South Vietnamese leadership

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South Vietnamese leadership refers to the U.S.-backed political and military elite that governed South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, headed for much of the period by President Nguyen Van Thieu.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War political elite
political leadership group
alliedWith United States
capital Saigon
collapsedDate 30 April 1975
collapsedWith Fall of Saigon
conflict Second Indochina War
linked to: Vietnam War

Vietnam War
country South Vietnam
linked to: Republic of Vietnam
criticizedFor authoritarianism
corruption
lack of popular legitimacy
political repression
endDate 1975
foreignPolicyOrientation anti-communist bloc
pro-Western
governanceStyle strong presidential system
governed Republic of Vietnam
headedBy Nguyen Van Thieu
headOfStateDuringLateWar Nguyen Van Thieu
ideology anti-communism
nationalism
implemented land reform efforts
pacification programs
included ARVN high command
President of South Vietnam
Prime Minister of South Vietnam
South Vietnamese generals
includedKeyFigure Cao Van Vien
Duong Van Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Khanh
Tran Thien Khiem
opposedBy North Vietnamese government
Viet Cong
participatedIn Paris Peace Accords negotiations
politicalSystem Republican government
precededBy Ngo Dinh Diem government
linked to: Ngo Dinh Diem
region Southeast Asia
reliedOn U.S. economic aid
U.S. military aid
securityForces Army of the Republic of Vietnam
South Vietnamese National Police
signed Paris Peace Accords (1973)
startDate 1955
supportedBy United States
timePeriod 1955–1975
Vietnam War

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Nguyen Van Thieu partOf South Vietnamese leadership
Cambodian Civil War supportedBy South Vietnam (for Lon Nol government)
linked to: South Vietnamese leadership
Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government opposedTo Republic of Vietnam government in Saigon
linked to: South Vietnamese leadership
South Vietnamese leadership included South Vietnamese generals
linked to: South Vietnamese leadership
Nguyen Van Thieu partOf South Vietnamese military junta (mid-1960s)
subject linked to: Thieu
linked to: South Vietnamese leadership
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm awardingBody Government of South Vietnam
linked to: South Vietnamese leadership
U.S. Embassy Saigon associatedWith South Vietnamese political leadership
linked to: South Vietnamese leadership