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South Vietnam


Political

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Ngô Đình Diệm Ngô Đình Diệm ( or ; ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician. He was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955), and then served as the first president of South Vietnam (Republic of ...
was the President of South Vietnam from 1955 until his
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in 1963. *
Dương Văn Minh Dương Văn Minh (; 16 February 19166 August 2001), popularly known as Big Minh, was a South Vietnamese politician and a senior general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and a politician during the presidency of Ngô Đình Diệm. ...
led the
Army of the Republic of Vietnam The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; french: Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) composed the ground forces of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April ...
(ARVN) under President Diệm and was briefly leader of South Vietnam in 1963 and 1975. He was the last president of South Vietnam. *
Nguyễn Khánh Nguyễn Khánh (; 8 November 192711 January 2013) was a South Vietnamese military officer and Army of the Republic of Vietnam general who served in various capacities as head of state and prime minister of South Vietnam while at the head of a ...
was an ARVN general who was in power from early 1964 to 1965. *
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (; 5 April 1923 – 29 September 2001) was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. He was a general in the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, Republic o ...
was an ARVN general who became the President of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. *
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (; 8 September 1930 – 23 July 2011) was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who served as the chief of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s, before leading the nation as the prime minister of South V ...
was air vice-marshal and commander of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) until 1967 who became the Prime Minister of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1967 and the Vice President from 1967 to 1971. * Trần Văn Hương was the second to last President of South Vietnam before its surrender in 1975.


Military

* Cao Văn Viên was an ARVN general who served as chairman of the
Joint General Staff The Joint General Staff (JGS) was a body of senior uniformed leaders in the South Vietnamese military which advised the Ministry of National Defence and the President of South Vietnam. Organisation The JGS carried out administrative and planning ...
from October 1965 to April 1975. * Hoàng Xuân Lãm was an ARVN general, commander of
I Corps I Corps, 1st Corps, or First Corps may refer to: France * 1st Army Corps (France) * I Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * I Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Arm ...
(1967–1972). * Ngô Quang Trưởng was an ARVN general and commander of I Corps (1972–1975). *
Trần Văn Minh Lieutenant General Sylvain Trần Văn Minh (19 August 1923, in Saigon, French Indochina – 31 May 2009, in Nice, France) was a Vietnamese diplomat and a general of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. In 1942, he passed the entry exam for ...
was an RVNAF general and RNVAF commander from November 1967 to April 1975. * Trần Văn Chơn was a
Republic of Vietnam Navy The Republic of Vietnam Navy (RVNN; ; ''HQVNCH'') was the naval branch of the South Vietnamese military, the official armed forces of the former Republic of Vietnam (or South Vietnam) from 1955 to 1975. The early fleet consisted of boats fro ...
rear admiral and navy commander from 1966 to 1974. *
Lê Nguyên Khang Lieutenant General Lê Nguyên Khang (11June 193112November 1996) was a Marine Commander of the South Vietnamese Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps. Commander of III Corps 9 June 1966. He was awarded the Silver Star for valor June 27 - 29, 1967 ...
was the commander of the
Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps The Republic of Vietnam Marine Division (RVNMD, vi, Sư Đoàn Thủy Quân Lục Chiến QLC was part of the armed forces of South Vietnam. It was established by Ngo Dinh Diem in 1954 when he was Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam, which b ...
. * Nguyễn Ngọc Loan was commander of the Republic of Vietnam National Police from April 1966 to May 1968.


United States


Political

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...
was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. *
John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination i ...
was the 35th President of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. * Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969. *
Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until he resigned in 1974 *
Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...
was the 38th President of the United States from 1974 to 1977. * Robert McNamara was the 8th Secretary of Defense, serving under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to 1968. * Clark Clifford was the 9th Secretary of Defense, serving under President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1968 to 1969. *
Melvin R. Laird Melvin Robert Laird Jr. (September 1, 1922 – November 16, 2016) was an American politician, writer and statesman. He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 before serving as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under Presi ...
was the 10th Secretary of Defense, serving under President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973. *
James R. Schlesinger James Rodney Schlesinger (February 15, 1929 – March 27, 2014) was an American economist and public servant who was best known for serving as Secretary of Defense from 1973 to 1975 under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Prior ...
was the 12th Secretary of Defense, serving under President Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford from 1973 to 1975. *
Henry Kissinger Henry Alfred Kissinger (; ; born Heinz Alfred Kissinger, May 27, 1923) is a German-born American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presid ...
was the 8th National Security Advisor and the 56th Secretary of State, serving under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford from 1969 to 1977


Military

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Earle Wheeler Earle Gilmore Wheeler (January 13, 1908 – December 18, 1975), nicknamed Bus, was a United States Army general who served as the chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1962 to 1964 and then as the sixth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of ...
was a United States Army General who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1964 to 1970. * Thomas Hinman Moorer was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1970 to 1974. *
William Westmoreland William Childs Westmoreland (March 26, 1914 – July 18, 2005) was a United States Army general, most notably commander of United States forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from ...
was a U.S. Army General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968. * Creighton Abrams was an U.S. Army General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972. *
Frederick C. Weyand Frederick Carlton Weyand (September 15, 1916 – February 10, 2010) was a general in the United States Army. Weyand was the last commander of United States military operations in the Vietnam War from 1972 to 1973, and served as the 28th Chief of ...
was a U.S. Army General who was the last commander of American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1972 to 1973. *
Elmo Zumwalt Elmo Russell "Bud" Zumwalt Jr. (November 29, 1920 – January 2, 2000) was a United States Navy officer and the youngest person to serve as Chief of Naval Operations. As an admiral and later the 19th Chief of Naval Operations, Zumwalt played a m ...
was a U.S. admiral and commander of American naval forces in Vietnam. *
William W. Momyer William Wallace Momyer (September 23, 1916 – August 10, 2012) was a general officer and fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. Among his notable posts were those commanding the Air Training Command, the Seventh Air Force during the Viet ...
was commander of the U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command and the commander of the 7th Air Force. *
John S. McCain, Jr. John Sidney "Jack" McCain Jr. (January 17, 1911 – March 22, 1981) was a United States Navy Admiral (United States), admiral who served in conflicts from the 1940s through the 1970s, including as the Commander, United States Pacific Command. Th ...
was a U.S. admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Command. *
George Stephen Morrison George Stephen Morrison (January 7, 1919 – November 17, 2008) was a United States Navy rear admiral (upper half) and naval aviator. Morrison was commander of United States naval forces during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 1964, which sp ...
was a U.S. Admiral in command during the
Gulf of Tonkin incident The Gulf of Tonkin incident ( vi, Sự kiện Vịnh Bắc Bộ) was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. It involved both a proven confrontation on August 2, 1964, carried out b ...
, which escalated the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.


Republic of Korea

* Park Chung Hee was the
President of South Korea The president of the Republic of Korea (), also known as the president of South Korea (often abbreviated to POTROK or POSK; ), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Korea. The president leads the State Council, and is ...
from 1963 until his assassination in 1979. * Chae Myung-shin was the Commander of the
Republic of Korea Armed Forces The Republic of Korea Armed Forces (), also known as the ROK Armed Forces, are the armed forces of South Korea. The ROK Armed Forces is one of the largest and most powerful standing armed forces in the world with a reported personnel strength of ...
in South Vietnam from 1965 to 1969.


Australia

*Sir
Robert Menzies The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory ...
was the Prime Minister of Australia from 1949 to 1960. *
Harold Holt Harold Edward Holt (5 August 190817 December 1967) was an Australian politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Australia from 1966 until his presumed death in 1967. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party. Holt was born in S ...
was the Prime Minister of Australia from 1966 to 1967. * John Gorton was the Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971. *
William McMahon Sir William McMahon (23 February 190831 March 1988) was an Australian politician who served as the 20th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1971 to 1972 as leader of the Liberal Party. He was a government minister for over 21 years, t ...
was the Prime Minister of Australia from 1971 to 1972. *
Gough Whitlam Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975. The longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1967 to 1977, he was notable for being the he ...
was the Prime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975. *Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Scherger was Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1961 to 1966. *Lieutenant General Sir Reginald Pollard was Chief of Army from 1960 to 1963. * Ted Serong was a senior officer of the Australian Army and commander of the
Australian Army Training Team Vietnam The Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) was a specialist unit of military advisors of the Australian Army that operated during the Vietnam War. Raised in 1962, the unit was formed solely for service as part of Australia's contribution t ...
from 1962 to 1965. * Donald Dunstan was an Australian Army officer, who was commander of Australian Forces in Vietnam in 1971 and 1972.


New Zealand

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Keith Holyoake Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, (; 11 February 1904 – 8 December 1983) was the 26th prime minister of New Zealand, serving for a brief period in 1957 and then from 1960 to 1972, and also the 13th governor-general of New Zealand, serving from 1977 ...
was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1960 to 1972. *
Jack Marshall Sir John Ross Marshall New Zealand Army Orders 1952/405 (5 March 1912 – 30 August 1988) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He entered Parliament in 1946 and was first promoted to Cabinet in 1951. After spending twelve years ...
was the Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1972. *
Norman Kirk Norman Eric Kirk (6 January 1923 – 31 August 1974) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 29th prime minister of New Zealand from 1972 until his sudden death in 1974. Born into poverty in Southern Canterbury, Kirk left school at ...
was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1972 to 1974.


Philippines

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Diosdado Macapagal Diosdado Pangan Macapagal Sr. (; September 28, 1910 – April 21, 1997) was a Filipino lawyer, poet and politician who served as the ninth president of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the sixth vice president, serving from 19 ...
was the President of the Philippines from 1961 to 1965. *
Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. ( , , ; September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who was the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled under martial ...
was the President of the
Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
from 1965 to 1986. *Gaudencio V. Tobias was a
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and the commander of the Philippine Civic Action Group (PHILCAG) which was deployed to South Vietnam.The First Year of the PHILCAG in Viet Nam
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Fidel V. Ramos Fidel Valdez Ramos (, ; March 18, 1928 – July 31, 2022), popularly known as FVR and Eddie Ramos, was a Filipino general and politician who served as the 12th president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. He was the only career military ...
was a
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and was a non-combat civil military engineer and Chief of Staff of the Philippine Civil Action Group (PHILCAG). *
Delfin Castro Delfin C. Castro (July 30, 1925 – February 5, 2020) was a major general of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. He was the commander of the AFP Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), from 1981 to 1986. Notable incidents during his tenure include the Pata ...
was a
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and the Liaison Officer for Operations and Intelligence under MACV *
Rafael Ileto Rafael Manio Ileto (October 24, 1920 – June 19, 2003) was a Filipino general who served as the 22nd Secretary of the Department of National Defense (DND) of the Philippines. He also became the Vice Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Phi ...
was the Commanding General of the Philippine Army from 1969 to 1972


Thailand

* Sarit Thanarat Prime minister of
Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
from 1958 to 1963 against the communist
Pathet Lao The Pathet Lao ( lo, ປະເທດລາວ, translit=Pa thēt Lāo, translation=Lao Nation), officially the Lao People's Liberation Army, was a communist political movement and organization in Laos, formed in the mid-20th century. The gro ...
guerrillas in the neighboring
Kingdom of Laos The Kingdom of Laos was a landlocked country in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula. It was bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, North Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...
. During his years as prime minister Sarit was a patron of his cousin, the Lao strongman General Phoumi Nosavan, against the
communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
Pathet Lao The Pathet Lao ( lo, ປະເທດລາວ, translit=Pa thēt Lāo, translation=Lao Nation), officially the Lao People's Liberation Army, was a communist political movement and organization in Laos, formed in the mid-20th century. The gro ...
guerrillas in the neighboring
Kingdom of Laos The Kingdom of Laos was a landlocked country in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula. It was bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, North Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...
. * Thanom Kittikachorn Prime minister of Thailand from 1963 to 1973 and Chief of the Royal Thai Armed Forces from 1967 to 1972. * Praphas Charusathien Chief of the Royal Thai Army from 1964 to 1973


Khmer Republic

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Lon Nol Marshal Lon Nol ( km, លន់ នល់, also ; 13 November 1913 – 17 November 1985) was a Cambodian politician and general who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia The prime minister of Cambodia ( km, នាយករដ្ឋមន្ ...
was an the
Prime Minister of Cambodia The prime minister of Cambodia ( km, នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីនៃកម្ពុជា, ) is the head of government of Cambodia. The prime minister is also the chairman of the Cabinet and leads the executive branch of the ...
from 1966 to 1967 and then again in 1969 to 1972, after which he was president until 1975. *
Lon Non Lon Non ( km, លន់ ណុន; 18 April 1930(?) – 17 April 1975) was a Cambodian politician and soldier who rose to his greatest prominence during the Khmer Republic (1970–1975). Non was the younger brother of Prime Minister (and lat ...
was the younger brother of Lon Nol who served in various roles including as Minister of Interior from 1970 to 1973. *Prince
Sisowath Sirik Matak Sisowath Sirik Matak ( km, ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ សិរិមតៈ; 22 January 191421 April 1975) was a Cambodian politician and member of the Cambodian royal family, under the House of Sisowath. Sirik Matak was mainly notable for h ...
was deputy prime minister of Cambodia (1969–70) and then the Khmer Republic (1970-1) and then prime minister (1971-2) *
Long Boret Long Boret ( km, ឡុង បូរ៉េត, ; 3 January 1933 – 17 April 1975) was a Cambodian politician who served as the last prime minister of the Khmer Republic from 26 December 1973, to 17 April 1975. Highly regarded for his honesty, ...
was the last prime minister of the Khmer Republic from December 1973 to April 1975 * Sosthene Fernandez was the commander-in-chief of the
Khmer National Armed Forces The Khmer National Armed Forces ( km, កងកម្លាំងប្រដាប់អាវុធជាតិខ្មែរ; french: Forces armées nationales khmères, FANK) were the official armed defense forces of the Khmer Republic, a s ...
(FANK). * Sak Sutsakhan was the Minister of Defence of Cambodia, a FANK general and the last head of state of the Khmer Republic.


Kingdom of Laos

* Souvanna Phouma was the prince of Laos and a political figure. *
Vang Pao Vang Pao ( RPA: ''Vaj Pov'' , Lao: ວັງປາວ; 8 December 1929 – 6 January 2011) was a major general in the Royal Lao Army. He was a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States. He was also known as General Vang P ...
was a major general in the Royal Lao Army and commander of the Hmong guerrilla forces that had a large impact on the war.


Communist forces


North Vietnam


Political

* Hồ Chí Minh was
prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
from 1946 to 1955,
president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
from 1945 and Chairman of the Workers' Party of Vietnam from 1951 until his death in 1969 of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). * Lê Duẩn was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, leader of North Vietnam and later the unified Vietnam from 1969 until his death in 1986. * Tôn Đức Thắng was the second and final President of North Vietnam and the first President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. *
Phạm Văn Đồng Phạm Văn Đồng (; 1 March 1906 – 29 April 2000) was a Vietnamese politician who served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 to 1976. He later served as Prime Minister of Vietnam following reunification of North and South Vietnam ...
was the Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 to 1976. * Lê Đức Thọ was a Vietnamese politician who, as North Vietnam's representative, negotiated the
Paris Peace Accords The Paris Peace Accords, () officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet Nam (''Hiệp định về chấm dứt chiến tranh, lập lại hòa bình ở Việt Nam''), was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1 ...
. * Trường Chinh was ranked in the top 3 of the Vietnamese Politburo from 1941 to 1986 and both preceded and succeeded Lê Duẩn as General Secretary.


Military

* Võ Nguyên Giáp was a General in the
People's Army of Vietnam The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN; vi, Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam, QĐNDVN), also recognized as the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) or the Vietnamese Army (), is the military force of the Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the ...
(PAVN),
Secretary of the Central Military Commission The Secretary of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam is the highest party officials on military affairs in Vietnam. Officeholders Secretary of the Central Military Commission (1946–48) Secretary of the General ...
, Commander-in-Chief of PAVN and was one of the most prominent military leaders during the war. *
Văn Tiến Dũng Văn Tiến Dũng (; 2 May 1917 – 17 March 2002), born Co Nhue commune, Từ Liêm District, Hanoi, was a Vietnamese general in the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), PAVN chief of staff (1954–74); PAVN commander in chief (1974–80); mem ...
was a PAVN general, PAVN chief of staff (1954–1974) and PAVN commander in chief (1974–1980) * Hoàng Văn Thái was a member of the PAVN General Staff, after holding being first Chief of General Staff of the PAVN. From 1967 to 1973, he was the commander of Viet Cong. *
Nguyễn Hữu An Nguyễn Hữu An (October 1, 1926 – April 9, 1995) was a general in the People's Army of Vietnam. Overview Nguyễn Hữu An was born in the Truong Yen Commune of the Hoa Lư District, Ninh Bình, Vietnam. He joined the People's Army ...
was a PAVN general, commander of the 2nd Army Corps. * Lê Trọng Tấn was a PAVN general and deputy commander of the Viet Cong and held senior commands in the Easter Offensive and the Ho Chi Minh campaign. *
Hoàng Minh Thảo Huang (; ) is a Chinese surname that originally means and refers to jade people were wearing and decorating in ancient times. While ''Huáng'' is the pinyin romanization of the word, it may also be romanized as Hwang, Wong, Waan, Wan, Waon, Hwo ...
was a PAVN general and military theorist and a commander of the Viet Cong.


Viet Cong (National Liberation Front)

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Nguyễn Hữu Thọ Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (10 July 1910 – 24 December 1996) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and Chairman of Consultative Council of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam from 6 June 1969 to 2 July 1976, and the Chairman of the National Asse ...
was the chairman of the Viet Cong *
Nguyễn Chí Thanh Nguyễn Chí Thanh (1 January 1914 – 7 July 1967) was a General in the North Vietnamese Vietnam People's Army and former North Vietnamese politician. Nguyễn Chí Thanh was born in Thừa Thiên Province in Central Vietnam to a peasant famil ...
was a PAVN general and served as commander of the Central Office for South Vietnam from 1965 until his death in July 1967. *
Trần Văn Trà Nguyễn Chấn, known as Trần Văn Trà (1918 – April 20, 1996) was a Vietnamese general. He was a commander in the Vietcong; a member of the Central Committee of the Lao Dong Party ( Workers' Party of Vietnam) from 1960 to 1982; a lieutena ...
was one of the leading commanders of the Viet Cong and a member of the Central Committee of the Lao Dong Party. * Tran Do was the deputy commander of the Viet Cong. * Nguyễn Văn Linh was a political leader of the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War who served as party secretary of South Vietnam for Communist Party of Vietnam. * Võ Chí Công was a Vietnamese Communist political figure who was one of the founding members of the Viet Cong. * Huỳnh Tấn Phát was chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam from 1969 to 1976.


Khmer Rouge

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Pol Pot Pol Pot; (born Saloth Sâr;; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian revolutionary, dictator, and politician who ruled Cambodia as Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1976 and 1979. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist a ...
was the
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea ( km, អគ្គលេខាធិការគណៈកម្មាធិការមជ្ឈិមបក្សកុម្មុយនីស្តកម្ព ...
and the leader of the Cambodian communist movement known as the Khmer Rouge. * Khieu Samphan was the head of the CPNLAF, the Khmer Rouge armed forces. *Prince
Norodom Sihanouk Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, Norodom Sihanouk filmography, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in vari ...
was the prime minister and head of state of Cambodia from 1960 to 1970 and was then figurehead leader of the
National United Front of Kampuchea The National United Front of Kampuchea ( or , FUNK; km, រណសិរ្សរួបរួមជាតិកម្ពុជា, ) was an organisation formed by the deposed then Chief of State of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk in 1970 while he was in ...
, which included the Khmer Rouge from 1970 to 1975.


Pathet Lao

* Souphanouvong was the figurehead leader of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, and upon its successful seizure of power in 1975, he became the first President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. * Phoumi Vongvichit was a leading figure of the Pathet Lao and an elder statesman of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. *
Kaysone Phomvihane Kaysone Phomvihane ( lo, ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ; 13 December 1920 – 21 November 1992) was the first leader of the Communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 until his death in 1992. After the Communists seized po ...
was the
General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party is the office of the highest-ranking member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and also typically the supreme leader of Laos. Since the party's takeov ...
from 1955 to his death in 1992 and Prime Minister and then President after the takeover. *
Khamtai Siphandon General Khamtai Siphandone ( lo, ຄຳໄຕ ສີພັນດອນ; born 8 February 1924)Joseph Chinyong Liow''Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia''(fourth edition, 2015), Routledge, page 212. is a Laotian politician who was ...
was the military commander of the Pathet Lao and Defense Minister after the takeover before succeeding Kaysone Phomvihane.


Albania

Political *
Enver Hoxha Enver Halil Hoxha ( , ; 16 October 190811 April 1985) was an Albanian communist politician who was the authoritarian ruler of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He was First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania from 1941 unt ...
was the First Secretary of the
Party of Labour of Albania The Party of Labour of Albania ( sq, Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë, PPSh), sometimes referred to as the Albanian Workers' Party (AWP), was the ruling and sole legal party of Albania during the communist period (1945–1991). It was founded o ...
and commander-in-chief of the armed forces and ruled the country from 1944 until his death in 1985. Military *Colonel Novruz Zejnati Is a senior Albanian
Colonel Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...
who took part in the
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
with other 12 Albanians soldiers that fought against Americans soldiers


People's Republic of China

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Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; also romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC) ...
was the
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party () was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. The position was established at the 8th National Congress in 1945 and abolished at the 12th National Congress in 1982, bei ...
from 1945 and the
paramount leader Paramount leader () is an informal term for the most important political figure in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The paramount leader typically controls the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Liberation Army (PLA), often hol ...
of the
People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
from 1949 until his death in 1976.


Soviet Union

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Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev s ...
was the First Secretary of the Communist Party and the leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964. *
Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet Union, Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Gener ...
was the
General Secretary of the Communist Party General Secretary or First Secretary is the official title of leaders of most communist parties. When a communist party is the ruling party in a Communist-led one-party state, the General Secretary is typically the country's ''de facto'' leader—th ...
and the leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982. * Rodion Malinovsky was the Marshal of the Soviet Union and
Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union The Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union refers to the head of the Ministry of Defence who was responsible for defence of the socialist Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917 to 1922 and the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1992. Pe ...
in 1957–1967. * Andrei Grechko was the Marshal of the Soviet Union Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union in 1967–1976. * Anatoliy Hiuppinen was the commander of the Soviet forces stationed in Vietnam.


North Korea

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Kim Il Sung Kim Il-sung (; , ; born Kim Song-ju, ; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of ...
was the
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea The general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (Korean: 조선로동당 총비서) is the head of the Workers' Party of Korea, the ruling party in North Korea, and considered as the supreme leader of North Korea. The general secretary i ...
and the supreme leader of North Korea from 1948 until his death in 1994.


References

{{Reflist People of the Vietnam War