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Nguyen Phu Trong
Nguyen Phu Trong was general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his death in 2024, and also president of Vietnam from 2018 to 2021. A Marxist theorist, he led a sweeping anti-corruption campaign known as the 'blazing furnace' that removed many senior officials, and he balanced Vietnam's relations with China and the United States.
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