Nguyễn Văn Xuân

Nguyễn Văn Xuân
Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam
In office
6 July 1954 – 24 September 1954
Prime MinisterNgô Đình Diệm
Preceded byNguyễn Trung Vinh
Succeeded byTrần Chánh Thành
In office
1 July 1949 – 20 January 1950
Prime MinisterBảo Đại
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPhan Huy Quát
Chief of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam
In office
5 June 1948 – 12 June 1949
DeputyTrần Văn Hữu
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byBảo Đại
(as Chief of the State of Vietnam)
3rd President of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina
In office
8 October 1947 – 27 May 1948
DeputyTrần Văn Hữu
Preceded byLê Văn Hoạch
Succeeded byTrần Văn Hữu
Deputy President of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina
In office
1 June 1946 – 8 October 1947
Prime Minister
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTrần Văn Hữu
Personal details
Born(1892-04-03)3 April 1892
Trường Thọ, Gia Định Province, French Cochinchina
Died14 January 1989(1989-01-14) (aged 96)
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Political partyMilitary
EducationÉcole Polytechnique
Military service
Branch/serviceFrench Army
Years of service1947–1954
RankBrigadier general
Battles/warsFrench Indochina War

Nguyễn Văn Xuân (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ van˧˧ swən˧˧]; 3 April 1892 – 14 January 1989) was a Vietnamese general and politician who served as prime minister of Cochinchina from 1947 to 1948, then prime minister of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam from 5 June 1948 to 20 June 1949, during the First Indochina War.[1]

First Indochina War

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 went into exile in France. On 14 January 1989, he died in Nice at the age of 96.[2]

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References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Le Général Nguyen Van Xuan Archived 2016-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, Bulletin de l'ANAI, April–May–June 1989