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Hồ Chí Minh was a Vietnamese Marxist-Leninist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. He was a key figure in the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, as well as the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Front of Liberation during the Vietnam War until his death in 1969.
He led the Việt Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the communist-governed Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at Điện Biên Phủ.
He officially stepped down from power in 1955 due to health problem, but remained to be a highly visible figurehead and inspiration for Vietnamese fighting for his cause: a united, independent Vietnam.
Saigon, the capital of Republic of Vietnam, after the war, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in his honor.
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