Ho Chi-Minh16 August 1945
Appointed President of the National Liberation Committee
Vietnam · Government / Government of Vietnam. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Appointed President of the National Liberation Committee
Appointed Prime Minister of South Vietnam, 1st term
Appointed President of Vietnam
Appointed Prime Minister of Southern Vietnam, 2nd term
Appointed President of Southern Vietnam, Emperor Annam is rejected
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
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
Appointed President of Southern Vietnam
Appointed President of Vietnam
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