Hoàng Cao Khải (, ; 1850,
Đức Thọ District
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– 1933) was a
viceroy
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of
Tonkin
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(locally known as Bắc Kỳ), the northernmost of the three parts of
Vietnam
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under French colonial rule. He is best known for his role in helping the French authorities to hunt down
Phan Đình Phùng
Phan Đình Phùng (; 1847January 21, 1896) was a Vietnamese people, Vietnamese revolutionary who led rebel armies against French colonial empire, French colonial forces in Vietnam. He was the most prominent of the Confucian court scholars ...
, the leading Vietnamese revolutionary of the time.
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1850 births
1933 deaths
People from Hà Tĩnh province
Vietnamese politicians
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