Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese revolutionary, politician and the founder of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. He was a Marxist-Leninist and served as the leader of North Vietnam. He was also the president of the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam, the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, and the government in exile during the Vietnam War. During World War II he spent over 20 years in prison camps in China, specifically in Yenan, where he developed his theories about guerrilla warfare
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Upon his return to Vietnam in 1947, he formed a guerrilla army called the Viet Minh. He led this army in a successful war against France, resulting in independence for North Vietnam. The Communist Party later made him its general secretary, heading its military organization.
He was chairman of the Democratic Republic's National Defense Council. At that time he declared an end to French rule in North Vietnam and established diplomatic relations with other socialist countries. He was one of the foremost revolutionaries of his age, and remains one of the world's most widely admired political leaders.