Lê Khả Phiêu
| Lê Khả Phiêu | |
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| General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam | |
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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 | |
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In office 29 December 1997 – 22 April 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Đỗ Mười |
| Succeeded by | Nông Đức Mạnh |
| Chairman of the General Political Department of the People's Army | |
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In office September 1991 – December 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Nguyễn Quyết |
| Succeeded by | Phạm Thanh Ngân |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 December 1931 Thanh Hóa Province |
| Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam |
Lê Khả Phiêu (born 27 December 1931 at Đông Khê Commune, Đông Sơn District, Thanh Hóa Province) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from December 1997 to April 2001 and has a military background.[1] He served in the Vietnam People's Army during the First and Second Indochina Wars, join in Cambodian war, the head of the General political Department of the People's Army.[2]
He has usually been seen as a conservative.[3] However, this categorization has been challenged by historian Martin Gainsborough, who notes that Phiêu made some remarkably outspoken comments about problems in the party before the Tenth Party Congress. He criticized what he called 'illness of partyization' (bệnh đảng hoá), meaning that the Party controls everything.[4] Phiêu was a protégé of his predecessor, Đỗ Mười.[5] He was elevated to the Politburo in the early 1990s.[6]
References
- References
- Bolton, Kent (1999): "Domestic Sources of Vietnam's Foreign Policy: Normalizing Relations with the United States". in Thayer, Carlyle A., Amer, Ramses (ed.): Vietnamese Foreign Policy in Transition. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
- Gainsborough, Martin (2010): Vietnam - Rethinking the State. Zed Books, London & New York
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| Preceded by Đỗ Mười |
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam 1997–2001 |
Succeeded by Nông Đức Mạnh |
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