. From 1941 to 1957 he was Vietnam’s second-ranked communist leader (after Ho Chi Minh). Following the death of Lê Duẩn in 1986 he was briefly Vietnam’s top leader.
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active years end date
1956-09-01, 1986-12-18, 1987-06-18
active years start date
1981-07-04, 1986-07-14
birth date
1907-02-09
birth place
Indochina, Quảng Ngãi Province, Mộ Đức District
death date
1988-09-30
death place
Hanoi, Vietnam
nationality
Vietnam
office
Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Central Military–Party Committee of the Communist Party, Chairman of the Council of State of Vietnam
order in office
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
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