List of heads of state of Vietnam
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The following is a list of the heads of state of modern Vietnam, from the Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on 2 September 1945 to the present day.
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–76)
- Status
Denotes Acting President
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Communist Party of Vietnam/meta/color; color:white" | 1 | 
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Hồ Chí Minh (1890–1969) |
2 September 1945 | 2 September 1969 | 24 years, 0 days | Communist Party of Indochina (until 1951) Worker's Party of Vietnam (from 1951) |
| style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black" | — | 
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Huỳnh Thúc Kháng (1876–1947) |
31 May 1946 | 21 September 1946 | 113 days | Independent |
| style="background:Template:Communist Party of Vietnam/meta/color; color:white" | — | 
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Tôn Đức Thắng (1888–1980) |
3 September 1969 | 22 September 1969 | 19 days | Worker's Party of Vietnam |
| style="background:Template:Communist Party of Vietnam/meta/color; color:white" | 2 | 22 September 1969 | 2 July 1976 | 6 years, 284 days | |||
South Vietnam
State of Vietnam (1949–55)
- Status
Denotes Acting Chief of the State
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| Chief of the State of Vietnam | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black" | 1 | 
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Bảo Đại (1913–1997) |
13 June 1949 | 30 April 1955 | 5 years, 321 days | Independent |
| style="background:Template:Can Lao Party/meta/color; color:white" | — | 
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Ngô Đình Diệm (1901–1963) |
30 April 1955 | 26 October 1955 | 179 days | Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party |
Republic of Vietnam (1955–75)
- Status
Denotes Acting President
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| President of the Republic of Vietnam | |||||||
| style="background:Template:Can Lao Party/meta/color; color:white" | 1 |
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Ngô Đình Diệm (1901–1963) |
1961 | 26 October 1955 | 2 November 1963 | 8 years, 7 days | Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party |
| Chief of State of the Republic of Vietnam | |||||||
| style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black" | 2 | Dương Văn Minh (1916–2001) |
— | 2 November 1963 | 16 August 1964 | 288 days | Military | |
| style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black" | 3 | 
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Nguyễn Khánh (1927–2013) |
— | 16 August 1964 | 27 August 1964 | 11 days | Military |
| style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black" | N/A | 
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Provisional Leadership Committee (Minh / Khanh / Khiem) |
27 August 1964 | 8 September 1964 | 12 days | Military | |
| style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black" | (2) | Dương Văn Minh (1916–2001) |
— | 8 September 1964 | 24 October 1964 | 46 days | Military | |
| style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black" | 4 | 
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Phan Khắc Sửu (1893–1970) |
— | 24 October 1964 | 14 June 1965 | 233 days | Independent |
| style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black" | 5 | Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923–2001) |
— | 14 June 1965 | 3 September 1967 | 2 years, 81 days | Military | |
| President of the Republic of Vietnam | |||||||
| style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black" | (5) | Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923–2001) |
1967 1971 |
3 September 1967 | 21 April 1975 | 7 years, 230 days | Military (until 1969) | |
| style="background:Template:National Social Democratic Front/meta/color; color:white" | (5) | National Social Democratic Front (from 1969) | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black" | 6 | Trần Văn Hương (1902–1982) |
— | 21 April 1975 | 28 April 1975 | 7 days | Independent | |
| style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black" | (2) | Dương Văn Minh (1916–2001) |
— | 28 April 1975 | 30 April 1975 | 2 days | Independent | |
Heads of military
During the military junta period, heads of military held the real power in governing the nation. Sometimes head of state and head of military were held by the same person.
| Name | Military organization | Term | Military title | Head of state at that time |
| Duong Van Minh | Revolutionary Military Council | 2 November 1963 – 30 January 1964 | Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council | himself |
| Nguyen Khanh | Revolutionary Military Council | 30 January 1964 – 27 August 1964 | Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council | Duong Van Minh (30 January 1964 – 16 August 1964) |
| himself (16 August 1964 – 27 August 1964) | ||||
| Duong Van Minh Nguyen Khanh Tran Thien Khiem |
Provisional Leadership Committee (collective leadership) | 27 August 1964 – 24 October 1964 | Provisional Leadership Committee | itself (27 August 1964 – 8 September 1964) |
| Duong Van Minh (8/9/1964 – 24 October 1964) | ||||
| Short period of civilian government of the Chief of State Phan Khac Suu (24 October 1964 – 20 December 1964) | ||||
| Nguyen Khanh | Military Council | 18 December 1964 – 25 February 1965 | Chairman of the Military Council | Phan Khac Suu |
| Nguyen Van Thieu | Military Council | 25 February 1965 – 14 June 1965 | Chairman of the Military Council | Phan Khac Suu |
| Nguyễn Văn Thiệu | National Leadership Committee | 14 June 1965 – 1 September 1967 | Chairman of the National Leadership Committee | himself |
Republic of South Vietnam (1969–76)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| Chairman of the Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam | ||||||
| 1 | 
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Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910–1996) |
8 June 1969 | 2 July 1976 | 7 years, 24 days | People's Revolutionary Party of Vietnam (National Liberation Front) (influenced by Worker's Party of Vietnam) |
Reunified Vietnam
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present)
- Status
Denotes Acting President
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Communist Party of Vietnam/meta/color; color:white" | (2) |
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Tôn Đức Thắng (1888–1980) |
2 July 1976 | 30 March 1980 | 3 years, 272 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| style="background:Template:Communist Party of Vietnam/meta/color; color:white" | — |
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Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910–1996) |
30 March 1980 | 4 July 1981 | 1 year, 96 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| Chairman of the Council of State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Communist Party of Vietnam/meta/color; color:white" | 3 | 
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Trường Chinh (1907–1988) |
4 July 1981 | 18 June 1987 | 5 years, 349 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| style="background:Template:Communist Party of Vietnam/meta/color; color:white" | 4 | Võ Chí Công (1912–2011) |
18 June 1987 | 22 September 1992 | 5 years, 96 days | Communist Party of Vietnam | |
| President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Communist Party of Vietnam/meta/color; color:white" | 5 | File:Lê Đức Anh.jpg | Lê Đức Anh (1920–2019) |
23 September 1992 | 23 September 1997 | 5 years, 0 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| style="background:Template:Communist Party of Vietnam/meta/color; color:white" | 6 | 
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Trần Đức Lương (1937–) |
24 September 1997 | 26 June 2006 | 8 years, 275 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| style="background:Template:Communist Party of Vietnam/meta/color; color:white" | 7 | 
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Nguyễn Minh Triết (1942–) |
27 June 2006 | 25 July 2011 | 5 years, 28 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| style="background:Template:Communist Party of Vietnam/meta/color; color:white" | 8 | 
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Trương Tấn Sang (1949–) |
25 July 2011 | 2 April 2016 | 4 years, 252 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| style="background:Template:Communist Party of Vietnam/meta/color; color:white" | 9 | 
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Trần Đại Quang (1956–2018) |
2 April 2016 | 21 September 2018 | 2 years, 172 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| style="background:Template:Communist Party of Vietnam/meta/color; color:white" | — | 
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Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (1959–) |
21 September 2018 | 23 October 2018 | 32 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| style="background:Template:Communist Party of Vietnam/meta/color; color:white" | 10 | 
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Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944–) |
23 October 2018 | Incumbent | 5 years, 293 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
Timeline
See also
- History of Vietnam since 1945
- List of monarchs of Vietnam
- President of Vietnam
- Leaders of South Vietnam
Notes
External links
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