Đoàn Khuê | |
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8th Minister of Defence | |
In office August 9, 1991 – December 29, 1997 | |
Prime Minister |
Đỗ Mười Võ Văn Kiệt |
Preceded by | Lê Đức Anh |
Succeeded by | Phạm Văn Trà |
5th Chief of General Staff | |
In office 1987–1991 | |
Preceded by | Lê Đức Anh |
Succeeded by | Đào Đình Luyện |
Personal details | |
Born | Triệu Phong District, Quảng Trị Province, French Indochina | 29 October 1923
Died | 16 January 1999 Hanoi, Vietnam | (aged 75)
Awards |
Gold Star Order Ho Chi Minh Order Military Exploit Order Feat Order Resolution for Victory Order |
Military service | |
Allegiance |
Viet Minh Vietnam |
Branch/service | Vietnam People's Army |
Years of service | 1945–1997 |
Rank | Army General |
Commands |
Việt Minh Vietnam People's Army |
Battles/wars | First Indochina War, Vietnam War |
Đoàn Khuê ( Triệu Phong, 29 October 1923 – 16 January 1999) [1] was a Vietnamese Army general and Minister of Defence from 1992–1997. [2]
Đoàn Khuê was born on 29 October 1923 in Triệu Phong District in Quảng Trị Province, joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1945, and served as the military Commissioner of the provincial Party Committee.
Đoàn held various positions during the resistance against French rule ( First Indochina War) which was Political Commissar.
Other positions which he held include:
From 1987 to 1991, he was the Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army.
Đoàn served as Minister of Defense from 1991 to 1997 under Prime Ministers Đỗ Mười and Võ Văn Kiệt.
He has two other siblings: