When did diem become president of Vietnam?

Answer 1

In 1940-41, the Japanese advanced into and took control of Northern and Southern French Indo-China, as France had been defeated by Germany at that time. It was during this period that Ho Chi Minh, a Vietnamese Communist, returned to Vietnam from China and headed a Revolutionary League to regain independence for Vietnam. In 1945, he proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. When the Allies defeated Japan in WWII, the British and Chinese accepted the surrender of the Japanese in Vietnam, and the French re-entered the area and took control again. On December 19, 1946, Vietminh forces attacked the French in Hanoi, and the Indochina War--also known as the Vietminh War--began. In 1954, the Vietminh defeated the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and the nation was temporarily divided into two sections: north and south. The people of the south chose Ngo Dinh Diem as their ruler, and Ho continued to rule the north. Diem refused to go along with the planned elections in 1956 to unite the nation, because he knew he would lose, so the Vietminh members in the south created the Viet Cong, and the war between north and south for control of the country began.

Answer 2

Ho Chi Minh Became the first president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945