List of heads of state of Vietnam
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This article lists the heads of state of modern Vietnam since 1945, from the establishment of the Empire of Vietnam to the present day.
Empire of Vietnam (1945)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Reign | House | Claim | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Duration | |||||
| 1 | 
|
Bảo Đại (1913–1997) |
11 March 1945 | 25 August 1945 | 167 days | Nguyễn | Son of Khải Định |
North Vietnam
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–76)
- Status
Denotes Acting President
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam | ||||||
| 1 | 
|
Hồ Chí Minh (1890–1969) |
2 September 1945 | 2 September 1969 | 24 years | Indochinese Communist Party (until 1951) Worker's Party of Vietnam (from 1951) |
| — | 
|
Huỳnh Thúc Kháng (1876–1947) |
31 May 1946 | 21 September 1946 | 113 days | Independent |
| — | 
|
Tôn Đức Thắng (1888–1980) |
3 September 1969 | 22 September 1969 | 19 days | Worker's Party of Vietnam |
| 2 | 22 September 1969 | 2 July 1976 | 6 years, 284 days | |||
South Vietnam
State of Vietnam (1949–55)
- Status
Denotes Acting Chief of the State
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| Chief of the State of Vietnam | ||||||
| 1 |
|
Bảo Đại (1913–1997) |
13 June 1949 | 30 April 1955 | 5 years, 321 days | Independent |
| — | 
|
Ngô Đình Diệm (1901–1963) |
30 April 1955 | 26 October 1955 | 179 days | Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party |
Republic of Vietnam (1955–75)
- Status
Denotes Acting President
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| President of the Republic of Vietnam | |||||||
| 1 |
|
Ngô Đình Diệm (1901–1963) |
1961 | 26 October 1955 | 2 November 1963 | 8 years, 7 days | Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party |
| Chief of State of the Republic of Vietnam | |||||||
| 2 | 
|
Dương Văn Minh (1916–2001) |
— | 2 November 1963 | 16 August 1964 | 288 days | Military |
| 3 | 
|
Nguyễn Khánh (1927–2013) |
— | 16 August 1964 | 27 August 1964 | 11 days | Military |
| N/A | 
|
Provisional Leadership Committee (Minh / Khanh / Khiem) |
27 August 1964 | 8 September 1964 | 12 days | Military | |
| (2) |
|
Dương Văn Minh (1916–2001) |
— | 8 September 1964 | 24 October 1964 | 46 days | Military |
| 4 | 
|
Phan Khắc Sửu (1893–1970) |
— | 24 October 1964 | 14 June 1965 | 233 days | Independent |
| 5 | 
|
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923–2001) |
— | 14 June 1965 | 3 September 1967 | 2 years, 81 days | Military |
| President of the Republic of Vietnam | |||||||
| (5) |
|
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923–2001) |
1967 1971 |
3 September 1967 | 21 April 1975 | 7 years, 230 days | Military (until 1969) |
| (5) | National Social Democratic Front (from 1969) | ||||||
| 6 | 
|
Trần Văn Hương (1902–1982) |
— | 21 April 1975 | 28 April 1975 | 7 days | Independent |
| (2) |
|
Dương Văn Minh (1916–2001) |
— | 28 April 1975 | 30 April 1975 | 2 days | Independent |
Republic of South Vietnam (1969–76)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| Chairman of the Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam | ||||||
| 1 | 
|
Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910–1996) |
8 June 1969 | 2 July 1976 | 7 years, 24 days | People's Revolutionary Party of Vietnam (National Liberation Front) |
Reunified Vietnam
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present)
- Status
Denotes Acting President
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam | ||||||
| (2) |
|
Tôn Đức Thắng (1888–1980) |
2 July 1976 | 30 March 1980 | 3 years, 272 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| — |
|
Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910–1996) |
30 March 1980 | 4 July 1981 | 1 year, 96 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| Chairman of the Council of State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam | ||||||
| 3 | 
|
Trường Chinh (1907–1988) |
4 July 1981 | 18 June 1987 | 5 years, 349 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 4 | 
|
Võ Chí Công (1912–2011) |
18 June 1987 | 22 September 1992 | 5 years, 96 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam | ||||||
| 5 | 
|
Lê Đức Anh (1920–2019) |
22 September 1992 | 24 September 1997 | 5 years, 2 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 6 | 
|
Trần Đức Lương (born 1937) |
24 September 1997 | 27 June 2006 | 8 years, 276 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 7 | 
|
Nguyễn Minh Triết (born 1942) |
27 June 2006 | 25 July 2011 | 5 years, 28 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 8 | 
|
Trương Tấn Sang (born 1949) |
25 July 2011 | 2 April 2016 | 4 years, 252 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 9 | 
|
Trần Đại Quang (1956–2018) |
2 April 2016 | 21 September 2018 | 2 years, 172 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| — | 
|
Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (born 1959) |
21 September 2018 | 23 October 2018 | 32 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 10 | 
|
Nguyễn Phú Trọng (born 1944) |
23 October 2018 | 5 April 2021 | 2 years, 164 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 11 | 
|
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (born 1954) |
5 April 2021 | 18 January 2023 | 1 year, 288 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| — | 
|
Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (born 1970) |
18 January 2023 | 2 March 2023 | 43 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 12 | 
|
Võ Văn Thưởng (born 1970) |
2 March 2023 | 21 March 2024 | 1 year, 19 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| — |
|
Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (born 1970) |
21 March 2024 | Incumbent | 37 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
Timeline
See also
- History of Vietnam since 1945
- List of monarchs of Vietnam
- President of Vietnam
- Leaders of South Vietnam
Notes
- ^ Influenced by the Worker's Party of Vietnam.
External links
 Heads of state of Vietnam since 1945 | |
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| Empire of Vietnam (1945) | .svg) |
| Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–1976) | |
| State of Vietnam (1949–1955) |  |
| Republic of Vietnam (1955–1975) | |
| Republic of South Vietnam (1969–1976) |  |
| Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present) |  |