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The Office of the President of Republic of Vietnam in Independence Palace, Saigon, South Vietnam.
This is a list of leaders of South Vietnam, since the establishment of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina in 1946 until the fall of the Republic of Vietnam in 1975, and the reunification of Vietnam in 1976.
Color keys
| Colour key (for political parties) |
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Cochinchinese Democratic Party
Military
Independent
Constitutional Party
Nationalist Party
Cần Lao Party
National Social Democratic Front
Democratic Party
Forces for National Reconciliation
National Liberation Front (Việt Cộng)
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Heads of state
| No. [note 1] |
Picture | Name (birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Affiliation | |
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| Chiefs of the State of Vietnam (1949–1955) | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 
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Bảo Đại (1913–1997) |
13 June 1949 | 30 April 1955 | Independent |
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Ngô Đình Diệm (1901–1963) |
30 April 1955 | 26 October 1955 | Cần Lao Party |
| Presidents of the Republic of Vietnam (1955–1975) | ||||||
| 1 | 2 |
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Ngô Đình Diệm (1901–1963) |
26 October 1955 | 2 November 1963 | Cần Lao Party |
| 2 | 3 | —
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Dương Văn Minh (1916–2001) |
2 November 1963 | 30 January 1964 | Military |
| 3 | 4 | File:General Nguyen Khanh.JPG | Nguyễn Khánh (1927–2013) |
30 January 1964 | 8 February 1964 | Military |
| 2 | 3 | —
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Dương Văn Minh (1916–2001) |
8 February 1964 | 16 August 1964 | Military |
| 3 | 4 | File:General Nguyen Khanh.JPG | Nguyễn Khánh (1927–2013) |
16 August 1964 | 27 August 1964 | Military |
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Provisional Leadership Committee | 27 August 1964 | 8 September 1964 | Military |
| 2 | 3 | —
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Dương Văn Minh (1916–2001) |
8 September 1964 | 26 October 1964 | Military |
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Phan Khắc Sửu (1893–1970) |
26 October 1964 | 14 June 1965 | Independent |
| 4 | 5 | 
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Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923–2001) |
14 June 1965 | 25 May 1969 | Military |
| 4 | 5 | 25 May 1969 | 21 April 1975 | National Social Democratic Front | ||
| 5 | 6 | —
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Trần Văn Hương (1902–1982) |
21 April 1975 | 28 April 1975 | Independent |
| 2 | 3 | —
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Dương Văn Minh (1916–2001) |
28 April 1975 | 30 April 1975 | Military |
| Chairman of the Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government (1975–1976) | ||||||
| 1 | 7 | —
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Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910–1996) |
30 April 1975 | 2 July 1976 | National Liberation Front |
Heads of government
| No. [note 2] |
Picture | Name (birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Affiliation | ||
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| Prime Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina (1946–1948) | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | —
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Nguyễn Văn Thinh (1888–1946) |
1 June 1946 | 10 November 1946 | Cochinchinese Democratic Party | |
| 2 | 2 | —
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Lê Văn Hoach (1896–1978) |
29 November 1946 | 29 September 1947 | Independent | |
| 3 | 3 | —
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Nguyễn Văn Xuân (1896–1978) |
8 October 1947 | 27 May 1948 | Military | |
| Prime Ministers of the Provisional Central Government (1948–1949) | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | —
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Nguyễn Văn Xuân (1892–1989) |
27 May 1948 | 14 June 1949 | Military | |
| Prime Ministers of the State of Vietnam (1949–1955) | |||||||
| 1 | 6 |
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Bảo Đại (1913–1997) |
14 June 1949 | 21 January 1950 | Independent | |
| 2 | 7 | —
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Nguyễn Phan Long (1889–1960) |
21 January 1950 | 26 April 1950 | Constitutional Party | |
| 3 | 8 | —
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Trần Văn Hữu (1896–1984) |
27 April 1950 | 6 June 1952 | Independent | |
| 4 | 9 | —
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Nguyễn Văn Tâm (1893–1990) |
6 June 1952 | 17 December 1953 | Kuomintang | |
| 5 | 10 | —
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Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Lộc (1914–1990) |
12 January 1954 | 16 June 1954 | Independent | |
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Phan Huy Quát (1908–1979) |
12 January 1954 | 16 June 1954 | Nationalist Party | |
| 6 | 11 |
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Ngô Đình Diệm (1901–1963) |
26 June 1954 | 26 October 1955 | Cần Lao Party | |
| Prime Ministers of the Republic of Vietnam (1955–1975) | |||||||
| 1 | 12 | —
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Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ (1908–present) |
4 November 1963 | 30 January 1964 | Independent | |
| 2 | 13 | File:General Nguyen Khanh.JPG | Nguyễn Khánh (1927–2013) |
8 February 1964 | 29 August 1964 | Military | |
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Nguyễn Xuân Oánh (1921–2003) |
29 August 1964 | 3 September 1964 | Independent | |
| 2 | 13 | File:General Nguyen Khanh.JPG | Nguyễn Khánh (1927–2013) |
3 September 1964 | 4 November 1964 | Military | |
| 3 | 14 | —
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Trần Văn Hương (1902–1982) |
4 November 1964 | 28 January 1965 | Military | |
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Nguyễn Xuân Oánh (1921–2003) |
28 January 1965 | 15 February 1965 | Independent | |
| 4 | 15 |
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Phan Huy Quát (1908–1979) |
16 February 1965 | 8 June 1965 | Nationalist Party | |
| 5 | 16 | 
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Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (1930–2011) |
19 June 1965 | 31 October 1967 | Military | |
| 6 | 17 | —
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Nguyễn Văn Lộc (1922–present) |
31 October 1967 | 17 May 1968 | Military | |
| 3 | 14 | —
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Trần Văn Hương (1902–1982) |
28 May 1968 | 25 May 1969 | Military | |
| 3 | 14 | 25 May 1969 | 1 September 1969 | National Social Democratic Front | |||
| 7 | 18 | —
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Trần Thiện Khiêm (1925–present) |
1 September 1969 | 4 April 1975 | National Social Democratic Front | |
| 8 | 19 | 
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Nguyễn Bá Cẩn (1930–2009) |
4 April 1975 | 24 April 1975 | Democratic Party | |
| 9 | 20 | File:Vuvanmau, 2013-02-25.JPG | Vũ Văn Mẫu (1914–1998) |
28 April 1975 | 30 April 1975 | Forces for National Reconciliation | |
| Chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Government (1975–1976) | |||||||
| 1 | 21 | —
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Huỳnh Tấn Phát (1913–1989) |
30 April 1975 | 2 July 1976 | National Liberation Front | |
See also
- List of Presidents of Vietnam
- List of Prime Ministers of Vietnam
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