Leaders of South Vietnam

(Redirected from Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam)

This is a list of leaders of South Vietnam, since the establishment of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina in 1946, and the division of Vietnam in 1954 until the fall of the Republic of Vietnam in 1975, and the reunification of Vietnam in 1976.

Heads of state

Chiefs of the State of Vietnam (1949–1955)

No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died)
Term of office Party
Took office Left office Time in office
1   Bảo Đại
(1912–1997)
13 June 1949 30 April 1955 5 years, 321 days Independent
  Ngô Đình Diệm
(1901–1963)
30 April 1955 26 October 1955 179 days Can Lao

Presidents of the First Republic of Vietnam (1955–1963)

Number Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Affiliation
1   Ngô Đình Diệm
(1901–1963)
26 October 1955 2 November 1963 (assassinated.) Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party

Prime Minister of South Vietnam

No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died)
Term of office Party
Took office Left office Time in office
Prime Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina
(1946–1948)
1   Nguyễn Văn Thinh
(1888–1946)
1 June 1946 10 November 1946 162 days Cochinchinese Democratic Party
2 Lê Văn Hoạch
(1896–1978)
29 November 1946 29 September 1947 304 days Independent
3 Nguyễn Văn Xuân
(1892–1989)
8 October 1947 27 May 1948 232 days Military
Prime Ministers of the Provisional Central Government
(1948–1949)
3 Nguyễn Văn Xuân
(1892–1989)
27 May 1948 14 June 1949 1 year, 18 days Military
Prime Ministers of the State of Vietnam
(1949–1955)
1   Bảo Đại
(1912–1997)
14 June 1949 21 January 1950 221 days Independent
2 Nguyễn Phan Long
(1889–1960)
21 January 1950 27 April 1950 96 days Constitutional Party
3 Trần Văn Hữu
(1896–1984)
6 May 1950 6 June 1952 2 years, 31 days Independent
4   Nguyễn Văn Tâm
(1893–1990)
6 June 1952 17 December 1953 1 year, 194 days Nationalist Party
5 Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Lộc
(1914–1990)
11 January 1954 16 June 1954 156 days Independent
6   Ngô Đình Diệm
(1901–1963)
16 June 1954 26 October 1955 1 year, 132 days Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party
Prime Ministers of the Republic of Vietnam
(1955–1975)
Abolished
(26 October 1955 – 4 November 1963)
1 Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ
(1908–1976)
4 November 1963 28 February 1964 116 days Independent
2   Nguyễn Khánh
(1927–2013)
28 February 1964 27 August 1964 181 days Military
Nguyễn Xuân Oánh
(1921–2003)
Acting
29 August 1964 3 September 1964 5 days Independent
(2)   Nguyễn Khánh
(1927–2013)
3 September 1964 4 November 1964 62 days Military
3 Trần Văn Hương
(1903–1982)
4 November 1964 27 January 1965 84 days Independent
Nguyễn Xuân Oánh
(1921–2003)
Acting
27 January 1965 15 February 1965 19 days Independent
4   Phan Huy Quát
(1908–1979)
16 February 1965 5 June 1965 109 days Nationalist Party
5   Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
(1930–2011)
14 June 1965 1 September 1967 2 years, 48 days Military
6 Nguyễn Văn Lộc
(1922–1992)
1 November 1967 17 May 1968 290 days Military
(3) Trần Văn Hương
(1903–1982)
28 May 1968 22 August 1969 1 year, 86 days Independent
National Social Democratic Front
7 Trần Thiện Khiêm
(1925–2021)
22 August 1969 5 April 1975 5 years, 226 days National Social Democratic Front
8   Nguyễn Bá Cẩn
(1930–2009)
5 April 1975 25 April 1975 20 days Democratic Party
9 Vũ Văn Mẫu
(1914–1998)
28 April 1975 30 April 1975 2 days Forces for National Reconciliation

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