Lê Đức Anh

Lê Đức Anh (1 December 1920 – 22 April 2019) was an Vietnamese general and politician. He was President of Vietnam from 1992 until 1997. He became president after leading the Vietnamese forces in Cambodia throughout the 1980s. He was regarded as a conservative.^[1] He supported maintaining strict party control over local policies.

Lê Đức Anh
Anh in 1966
President of Vietnam
In office 24 September 1992 – 24 September 1997
Preceded by	Vo Chi Cong
Succeeded by	Trần Đức Lương
Minister of Defence
In office 16 February 1987 – 10 August 1991
Preceded by	Van Tien Dung
Succeeded by	Doan Khue
Member of the Politburo
In office 31 March 1982 – 29 December 1997
Personal details
Born	(1920-12-01)1 December 1920 Thừa Thiên Huế province
Died	22 April 2019(2019-04-22) (aged 98) Hanoi, Vietnam
Political party	Communist Party of Vietnam
Awards	Gold Star Order Ho Chi Minh Order Military Exploit Order

He was born in Phú Lộc District, Thừa Thiên–Huế Province on 1 December 1920. He died of stroke-related problems on 22 April 2019 in Hanoi, aged 98.^[2]