What is Lê Duẩn?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Lê Duẩn | image = | caption = | birthname = Lê Văn Nhuận | nationality = [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|4|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Quảng Trị Province]], [[French Indochina]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1986|7|10|1907|4|7|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Hanoi]], Vietnam | office = [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam|General Secretary]] of the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam|Central Committee]] of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]] | term_start = 10 September 1960 | term_end = 10 July 1986 | office1 = [[Secretary of the Central Military Commission|Secretary]] of the [[Central Military Commission (Vietnam)|Central Military Commission]] of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Communist Party]] | term_start1 = 1977 | term_end1 = 1984 | predecessor1 = [[Võ Nguyên Giáp]] | successor1 = [[Văn Tiến Dũng]] | office2 = Member of the [[Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam|Politburo]] | term_start2 = 1957 | term_end2 = 10 July 1986 | office3 = Member of the [[Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam|Secretariat]] | term_start3 = 1956 | term_end3 = 10 July 1986 | predecessor = ''[[Ho Chi Minh|Hồ Chí Minh]]'' (acting) | successor = [[Trường Chinh]] | party = [[Communist Party of Vietnam]] }} '''Lê Duẩn''' (7 April 1907 – 10 July 1986) was the General Secretary of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]] from 1969 until his death in 1986. Lê Duẩn participated in the formation of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in 1930. During the French colonial rule, he was imprisoned in 1931-36 and 1940-45. Then until 1957 he served as leader of the Communist Party's Sector Section, and became General Secretary in 1960, thus leading the party after Ho Chi Minh. He continued Hồ Chí Minh's policy of ruling through collective leadership. and helped to formulate the party's policy for the development of the socialist economy. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:General Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party