Lê Duẩn

Lê Văn Nhuận, better known as Lê Duẩn, was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary. He was the former General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and served the party for 26 years.

Life

Lê Duẩn was born on April 7, 1908 in Bich La in Đông Triều in the Triệu Phong district of the Quảng Trị Province. He was raised in the Cẩm Xuyên district of the Hà Tĩnh Province.

Lê Duẩn was one of the founders of Indochinese Communist Party in 1930. In 1960, he became the first secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, taking over from Hồ Chí Minh. He was the General Secretary of the Party for 10 years, receiving the position in 1976 and holding it until 1986.

Ideologically, Lê Duẩn's helped to influence many choices made by the Communist Party. He helped to create the military strategies set at the 6^th Party Central Conference in November of 1939. He also aided in the development of the policies related to the revolution at the 2nd National Party Congress in February of 1951. Lê Duẩn's policies were also influential in the decision to liberate the south, a decision made at the 15^th Resolution of the Party Central Committee. He helped specify the Party's ideology and contributed to the policies in the fight against the USA and the systems of nation defense.