Ho Chi Minh | Biography, Presidency, & Facts | Britannica
ho chi minh, original name nguyen sinh cung, also called nguyen tat thanh or nguyen ai quoc, (born may 19, 1890, hoang tru, vietnam, french indochina—died september 2, 1969, hanoi, north vietnam), founder of the indochina communist party (1930) and its successor, the viet-minh (1941), and president from 1945 to 1969 of the democratic republic of .