Lê Quang Đạo

Lê Quang Đạo (8 August 1921 – 24 July 1999) was a Vietnamese politician who was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1960 to 1991. Having served 28 years in the military, he was promoted to the rank of Major General in 1959 and Lieutenant General in 1974. He was Chairman of the National Assembly and also one of the Vice Chairmen of the State Council of Vietnam from 1987 to 1992.

Lê Quang Đạo
Official portrait, 1982
Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam
In office 19 April 1987 – 19 July 1992
Preceded by	Nguyễn Hữu Thọ
Succeeded by	Nông Đức Mạnh
Deputy Chairman of the Council of State of the National Assembly of Vietnam
In office 19 April 1987 – 19 July 1992 Serving with five other deputy chairmen Nguyễn Hữu Thọ Huỳnh Tấn Phát Nguyễn Quyết Đàm Quang Trung Nguyễn Thị Định
Succeeded by	Nguyễn Thị Định
Personal details
Born	(1921-08-08)8 August 1921 Bắc Ninh Province, Indochina Northern Vietnam
Died	24 July 1999(1999-07-24) (aged 77) Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Political party	Communist Party of Vietnam
Military service
Allegiance	Vietnam
Branch	People's Army
Service years	1948–1976
Rank	Lieutenant General

As a native of Đình Bảng village in Từ Sơn District, in the Red River Delta province of Bắc Ninh, he was instrumental in the government's restoration of the Đô Temple as a national memorial.^[1]

References

1. Philip Taylor Modernity and Re-Enchantment: Religion in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam -2007 Page 67 "... President Lê Đức Anh; military hero General Võ Nguyên Giáp; Prime Minister Võ Văn Kiệt; and president of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Lê Quang Đạo, a Đình Bảng native instrumental in jump-starting the temple renovation back in the late "