Ho Chi Minh
Report by Alina Roberts
Ho Chi Minh was a brave man who was the president of the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and was the prime minister of
North Vietnam from 1945 to 1969. He was born as Nguyen Ai Quoc
or Nguyen Sinh Cung. He took the name, Ho Chi Minh, from a
beggar. When the old man died, his ID card was all that was left.
Ho found that card and used as his own, so when he was arrested
he used that as his name.
Ho Chi Minh was born 1890, May 19
th
in Kim Lien, Vietnam. He was a very intelligent man. Ho
Chi Minh’s sister was working for the French Army. She took this opportunity to steal weapons
that she hoped she would be able to use to drive the French out of Vietnam. She was caught
and was sent to prison with a life-sentence.
Ho Chi Minh’s dad decided to send him to a French School because he had wanted his son to
learn French as he wanted to prepare his son for the coming struggle against the French. After
school, Ho became a schoolteacher for a short time. After that he decided he wanted to
become a sailor. This meant that he was able to travel to many different countries and places.
He learnt that Vietnam was not the only country that was struggling against the French. Ho Chi
Minh had then settled in Paris in 1917, there he read books by Karl Marx and became
interested in in communism. In December, 1920 he joined the French Communist Party, he was
one of the founder members of the Party. He had been inspired by the Russian Revolution like
the rest of the French Communist Party members.
Ho Chi Minh had a beard and a mustache; in
most pictures of him you could see that he always
wore either a white, beige or brown shirt. Ho Chi
Minh was one of the founder members of the
French Communist Party along with others; this
makes him a leader of the Party. He wanted to go
back to Vietnam. However, he was aware that if he returned he was in the danger of the French
arresting him, so he then decided to go and live in China on the Vietnam Border. As the French
were attacking Vietnam the French Army’s General had said: “You can kill 10 of my men for
everyone I kill of yours, yet even at those odds you will lose and I will win”. In 1945, Ho Chi
Minh had announced that the country would be divided into two, the northern half under the
control of the Chinese and the southern half under the British. On May 7th 1954 Ho Chi Minh
was announced to be the ruler of the northern half of Vietnam, and Ngo Dinh Diem would be
the ruler of the southern half.
Ho Chi Minh was a very intelligent man because he was successful in school and was smart
enough to trick the French during the war. He was very nationalistic because he was willing to
fight for Vietnamese Independence and he got people to elect him by showing them that he
would keep his country safe and he proved this during the war. He was charismatic leader; he
has a very high level of power and an emotional impact on people.
Ho Chi Minh had made a change to Vietnam by combining Communism and Nationalism
together for a ‘new world order’. A great success for him was the victory of the Vietnam War
between the French. Everyone loved him and helped him keep the title of prime minister of
North Vietnam. One of the key events was the Vietnam War.
A great challenge for Ho Chi Minh was that he had been arrested before he had been
announced as ruler of North Vietnam, this made people worry at first but then they realized
that he would fight for his country’s safety and try to keep everyone safe. One of his big
strengths was that he could get people to believe in him, trust him; he was a true risk-taker
because he was not afraid to fight for his country. One of his weaknesses was that he wasn’t as
open-minded as the past ruler of Vietnam.
He was a very successful leader because he had
been ruler of North Vietnam for 15 years, form the
day he was announced ruler to the day he died.
Many people love him and he was a very peaceful
leader; many people loved him for that. “Ho Chi
Minh was a great leader; he was kind to everyone
and loved us like we loved him” Many people loved
him like he was family to him, most people loved him, the French didn’t like him one bit. Soon
after the war North Vietnam decided that they would rename Saigon to Ho Chi Minh/Ho Chi
Minh City. “Love other human beings as you would love yourself” Ho Chi Minh once said.
Ho Chi minh was a great man who many people loved. Many people still love him and visit the
mausoleum which contains his body, this mausoleum is located in Hanoi Vietnam. This very
man taught people to be kind, loving and fair. He was a willing to die or get arrested for his
country. One of Ho Chi Minh’s quotes was:
“I’ve never heard of any president being so close to his people.”
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