- Le Duc Anh
Infobox President
name=Lê Ðức Anh| imagesize=100px
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order= 7thPresident of Vietnam
term_start=1992
term_end=1997
predecessor=Võ Chí Công
successor=Trần Đức Lương
birth_date=birth date and age|1920|12|1
birth_place=Thừa Thiên-Huế province
spouse=
party=Communist Party of Vietnam Lê Đức Anh (born
1 December 1920 ) is a former president ofVietnam . He was president from 1992 until 1997. He is a former soldier and regarded as a conservative who maintained tight party control over domestic policies.A long-standing member of the
Vietnamese Communist Party , he ledVietcong combat units during theVietnam War . Later he entered politics and he held a succession of government posts before being elected to the new post of state president, replacing a collective presidency, in September 1992. He stepped down as president at the October 1997 communist party congress and was replaced by Trần Đức Lương.In 1996 he was hospitalized after a major stroke, but later recovered. He was born in Thừa Thiên-Huế province.
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