Leaders of South Vietnam
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This is a list of leaders of South Vietnam
South Vietnam
South Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...

, since the establishment of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina
Cochinchina
Cochinchina is a region encompassing the southern third of Vietnam whose principal city is Saigon. It was a French colony from 1862 to 1954. The later state of South Vietnam was created in 1954 by combining Cochinchina with southern Annam. In Vietnamese, the region is called Nam Bộ...

 in 1946 until the fall
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front on April 30, 1975...

 of the Republic of Vietnam
South Vietnam
South Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...

 in 1975.

Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina
Cochinchina
Cochinchina is a region encompassing the southern third of Vietnam whose principal city is Saigon. It was a French colony from 1862 to 1954. The later state of South Vietnam was created in 1954 by combining Cochinchina with southern Annam. In Vietnamese, the region is called Nam Bộ...

 (1946–1947)

# Name Born-Died Term start Term end Political Party Notes
Presidents of the Provisional Government
1 Nguyễn Văn Thinh
Nguyen Van Thinh
Nguyễn Văn Thinh was the first President of Cochinchina. Thinh was a French citizen and joined the Constitutionalist Party in 1926. He founded the Cochinchinese Democratic Party in 1937. He became chief of the provisory government on March 26, 1946, and provisional president on June 1...

1888-1946 1 June 1946 10 November 1946 Cochinchinese Democratic Party Committed suicide in office
2 Nguyễn Văn Xuân
Nguyen Van Xuan
Nguyễn Văn Xuân was President of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam from 1948 to 1949 during the end of French rule in Vietnam.-First Indochina War:...

, 1st time
1892-1989 15 November 1946 7 December 1946 Military
3 Lê Văn Hoach
Le Van Hoach
Lê Văn Hoạch was President of Cochin-China from 1946 to 1947....

1896-1978 7 December 1946 8 October 1947 ???

Republic of South Vietnam
Cochinchina
Cochinchina is a region encompassing the southern third of Vietnam whose principal city is Saigon. It was a French colony from 1862 to 1954. The later state of South Vietnam was created in 1954 by combining Cochinchina with southern Annam. In Vietnamese, the region is called Nam Bộ...

 (1947–1948)

# Name Born-Died Term start Term end Political Party Notes
President of the Provisional Government
1 Nguyễn Văn Xuân
Nguyen Van Xuan
Nguyễn Văn Xuân was President of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam from 1948 to 1949 during the end of French rule in Vietnam.-First Indochina War:...

, 2nd time
1892-1989 8 October 1947 27 May 1948 Military Name of the government was changed to "Republic of South Vietnam" on October 8, 1947.http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Vietnam.html Also called "Provisional Government of South Vietnam."

Provisional Central Government of Vietnam (1948–1949)

# Name Born-Died Term start Term end Political Party Note
President of the Provisional Government
Nguyễn Văn Xuân
Nguyen Van Xuan
Nguyễn Văn Xuân was President of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam from 1948 to 1949 during the end of French rule in Vietnam.-First Indochina War:...

1892-1989 27 May 1948 14 June 1949 Military The name "Central Government of Vietnam" reflects an expectation of merger with the North. The French promised a merger, but delayed due to war with Vietminh.

State of Vietnam
State of Vietnam
The State of Vietnam was a state that claimed authority over all of Vietnam during the First Indochina War, and replaced the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam . The provisional government was a brief transitional administration between colonial Cochinchina and an independent state...

 (1949-1955)

# Name Born-Died Term start Term end Political Party Notes
Chiefs of State
1 Bảo Đại
Bảo Đài
Bảo Đài is a commune and village in Lục Nam District, Bac Giang Province, in northeastern Vietnam.-References:...

1913-1997 13 June 1949 30 April 1955 Non-party Title was "Chief of State" (Quoc Truong) as Bảo Đại had abdicated as emperor in 1945.
2 Ngô Đình Diệm
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngô Đình Diệm was the first president of South Vietnam . In the wake of the French withdrawal from Indochina as a result of the 1954 Geneva Accords, Diệm led the effort to create the Republic of Vietnam. Accruing considerable U.S. support due to his staunch anti-Communism, he achieved victory in a...

1901-1963 30 April 1955 26 Oct 1955 Front of National Salvation Acting
Prime Ministers
1 Bảo Đại
Bảo Đài
Bảo Đài is a commune and village in Lục Nam District, Bac Giang Province, in northeastern Vietnam.-References:...

1913-1997 14 June 1949 21 January 1950 Non-party
2 Nguyễn Phan Long
Nguyen Phan Long
Nguyễn Phan Long served as Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam in January 1950. He was dismissed in May 1950 by the Emperor Bao Dai under pressure from the French colonial authorities, who resented his pro-American and nationalist attitude....

1889-1960 21 January 1950 26 April 1950 ???
3 Trần Văn Hữu
Tran Van Huu
Trần Văn Hữu served as Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam from 1950 to 1952....

1896-1984 27 April 1950 6 June 1952 Non-party
4 Nguyễn Văn Tâm
Nguyen Van Tam
Nguyễn Văn Tâm served as Minister in the Nguyễn Dynasty. His son is General Nguyễn Văn Hinh, the Chief of Staff of the Vietnamese National Army...

1893-1990 6 June 1952 17 December 1953 Vietnamese Nationalist Party
Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang
The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng , also known as the Việt Quốc and the Vietnamese Kuomintang, is the Vietnamese Nationalist Party, a revolutionary socialist political party that sought independence from French colonial rule in Vietnam during the early 20th century...

5 Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Lộc 1914-1990 12 January 1954 16 June 1954 Non-party
Phan Huy Quat
Phan Huy Quat
Dr. Phan Huy Quát served as acting Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam and also as Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam.-Biography:On July 2, 1949, Dr. Phan Huy Quát was appointed Minister of Education by Head of State Bảo Đại....

, 1st time
1908-1979 16 June 1954 26 June 1954 Dai Viet Party Acting
6 Ngô Đình Diệm
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngô Đình Diệm was the first president of South Vietnam . In the wake of the French withdrawal from Indochina as a result of the 1954 Geneva Accords, Diệm led the effort to create the Republic of Vietnam. Accruing considerable U.S. support due to his staunch anti-Communism, he achieved victory in a...

1901-1963 26 June 1954 26 October 1955 Front of National Salvation Prime Minister until October 26, 1955 when he deposed Chief of State Bảo Đại and proclaimed himself President of the Republic of Vietnam.

Republic of Vietnam
South Vietnam
South Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...

 (1955–1975)

# Name Born-Died Term start Term end Political Party Notes
Presidents
1 Ngô Đình Diệm
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngô Đình Diệm was the first president of South Vietnam . In the wake of the French withdrawal from Indochina as a result of the 1954 Geneva Accords, Diệm led the effort to create the Republic of Vietnam. Accruing considerable U.S. support due to his staunch anti-Communism, he achieved victory in a...

1901-1963 26 October 1955 2 November 1963 Can Lao Party
Can Lao Party
The Cần lao Nhân vị Cách Mạng Ðảng, or Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party, was a secret party formed to support the Ngô Đình Diệm regime in South Vietnam, and largely operated by his brother, Ngô Đình Nhu...

Died
Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
The arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm, then president of South Vietnam, marked the culmination of a successful CIA-backed coup d’état led by General Dương Văn Minh in November 1963...

 in coup d'état
1963 South Vietnamese coup
In November 1963, President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam was deposed by a group of Army of the Republic of Vietnam officers who disagreed with his handling of the Buddhist crisis and, in general, his increasing oppression of national groups in the name of fighting the communist Vietcong.The...

2 Dương Văn Minh
Duong Van Minh
Minh was born on 16 February 1916 in Mỹ Tho Province in the Mekong Delta, the son of a wealthy landowner who served in a prominent position in the Finance Ministry of the French colonial administration...

, 1st time
1916-2001 2 November 1963 30 January 1964 Military Chairman of the Military Revolutionary Council
3 Nguyễn Khánh
Nguyen Khanh
Nguyễn Khánh is a former general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam who variously served as Head of State and Prime minister of South Vietnam while at the head of a military junta from January 1964 until February 1965. He was involved in or against many coup attempts, failed and successful,...

, 1st time
1927- 30 January 1964 8 February 1964 Military
4 Dương Văn Minh, 2nd time 1916-2001 8 February 1964 16 August 1964 Military
5 Nguyễn Khánh, 2nd time 1927- 16 August 1964 27 August 1964 Military
6 Provisional Leadership Committee 27 August 1964 8 September 1964 Military Committee Members:
Duong Van Minh,
Nguyen Khanh,
Tran Thien Khiem
Tran Thien Khiem
General Trần Thiện Khiêm was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. During the 1960s he was involved in several coups. He helped President Ngo Dinh Diem put down a November 1960 coup attempt and was rewarded with promotion...

7 Dương Văn Minh, 3rd time 1916-2001 8 September 1964 26 October 1964 Military Chairman of the Provisional Leadership Committee
8 Phan Khắc Sửu
Phan Khac Suu
Phan Khắc Sửu was President of South Vietnam from 1964–1965.-Biography:He was an octogenarian, a trained agricultural engineer and was a member of the Cao Đài religion.He was a member of Emperor Bảo Đại’s political cabinet....

1893-1970 26 October 1964 14 June 1965 Military
9 Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
Nguyen Van Thieu
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was president of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1975. He was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam , became head of a military junta, and then president after winning a fraudulent election...

1923-2001 14 June 1965 21 April 1975 Military
(1965-1968)

National Social Democratic Front
(1968-1975)
Chairman of the National Leadership Committee to 31 October 1967
10 Trần Văn Hương
Tran Van Huong
Trần Văn Hương was a South Vietnamese politician. He was the penultimate president of South Vietnam prior to its surrender to the communist forces of North Vietnam.-Biography:...

1902-1982 21 April 1975 28 April 1975 ??? Acting
11 Dương Văn Minh, 4th time 1916-2001 28 April 1975 30 April 1975 Military Acting. The last President of the Republic of Vietnam, deposed after the fall of Saigon
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front on April 30, 1975...

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Prime Ministers
1 Nguyen Ngoc Tho
Nguyen Ngoc Tho
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ is a Vietnamese politician who was the first Prime Minister of South Vietnam, serving from November 1963 to late January 1964. Thơ was appointed to head a civilian cabinet by the military junta of General Dương Văn Minh, which came to power after overthrowing and assassinating Ngô...

1908- 4 November 1963 30 January 1964 Military
2 Nguyen Khanh
Nguyen Khanh
Nguyễn Khánh is a former general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam who variously served as Head of State and Prime minister of South Vietnam while at the head of a military junta from January 1964 until February 1965. He was involved in or against many coup attempts, failed and successful,...

, 1st time
1927- 8 February 1964 29 August 1964 Military
3 Nguyen Xuan Oanh
Nguyen Xuan Oanh
Nguyễn Xuân Oánh was Prime Minister of South Vietnam in 1964 and 1965.Professor Nguyễn Xuân Oánh was trained as an economist, receiving his doctorate from Harvard University. He subsequently worked for the International Monetary Fund before returning to Vietnam as an economic adviser...

, 1st time
1921-2003 29 August 1964 3 September 1964 Military Acting
4 Nguyen Khanh, 2nd time 1927- 3 September 1964 4 November 1964 Military
5 Tran Van Huong
Tran Van Huong
Trần Văn Hương was a South Vietnamese politician. He was the penultimate president of South Vietnam prior to its surrender to the communist forces of North Vietnam.-Biography:...

, 1st time
1902-1982 4 November 1964 28 January 1965 Military
6 Nguyen Xuan Oanh, 2nd time 1921-2003 28 January 1965 15 February 1965 Military Acting
7 Phan Huy Quat
Phan Huy Quat
Dr. Phan Huy Quát served as acting Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam and also as Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam.-Biography:On July 2, 1949, Dr. Phan Huy Quát was appointed Minister of Education by Head of State Bảo Đại....

1908-1979 16 February 1965 8 June 1965 Dai Viet Party
8 Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ served as the chief of the Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s, before leading the nation as the prime minister of South Vietnam in a military junta from 1965 to 1967...

1930-2011 19 June 1965 31 October 1967 Military
9 Nguyen Van Loc
Nguyen Van Loc
Nguyễn Văn Lộc was Prime Minister of South Vietnam between 31 October 1967 and 17 May 1968.Black Silk Pajamas by Danny Lane is a biography of Thị Mai Nguyễn, Lộc's wife. He is survived by his four children Bao Chau Thomas, Bao Chi, Bao Chanh, Bao The Nguyenloc...

1922- 31 October 1967 17 May 1968 Military
10 Tran Van Huong, 2nd time 1908-1982 28 May 1968 1 September 1969 ???
11 Tran Thien Khiem
Tran Thien Khiem
General Trần Thiện Khiêm was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. During the 1960s he was involved in several coups. He helped President Ngo Dinh Diem put down a November 1960 coup attempt and was rewarded with promotion...

1925- 1 September 1969 4 April 1975 Military
12 Nguyễn Bá Cẩn
Nguyen Ba Can
Nguyễn Bá Cẩn was Prime Minister of South Vietnam from April 4, 1975, until April 24, 1975, serving under Presidents Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and Trần Văn Hương.-References:...

1930-2009 4 April 1975 24 April 1975 Democracy Party
Democracy Party
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13 Vũ Văn Mẫu 1914-1998 28 April 1975 30 April 1975 Forces for National Reconciliation The last Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam, deposed after the fall of Saigon
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front on April 30, 1975...

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See also

  • Republic of Cochinchina
  • State of Vietnam
    State of Vietnam
    The State of Vietnam was a state that claimed authority over all of Vietnam during the First Indochina War, and replaced the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam . The provisional government was a brief transitional administration between colonial Cochinchina and an independent state...

  • Republic of Vietnam
    South Vietnam
    South Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...

  • Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam

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