Ho Chi Minh - Hồ Chí Minh Informally chose Lê Duẩn to become the Next Party Leader

Time: 1959

Place: Vietnam

Details: At the end of 1959, conscious that the national election would never be held and that Diem intended to purge opposing forces (mostly ex Việt Minh) from the South Vietnamese government, Hồ Chí Minh informally chose Lê Duẩn to become the next party leader.

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