Đoàn Khuê | |
Office: | 8th Minister of Defence |
Primeminister: | Đỗ Mười Võ Văn Kiệt |
Term Start: | August 9, 1991 |
Term End: | December 29, 1997 |
Predecessor: | Lê Đức Anh |
Successor: | Phạm Văn Trà |
Office2: | 5th Chief of General Staff |
Term Start2: | 1987 |
Term End2: | 1991 |
Predecessor2: | Lê Đức Anh |
Successor2: | Đào Đình Luyện |
Birth Date: | 29 October 1923 |
Birth Place: | Triệu Phong District, Quảng Trị Province, French Indochina |
Death Place: | Hanoi, Vietnam |
Allegiance: | Viet Minh Vietnam |
Branch: | Vietnam People's Army |
Serviceyears: | 1945–1997 |
Rank: | Army General |
Commands: | Việt Minh Vietnam People's Army |
Battles: | First Indochina War, Vietnam War |
Awards: | Gold Star Order Ho Chi Minh Order Military Exploit Order Feat Order Resolution for Victory Order |
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: