Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

1923-04-05

Biography

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. He was a general in the the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces, became head of a military junta in 1965, and then president after winning an election in 1967.