Pham Hung

In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Phạm, but is often simplified to Pham in English-language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Hùng.

For the Cham king, please see Fan Hsiung

Phạm Hùng (* Vinh Long, June 11, 1912 – Hanoi, March 10, 1988) was the Prime Minister of Vietnam from 1987 to 1988.

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Life

Phạm Hùng was born on June 11, 1912, in Vinh Long Province, in the Mekong River Delta of southern Vietnam.

He joined the Indochinese Communist Party in 1930 and he was sentenced to death by the French before having the sentence commuted. He worked as a revolutionary against the French and after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu rose rapidly in the party. In 1958 he became Deputy Prime Minister.

During the Vietnam War he acted as commissar to the Vietcong. He also served as Interior Secretary before his relatively brief period as Prime Minister.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Obituary at the New York Times

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Preceded by
Phạm Văn Đồng - acting		 Prime Minister of Vietnam

1987–1988		 Succeeded by
Võ Văn Kiệt - acting
Empire of Vietnam
(1945-1945)
Republic of Cochinchina
(1946–1948)
State of Vietnam
(1949-1955)
Republic of Vietnam
(1955-1975)
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
(1945-1976)
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(1976-)
Pham Van Dong · Pham Hung · Vo Van Kiet*  · Do Muoi · Vo Van Kiet  · Phan Van Khai · Nguyen Tan Dung
* acting     † head of a military government