Lê Khả Phiêu
Lê Khả Phiêu | |
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Lê Khả Phiêu in 2011 | |
| General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam | |
| In office 26 December 1997 – 22 April 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Đỗ Mười |
| Succeeded by | Nông Đức Mạnh |
| Secretary of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party | |
| In office 29 December 1997 – 22 April 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Đỗ Mười |
| Succeeded by | Nông Đức Mạnh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 December 1932 Thanh Hóa province, French Indochina |
| Died | 7 August 2020 (aged 87) Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Vietnam |
| Branch | Vietnam People's Army |
| Service years | 1950–1997 |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Conflicts | |
Lê Khả Phiêu (Vietnamese pronunciation: [le˧˧ xaː˧˩ fiəw˧˧]; 27 December 1932 – 7 August 2020) was a Vietnamese politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from December 1997 to April 2001. Lê Khả Phiêu served in the Vietnam People's Army during the First and Second Indochina Wars, join in the Cambodian war, and was Head of the General Political Department of the Vietnam People's Army.