Bao Dai25 August 1945
The Democratic Republic of Vietnam is proclaimed. Hue reads a declaration handing over "sovereign power" to the Vietminh
Vietnam · Government / Government of Vietnam. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Democratic Republic of Vietnam is proclaimed. Hue reads a declaration handing over "sovereign power" to the Vietminh
The Emperor abdicate giving Ho Chi Minh the "mandate of heaven"
Accepts the post of supreme political adviser in the provisional Government
Proclaims the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Diem proclaims a South Vietnamese Republic. A constitution was written by a rubber stamp legislature which gave Diem the power to create laws by decree and arbitrarily give himself emergency powers
Diem declares himself President & a Republic is declared
Diem scheduled a referendum for October 1955 on whether South Vietnam should become a republic, Diem wins the referendum, which was rigged by his brother Nhu, and proclaimed himself the President of the newly created Republic of Vietnam. Diem refuses to hold the reunification elections, pointing out that the State of Vietnam had not signed the Geneva Accords
The Vietnamese Revolutionary Council elect Phan Khac Suu as Chief of State and the former Mayor of Saigon, Tran Van Huong, as Premier, but General Nguyen Khanh retains real power under the title of Commander in Chief of the armed forces
The constitution of Vietnam comes into effect
The Government arrests communist party members who question the one-party system
Appointed Chief of State of the Government of Free Vietnam, an anti-communist organisation located in Little Saigon, Westminster, California
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