Đỗ Mười

Đỗ Mười was a Vietnamese communist politician. He rose in the party hierarchy in the late 1940s, became Chairman of the Council of Ministers in 1988 and was elected General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) at the 7th Congress in 1991. He continued his predecessor's policy of ruling through a collective leadership and Nguyễn Văn Linh's policy of economic reform. He was elected for two terms as General Secretary, but left office in 1997 at the 3rd plenum of the 8th Central Committee during his second term.

2 February 1917

Born on the same birth date (2 February 1917): Mary Ellis (pilot)

Born on the same birth day (2 February): Cornelius Lanczos • Curtis Guild Jr. • Javon Ringer • K. D. Singh • Lammtarra • Leo Fall • Les Dawson • Marissa Jaret Winokur • Osamu Kido • Ravel Morrison • Rich Sommer • Rudi Wulf • Shamita Shetty • Tochigiyama Moriya • Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Born in the same month (February 1917): Anthony Burgess • Carson McCullers • Dom DiMaggio • Edward J. Mortola • Isuzu Yamada • John Connally • José Luis Sampedro • Louis-Philippe de Grandpré • Lucille Bremer • Mary Ellis (pilot) • Tadd Dameron