- Hoang Co Minh
Hoàng Cơ Minh (1935-1987) was the first Chairman of the Việt Tân (Vietnam Reform Party). He was elected on
September 10 ,1982 , when Viet Tan was founded. He was considered, among the expatriate Vietnamese, the leader of the anti-communist resistance against the Vietnamese government.Life
Hoàng Cơ Minh was born in
Hanoi ,Vietnam , in 1935. He graduated in Mathematics from the University of Hanoi in 1954. He then joined theArmy of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) where he was a decorated officer. He was known as an incorruptible leader and rose quickly in the Navy where he became Vice-Admiral, in theRepublic of Vietnam Navy .After the
Fall of Saigon in 1975, Hoàng Cơ Minh established the foundations for a short-lived resistance against the Vietnamese communist regime. In 1982 he founded Việt Tân (Vietnam Reform Party) along the Thai-Lao border and was elected as first Chairman.Hoàng Cơ Minh died in August 1987 while leading an armed incursion into Vietnam.
External links
* [http://www.viettan.org Viet Tan Official website]
* [http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=37464 Three members of the Viet Tan (Vietnam Reform) Party, a US-based anti-government group whose operations in Vietnam were busted]
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