Le Kha Phieu
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In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Lê, but is often simplified to Le in English-language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Phiêu.
| Lê Khả Phiêu | |
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| General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam | |
| In office 1997–2001 |
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| President | Trần Đức Lương |
| Prime Minister | Phan Văn Khải |
| Preceded by | Đỗ Mười |
| Succeeded by | Nông Đức Mạnh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 27, 1931 Thanh Hóa province |
| Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam |
Lê Khả Phiêu (born December 27, 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 has usually been seen as a conservative.[2] However, this categorization has been challenged by 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.[3]
Mr Phiêu was a protégé of his predecessor, Đỗ Mười.[4] He was elevated to the Politburo in the early 1990s.[5]
[edit] 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
| Preceded by Đỗ Mười |
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam 1997–2001 |
Succeeded by Nông Đức Mạnh |
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