Nguyen Van Linh

General secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1915–1998)

Nguyen Van Linh (1915–1998) was the General secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. He was born in Hưng Yên on 1 July 1915. He died in Hanoi on 27 April 1998, at the age of 83.

Nguyen Van Linh served as member of the National Assembly of Vietnam.

Nguyen Van Linh was awarded Gold Star Order and Order of José Martí.

Nguyen Van Linh married Ngo Thi Hue. The recorded cause of death is liver cancer.

The entry appears in 24 languages, placing Nguyen Van Linh among the politics names followed well outside Vietnam.

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