Nguyen Van Thieu Biography

General Nguyen Van Thieu joins forces with Air Vice Marshall Nguyen Cao Ky in a coup against General Nguyen Khanhs Government that lasted for (260 days) from January 1964-October 1964, with the support of a neutralist coalition

General Nguyen Van Thieu joins forces with Air Vice Marshall Nguyen Cao Ky in a coup against General Nguyen Khanhs Government that lasted for (260 days) from January 1964-October 1964, with the support of a neutralist coalition

Thieu becomes chief of state as South Vietnam's military leaders form a new ruling structure

The National Leadership Committee under Thieu appoints Nguyen Cao Ky as premier

Thieu becomes chief of state in the new South Vietnamese military government

Thieu becomes head of state while Ky takes the stronger executive premiership

Thieu heads the National Leadership Committee after South Vietnam's generals reorganise the government

Thieu's military leadership group appoints Ky as premier of South Vietnam

Elected president of South Vietnam under the new constitution

Leads the South Vietnamese government during the Tet Offensive

Meets Nixon as the United States announces troop withdrawals

Meets Richard Nixon as Vietnamization is announced

Supports South Vietnamese operations into Cambodia against communist sanctuaries

Orders South Vietnamese forces into Laos during Operation Lam Son 719

Orders South Vietnamese forces into Laos to attack the Ho Chi Minh Trail

South Vietnamese forces enter Laos in Operation Lam Son 719

Wins re-election after opposition candidates withdraw or are excluded

Resigns as South Vietnam collapses under the final offensive