Phạm Hùng

Phạm Hùng

Phạm Hùng (June 11, 1912March 10, 1988) was the Prime Minister of Vietnam from 1987 to 1988.

Life

He joined the Indochinese Communist Party in 1930 and he was sentenced to death by the French before having the sentence commuted. He worked as a revolutionary against the French and after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu rose rapidly in the party. In 1958 he became Deputy Prime Minister. During the Vietnam War he acted as comissar to the Vietcong. He also served as Interior Secretary before his relatively brief period as Prime Minister. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE2D91439F931A25750C0A96E948260 Obituary at the New York Times] ]

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