Đỗ Mười
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- This is a Vietnamese name; the family name is Đỗ, but is often simplified as Do in English-language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person properly should be referred to by the given name Mười.
Đỗ Mười (born February 2, 1917) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1991 to 1997. He was born in Đông Mỹ.
Đỗ Mười was made prime minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in June 1988, capping a 35-year career in the state bureaucracy. As prime minister he became increasingly identified with the forces of conservatism at the highest level of leadership. In 1991, he became secretary general of the Vietnamese Communist Party. Đỗ Mười retired from Communist party leadership in 1998.
In what was called the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s (SRV) biggest leadership shake-up in five years, Đỗ Mười was elected the Communist Party’s General Secretary replacing Nguyễn Văn Linh, 75, in 1991. The election on June 27, 1991, replaced seven of the 12 men in the ruling Politburo and a similar personnel housecleaning took place in the party Central Committee. Like Linh, Đỗ Mười advocated reforming the marketplace without fundamentally altering the political system (Đổi mới reforms). Party officials made clear that Linh was retiring because of poor health and was not being ousted.
| Preceded by Nguyễn Văn Linh |
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam 1991–1997 |
Succeeded by Lê Khả Phiêu |
| Preceded by Võ Văn Kiệt - acting |
Prime Minister of Vietnam 1988–1991 |
Succeeded by Võ Văn Kiệt |
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