
Tôn Đức Thắng
politician
Who was Tôn Đức Thắng?
Vietnamese revolutionary and politician who served as President of North Vietnam from 1969 to 1976 and then as President of unified Vietnam until his death in 1980. He was a founding member of the Vietnamese Communist Party and close associate of Ho Chi Minh.
Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Tôn Đức Thắng (CC BY-SA 4.0).