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After the Geneva Conventions in 1954 Vietnam was split into two, North Vietnam (communists) and South Vietnam (democrats). The leader of the North was Ho Chi Minh. The leader of the South was Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem, who was later elected president of South Vietnam; and overthrown by his own general in a coup d'tat in 1963. Nguyen Van Thieu took over, as leader of South Vietnam, for the remainder of the war.
In 1955 Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem became president of South Vietnam.
The United States saw that Ngo Dinh Diem was alienating South Vietnamese citizens.
President Diem was assassinated during a military coup in 1963, the same year that President Kennedy was assassinated. The South Vietnamese government went through a string of leaderships, pending the arrival of President Thieu in 1964.
ANSWER Ho Chi Minh was the president of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War his original name was Nguyen Tat. Diem was the president of South Vietnam. Diem was assassinated Nguyen Van Thien was the president of South Vietnam after him.
After a series of South Vietnamese government leadership changes, following the assassination of President Diem, President Nguyen Van Thieu became the leader of South Vietnam.
Early in the Vietnam War, the United States support the leadership of Ngo Dinh Diem. He was assassinated in 1963. Following his death, the next president of South Vietnam was Nguyen Van Thieu.
South Vietnamese president.
South Vietnamese President Diem postponed those elections due to excessive communist influence.
After the Geneva Conventions in 1954 Vietnam was split into two, North Vietnam (communists) and South Vietnam (democrats). The leader of the North was Ho Chi Minh. The leader of the South was Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem, who was later elected president of South Vietnam; and overthrown by his own general in a coup d'tat in 1963. Nguyen Van Thieu took over, as leader of South Vietnam, for the remainder of the war.
In 1955 Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem became president of South Vietnam.
No Vietnamese prime minister was assasinated, but South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem was killed by Vietcong during a raid from north to south during the Vietnam War.
The United States saw that Ngo Dinh Diem was alienating South Vietnamese citizens.
President Diem was assassinated during a military coup in 1963, the same year that President Kennedy was assassinated. The South Vietnamese government went through a string of leaderships, pending the arrival of President Thieu in 1964.
The United States reluctantly provided support for Diem in spite of his corrupt government.
the united states saw that Ngo Dinh Diem was alienating south vietnamese citizens.
The United States saw that Ngo Dinh Diem was alienating South Vietnamese citizens.