Ton Duc Thang (English spelling)

Japanese: トン･ドゥク･タン（英語表記）Ton Duc Thang

1888‐1980
The second president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the first president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Born in Long Xuyen in the south, he organized a labor movement in 1912 and defected to France, where he became a sailor in the French Navy and campaigned in support of the Russian Revolution. After returning to Vietnam in 1920, he led the labor movement in Saigon and joined the Association of Revolutionary Comrades of Vietnam Youth, until he was arrested in 1929. While in prison, he joined the Indochinese Communist Party, and after his release in the August Revolution of 1945, he moved to the north and served as chairman of the Standing Committee of the Democratic Republic's National Assembly, chairman of the Fatherland Front's Presidium, and vice president of the state, before becoming president of the state after Ho Chi Minh's death in September 1969.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1888‐1980
ベトナム民主共和国第2代主席(大統領)，同社会主義共和国初代主席(大統領)。南部のロンスエンに生まれ，1912年労働運動を組織してフランスに亡命し，フランス海軍水兵となってロシア革命支持運動を行う。20年帰国後もサイゴンで労働運動を指導し，ベトナム青年革命同志会に参加，29年逮捕される。獄中でインドシナ共産党に入党し，45年の八月革命で解放された後は北部に移って民主共和国国会常務委員会委員長，祖国戦線幹部会委員長，国家副主席を経て，69年9月のホー･チ･ミンの死後，国家主席に就任する。

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