Nguyễn Sinh Sắc (,1862–1929) was the father of

Ho Chi Minh (born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), colloquially known as Uncle Ho () among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician who served as the founder and first President of Vietnam, president of the ...

. Hoàng Thị Loan was his wife, the daughter of his adoptive father and teacher. He passed the Confucian cử nhân examination in 1894 and in 1901 gained a second-rank (pho bang) position. He was a magistrate in the Binh Khe district (

Qui Nhơn Quy Nhon ( ) is a coastal city in Bình Định province in central Vietnam. It is composed of 16 wards and five communes with a total of . Quy Nhon was the capital of the former Bình Định province. As of 2022 its population was 481.110. H ...

), until he was demoted for abuse of power after a landlord whom he had ordered to be beaten died shortly after receiving a caning.Pierre Brocheux ''Ho Chi Minh: A Biography 2007'' Page 4 "9 As vice magistrate, Sac became known as a defender of the lowly and poor against the high and "wicked" – whether ... served as interpreter between the demonstrators and the French Resident Superieur). Nguyen Sinh Sac's luck ran out in 1910, when his temper got him into serious trouble. ... Sac then ordered the landlord to be beaten with a wicker switch, and the man died two months later. Ho Chi Minh's parents' house is now preserved as the Kim Liên museum.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen, Sinh Sac Vietnamese government officials 1862 births 1929 deaths People from Nghệ An province People of French Indochina Ho Chi Minh family