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COMMANDER // 1907–1986

Lê Duẩn

member of the National Assembly of VietnamVietnamNorth Vietnam4 battles2 wars

Lifespan

1907 – 1986

19101920193019401950196019701980Vietnam War · 1955–1975 broad period; major U.S. combat 1965–1973Cambodian–Vietnamese War · 1977-1991Tet Offensive — 1968 · North Vietnam · Vietnam War1975 spring offensive — January 1, 1975 · North Vietnam · Vietnam WarFall of Saigon — April 30, 1975 · North Vietnam · Vietnam WarVietnamese border raids in Thailand — January 1, 1979 · Vietnam · Cambodian–Vietnamese War

Active service 1968–1979 — 4 battles across 2 wars; first command at age 61.

Profile

Lê Duẩn was a Vietnamese communist politician. He rose in the party hierarchy in the late 1950s and became General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (VCP) at the 3rd National Congress in 1960. When Ho Chi Minh died in 1969, he consolidated power to become the undisputed leader of North Vietnam. Upon defeating South Vietnam in the Second Indochina War in 1975, he subsequently ruled the newly unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 1976 until his death in 1986.

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Battles (4)

Last verified June 2026
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