- Nguyen Thi Dinh
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In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyễn, but is often simplified to Nguyen in English-language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Dinh.
Nguyễn Thị Định (15 March 1920 - 26 August 1992) was a Vietnamese revolutionary during the Vietnam War.
She was born from a peasant family in Ben Tre (Kien Hoa province in the Mekong Delta), and fought with the Viet Minh forces against the French. She was arrested and incarcerated by the French colonial authority between 1940 and 1943, and helped lead an insurrection in Ben Tre in 1945 and again in 1960 (against Ngo Dinh Diem's government).
She was a founding member of the National Liberation Front (NLF),
In 1965 she was elected chairwoman of the South Vietnam Women's Liberation Association.
After the Vietnam War and the reunification of Vietnam, Madame Dinh served on the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Communist Party and also became the first female major general to serve in the Vietnam People's Army. She was also one of the Deputy Chairmen of the Council of State from 1987 until her death.
Together with Madame Nguyen Thi Binh, she is one of the two most prominent female Vietnamese revolutionary leaders. She was awarded Lenin Peace Prize for the year 1967.
See also
Preceded by
Lê Thanh Nghị
Chu Huy MânVice President of Vietnam
1987–1992Succeeded by
Nguyễn Thị Bình
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