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Minister of National Defense (South Vietnam)

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Minister of National Defense of South Vietnam
Vietnamese: Bộ Quốc phòng Việt Nam Cộng Hòa
Emblem
(1963–75)
Incumbent
None
Ministry of National Defense
StatusMinister
Member ofGovernment
Reports toThe President
SeatSaigon (now Ho Chi Minh City)
AppointerThe Emperor (1949–55)
The President (1955–75)
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation1949; 75 years ago (1949)
First holderNguyễn Văn Xuân
Final holderTrần Văn Đôn
Abolished1975; 49 years ago (1975)

The Minister of National Defense was a government minister in charge of the Ministry of National Defense of South Vietnam (common name for the State of Vietnam and the Republic of Vietnam), in what is now southern region of Vietnam. The Minister was responsible for conducting defense strategies and affairs of the country.

List of ministers

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The following is a list of defence ministers of South Vietnam from 1949 until the fall of Saigon in 1975:[1]

No. Name
(Birth–Death)
Portrait Tenure
State of Vietnam (1949–1955)
1 Nguyễn Văn Xuân
(1892–1989)
1949–1950
2 Phan Huy Quát
(1908–1979)
1950
3 Trần Văn Hữu
(1896–1984)
1950
4 Nguyễn Hữu Chi 1951–1952
5 Trần Văn Hữu
(1896–1984)
1952
6 Nghiêm Văn Trí 1952
Lê Quang Huy
Acting Minister
1953
7 Phan Huy Quát
(1908–1979)
1953–1954
8 Ngô Đình Diệm
(1901–1963)
1954–1955
Republic of Vietnam (1955–1975)
1 Ngô Đình Diệm
(1901–1963)
1955–1963
2 Trần Văn Đôn
(1917–1997)
1963–1964
3 Trần Thiện Khiêm
(1925–2021)
1964
4 Nguyễn Khánh
(1927–2013)
1964
5 Trần Văn Hương
(1902–1982)
1964–1965
6 Trần Văn Minh
(1923–2009)
1965
7 Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
(1923–2001)
1965
8 Nguyễn Hữu Có
(1925–2012)
1965–1967
9 Cao Văn Viên
(1921–2008)
1967
10 Nguyễn Văn Vy
(1916–1981)
1967–1972
11 Trần Thiện Khiêm
(1925–2021)
1972–1975
12 Trần Văn Đôn
(1917–1997)
1975

References

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  1. ^ 世界諸国の制度・組織・人事: 1840-2000. 東京大学出版会. 2001. p. 198. ISBN 9784130301220. Retrieved 2023-01-30.