Who was promoted to the rank of youngest general in Vietnam, at the age of 30?

1. Who was the youngest general in Vietnam?

General Vo Nguyen Giap
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Le Hien Mai
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Van Tien Dung
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Mr. Le Hien Mai (1918 - 1992), hometown Trach My Loc commune, Phuc Tho district, Hanoi city.

He joined the revolution in 1939. Enlisted in 1945.

On May 28, 1948, in Dinh Hoa, Thai Nguyen, President Ho Chi Minh presided over the first general promotion ceremony in Vietnam. Among the generals that year, there was a 30-year-old man who was awarded the rank of Major General, Mr. Le Hien Mai.

Mr. Le Hien Mai was the youngest general in the first promotion (1948) with the rank of major general, the youngest person to be promoted to general in Vietnam up to the present time.

2. How many people were promoted to general rank in the first batch of the Vietnam People's Army?

9
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10
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11
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In 1948, President Ho Chi Minh signed the first decrees to promote generals.

According to this Decree, Mr. Vo Nguyen Giap was promoted to the rank of General. Mr. Nguyen Binh was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.

Mr. Nguyen Son, Le Thiet Hung, Chu Van Tan, Hoang Sam, Hoang Van Thai, Le Hien Mai, Van Tien Dung, Tran Dai Nghia, and Tran Tu Binh were promoted to the rank of Major General.

3. How old was General Vo Nguyen Giap when he was promoted to general?

37
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38
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39
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General Vo Nguyen Giap (1911-2013) was born in Le Thuy, Quang Binh. He participated in revolutionary activities since 1925. In 1940, he was admitted to the Indochinese Communist Party, now the Communist Party of Vietnam .

In 1944, leader Nguyen Ai Quoc assigned him the task of establishing the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army when he was only 33 years old.

In 1948, he was promoted to the rank of General.

At the time of his promotion to General, he was only 37 years old.

4. Who was the first female general of the Vietnam People's Army?

Nguyen Thi Dinh
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Nguyen Hong Giang
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Le Thu Ha
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Mrs. Nguyen Thi Dinh (1920 - 1992) was also known as Ut Dinh, Ba Dinh. She was the youngest child, the tenth in a family with a patriotic tradition in Luong Hoa commune, Giong Trom district, Ben Tre province.

At the age of 16, she participated in the movement for people's livelihood and democracy in her hometown. In 1938, Ms. Nguyen Thi Dinh was admitted to the Indochinese Communist Party. Later, during her revolutionary activities, she was arrested by the enemy and imprisoned in Ba Ra (present-day Binh Phuoc province). In 1943, she and a number of other comrades escaped from prison and returned to their hometown to continue their revolutionary activities.

In 1965, at the Southern Women's Congress, Ms. Nguyen Thi Dinh was elected President of the Southern Liberation Women's Union. Also in this year, she was assigned the task of Deputy Commander of the Southern Vietnam Liberation Army, participating in the Military Commission of the region, in charge of the guerrilla warfare movement.

On April 17, 1974, Ms. Nguyen Thi Dinh was officially promoted to the rank of Major General.

Ms. Dinh once held the position of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Liberation Army. After peace, she held many positions such as Vice President of the State Council and was also the first female Vice President of the State Council of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

In gratitude for her merits and contributions, on August 30, 1995, she was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces by the State.

Mrs. Dinh was the only female major general during the war and became the first female general of the Vietnam People's Army.