Ngo Dinh Diem
Appearance
Ngô Đình Diệm | |
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President of the Republic of Vietnam | |
In office 26 October 1955 – 2 November 1963 | |
Preceded by | None |
Succeeded by | Dương Văn Minh |
Personal details | |
Born | Huế, French Indochina | 3 January 1901
Died | 2 November 1963 Saigon, South Vietnam | (aged 62)
Political party | Front of National Salvation |
Spouse(s) | None |
Ngo Dinh Diem or Ngô Đình Diệm (/djɛm/[1] or /ziːm/;[2] 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was the first President of South Vietnam. Unlike most people in Vietnam, he was a Catholic.
Death
[change | change source]After he kept favoring people of his religion, he and his brother were arrested and killed on 2 November 1963 by the non-communist South Việtnamese army during the Buddhist crisis. The army then set up a military dictatorship.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ British Pathé – "New York Hails Vietnam's President Diem (1957)"
- ↑ HALL, M. Clement (28 October 2009). VIET NAM 1963 Memoirs of a Civil Surgeon. Lulu.com. ISBN 9780557141838 – via Google Books.
Other websites
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