Ngo Dinh Diem was the leader of South Vietnam until he was assassinated in November of 1963
the united states saw that Ngo Dinh Diem was alienating south vietnamese citizens.
The president of South Vietnam from 1955-1963.
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.
The Viet Cong (VC) were communists living in South Vietnam. Later, the regular army units of North Vietnam would enter the fight (NVA). Diem was the first president of South Vietnam in 1955. He was assassinated in 1963.
His government was seen as corrupt. Diệm was deposed in a military coup in 1963,
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.
He refused to reform his government
He refused to reform his government - Apex
He refused to reform his government - Apex
Temporary Generals until Thieu in '64.
There was no "dictator" of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The Democratic Republic of Vietnam North Vietnam) was led by Ho Chi Minh until his death in 1969 when Le Duan became the leader. The Government of Vietnam or Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) was originally led by Ngo Dinh Diem until his assassination in 1963. Afterwards, a series of "revolving door" leaders emerged, including Nguyen Cao Ky, General Khanh, Duong Van Minh, and Nguyen Van Thieu.
the united states saw that Ngo Dinh Diem was alienating south vietnamese citizens.
At the time of the Vietnam War, North Vietnam was led by Ho Chi Minh, who was the founder of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. South Vietnam was led by President Ngo Dinh Diem until 1963 when he was overthrown and later by Nguyen Van Thieu.
Kennedy supported a coup in South Vietnam.
Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979) in office 1963 thru 1979.
The president of South Vietnam from 1955-1963.
Diem was assassinated the same year Kennedy was in 1963. Thieu remained president until his country fell to the communists, then evacuated to the US, and died in Boston, Mass.