Lê Khả Phiêu
Vietnamese politician (1932–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lê Khả Phiêu (27 December 1931 – 7 August 2020[2]) was a Vietnamese politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from December 1997 to April 2001.[3] Lê Khả Phiêu served in the Vietnam People's Army during the First and Second Indochina Wars, join in the Cambodian war, and was Head of the General Political Department of the Vietnam People's Army.[4]
Lê Khả Phiêu | |
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam | |
In office 26 December 1997 – 22 April 2001 | |
Preceded by | Đỗ Mười |
Succeeded by | Nông Đức Mạnh |
Secretary of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party | |
In office 29 December 1997 – 22 April 2001 | |
Preceded by | Đỗ Mười |
Succeeded by | Nông Đức Mạnh |
Personal details | |
Born | (1931-12-27)27 December 1931 Đông Khê commune, Đông Sơn District, French Indochina |
Died | 7 August 2020(2020-08-07) (aged 88) Hanoi, Vietnam |
Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Vietnam |
Branch/service | Vietnam People's Army |
Years of service | 1950–1997[1] |
Rank | Colonel General |
Commands | Chairman of the General Political Department of the Vietnam People's Army Political Commissar of the High Command of the Vietnamese Volunteer Soldiers in Cambodia |
Battles/wars | Cambodian–Vietnamese War, Vietnam War, First Indochina War |
Lê Khả Phiêu has previously been viewed as a conservative.[5] However, this categorization has been challenged by historian Martin Gainsborough, who notes that Lê Khả Phiêu made some remarkably outspoken comments about problems in the party before the Tenth Party Congress. Lê Khả Phiêu criticized what he called 'illness of partyization' (bệnh đảng hoá), meaning that the Party controls everything.[6] Lê Khả Phiêu was a protégé of his predecessor, Đỗ Mười.[7] He was elevated to the Politburo in the early 1990s.[8]