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7. This leader, whose most famous pseudonym means "Enlightener", was born on May 19, 1890, in Kimlien, Annam, and at the age of 21 became a cook on a French steamship. Using the name Nguyen the Patriot, he helped found the French Communist Party, and in 1930 founded the Indochinese Communist Party. ................
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