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Vo Chi Cong
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Key facts
- Leader
- Nguyễn Văn Linh
- Preceded by
- Trường Chinh
- Succeeded by
- Lê Đức Anh
- Born
- Võ Toàn , ( 1912-08-07 ) 7 August 1912, Quảng Nam , Annam , French Indochina
- Died
- 8 September 2011 (2011-09-08) (aged 99), Hồ Chí Minh City , Vietnam
- Party
- Communist Party of Vietnam (since 1935)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Vietnam
- Place of birth
- Quảng Nam
- Place of death
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Communist Party of Vietnam
- Languages spoken
- Vietnamese
- Conflict
- Vietnam War
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- date of death
- 2011-09-08
- date of birth
- 1912-08-07
- name in native language
- Võ Chí Công
- cause of death
- disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Võ Chí Công ( Vietnamese: [vɔ˦ˀ˥ t͡ɕi˧˦ kəwŋ͡m˧˧]; born Võ Toàn [vɔ˦ˀ˥ twaːn˨˩]; 7 August 1912 – 8 September 2011) was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary, and the Chairman of the Council of State of Vietnam (Alternatively: President of Vietnam) between 1987 and 1992. He was the Standing Deputy Chairman of the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam from 1962 to 1976.
Early life and political activities
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