Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
President of South Vietnam from 1965-75 · United States · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1923 to 2001 · aged 78
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. He was a general in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF), became head of a military junta in 1965, and then president after winning a rigged election in 1967.
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Thiệu as an infantry lieutenant (1951)
Thiệu and US President Lyndon B. Johnson
Thiệu (middle) and Nguyễn Chánh Thi (left) at Danang airfield.
Thiệu (left, first row) and Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (right) in national arm forces day (19 June 1966).
Thiệu and Vice President Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (left) meeting US President Lyndon B. Johnson (with back to camera) in Honolulu, Hawaii (1966)
Thiệu takes the oath of office, 31 October 1967
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ during a press conference on the eve of the national election, 2 September 1967Awards
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He headed the government of South Vietnam until he resigned and left the nation and relocated to Taipei a few days before the fall of Saigon and the ultimate North Vietnamese victory.
