Võ Văn Kiệt

Prime Minister of Vietnam

23 November 1922 Vũng Liêm, Vĩnh Long

11 June 2008(2008-06-11) (85) Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore

24 September 1992 – 24 September 1997

Prime Minister of Vietnam In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Võ. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Kiệt. Võ Văn Kiệt (Vietnamese:  ; 23 November 1922 – 11 June 2008) was a Vietnamese politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 1991 to 1997. He was a well regarded Vietnamese revolutionary and political leader. He was a revolutionary veteran fighter in the long war against the French colonialists and then South Vietnamese and American forces in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. In the difficult years following the war, he was one of the most prominent political leaders that led the innovation (Đổi mới) policy in Vietnam. He served as Prime Minister of Vietnam from 8 August 1991 to 25 September 1997, the period experienced the communist nation's return to the world arena after decades of war and isolation.