Nguyễn Văn Xuân
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Nguyễn Văn Xuân | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam | |
In office 6 July 1954 – 24 September 1954 | |
Prime Minister | Ngô Đình Diệm |
Preceded by | Nguyễn Trung Vinh |
Succeeded by | Trần Chánh Thành |
In office 1 July 1949 – 20 January 1950 | |
Prime Minister | Bảo Đại |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Phan Huy Quát |
Chief of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam | |
In office 5 June 1948 – 12 June 1949 | |
Deputy | Trần Văn Hữu |
Head of State | Bảo Đại |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Bảo Đại (as Chief of the State of Vietnam) |
3rd Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina | |
In office 8 October 1947 – 27 May 1948 | |
Deputy | Trần Văn Hữu |
Preceded by | Lê Văn Hoạch |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Deputy Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina | |
In office 1 June 1946 – 8 October 1947 | |
Prime Minister |
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Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Trần Văn Hữu |
Personal details | |
Born | Trường Thọ, Gia Định Province, Annam | 3 April 1892
Died | 14 January 1989 Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France | (aged 96)
Political party | Military |
Education | École Polytechnique |
Military service | |
Branch/service | French Army |
Years of service | 1947–1954 |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Battles/wars | French Indochina War |
Nguyễn Văn Xuân (3 April 1892 – 14 January 1989) was president of the government of Cochinchina from 1947 to 1948, then prime minister of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam from 23 May 1948 to 20 June 1949, during the First Indochina War.[1]
First Indochina War[edit]
On 1 April 1947, he was promoted to brigadier general (two-star general, entry level for a general officer in the French army ranking system) of colonial troops, a local army with French commanding officers. After the First Indochina War, he took exile in France. On 14 January 1989, he died in Nice at the age of 96.[2]
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References[edit]
- ^ Ngo Ngoc Trung (2011). "Nguyen Van Xuan". In Tucker, Spencer C. (ed.). The encyclopedia of the Vietnam War : a political, social, and military history (2nd ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. pp. 843–844. ISBN 9781851099610.
- ^ Le Général Nguyen Van Xuan Archived 2016-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, Bulletin de l'ANAI, April–May–June 1989