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Đỗ Mười

1917 - 2018

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Đỗ Mười (Vietnamese: [ɗǒˀ mɨ̂əj]; 2 February 1917 – 1 October 2018) was a Vietnamese communist politician. He rose in the party hierarchy in the late 1940s, became Chairman of the Council of Ministers in 1988 and was elected General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) at the 7th Congress in 1991. He continued his predecessor's policy of ruling through a collective leadership and Nguyễn Văn Linh's policy of economic reform. He was elected for two terms as General Secretary, but left office in 1997 at the 3rd plenum of the 8th Central Committee during his second term. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Đỗ Mười is the 9,861st most popular politician (down from 8,054th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Vietnamese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Đỗ Mười ranks 9,861 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander I of Georgia, Tashfin ibn Ali, Ali Abdullah Ayyoub, Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua, Arsenije III Čarnojević, and Pinarayi Vijayan. After him are Epitácio Pessoa, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Michael Szilágyi, Ashikaga Yoshihide, Pinnes, and Soe Win.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Đỗ Mười ranks 143. Before him are Brad Dexter, Dondinho, Luigi Poggi, Earl Cameron, Katharine Graham, and Celeste Holm. After him are Han Suyin, Sameera Moussa, Mongo Santamaría, Robert Conquest, Zoltán Fábri, and Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin. Among people deceased in 2018, Đỗ Mười ranks 155. Before him are Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, David Ogden Stiers, Vladimir Lyakhov, Margit Sandemo, Leila Abashidze, and Sergio Marchionne. After him are Nicolas Roeg, Dan Gurney, Robert Kerman, José Antonio Abreu, Vladimir Voinovich, and Lassie Lou Ahern.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Đỗ Mười ranks 53 out of 136. Before him are Michel Henry (1922), Lý Thái Tổ (974), Duy Tân (1900), Phan Thi Kim Phuc (1963), Đinh Bộ Lĩnh (924), and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954). After him are Andrew Dũng-Lạc (1795), Son Ngoc Thanh (1908), Nguyễn Văn Thuận (1928), Nguyễn Du (1765), Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949), and Nick Ut (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Đỗ Mười ranks 36. Before him are Tự Đức (1829), Trương Tấn Sang (1949), Lý Thái Tổ (974), Duy Tân (1900), Đinh Bộ Lĩnh (924), and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954). After him are Son Ngoc Thanh (1908), Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949), Thiệu Trị (1807), Võ Chí Công (1912), Lê Đức Anh (1920), and Hàm Nghi (1872).

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