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This article lists the heads of government of modern Vietnam since 1945, from the establishment of the Empire of Vietnam to the present day.
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Chief of Cabinet of the Empire of Vietnam | ||||||
1 |
Trần Trá»ng Kim (1883–1953) |
17 April 1945 | 25 August 1945 | 130 days | Äại Việt National Socialist Party |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Chairman of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam | ||||||
1 |
Hồ Chà Minh (1890–1969) |
2 September 1945 | 20 September 1955 | 10 years, 18 days |
Communist Party of Indochina (until 1951) Worker's Party of Vietnam (from 1951) | |
— |
Huỳnh Thúc Kháng (1876–1947) |
31 May 1946 | 21 September 1946 | 113 days | Independent | |
Prime Minister of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam | ||||||
2 |
Phạm Văn Äồng (1906–2000) |
20 September 1955 | 2 July 1976 | 20 years, 286 days | Worker's Party of Vietnam |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina | ||||||
1 |
Nguyễn Văn Thinh (1888–1946) |
1 June 1946 | 10 November 1946 | 162 days | Cochinchinese Democratic Party | |
2 |
Lê Văn Hoạch (1896–1978) |
29 November 1946 | 29 September 1947 | 304 days | Independent | |
3 |
Nguyễn Văn Xuân (1892–1989) |
8 October 1947 | 27 May 1948 | 232 days | Military |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Prime Minister of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam | ||||||
1 |
Nguyễn Văn Xuân (1892–1989) |
27 May 1948 | 14 June 1949 | 1 year, 18 days | Military |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam | ||||||
1 |
Bảo Äại (1913–1997) |
14 June 1949 | 21 January 1950 | 221 days | Independent | |
2 |
Nguyễn Phan Long (1889–1960) |
21 January 1950 | 27 April 1950 | 96 days | Constitutional Party | |
3 |
Trần Văn Hữu (1896–1984) |
6 May 1950 | 6 June 1952 | 2 years, 31 days | Independent | |
4 |
Nguyễn Văn Tâm (1893–1990) |
6 June 1952 | 17 December 1953 | 1 year, 194 days | Nationalist Party | |
5 |
Nguyá»…n Phúc Bá»u Lá»™c (1914–1990) |
11 January 1954 | 16 June 1954 | 156 days | Independent | |
6 |
Ngô Äình Diệm (1901–1963) |
16 June 1954 | 26 October 1955 | 1 year, 132 days | Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam | ||||||
1 |
Nguyá»…n Ngá»c ThÆ¡ (1908–1976) |
4 November 1963 | 28 January 1964 | 86 days | Independent | |
2 |
Nguyễn Khánh (1927–2013) |
28 February 1964 | 27 August 1964 | 181 days | Military | |
— |
Nguyễn Xuân Oánh (1921–2003) |
29 August 1964 | 3 September 1964 | 5 days | Independent | |
(2) |
Nguyễn Khánh (1927–2013) |
3 September 1964 | 4 November 1964 | 62 days | Military | |
3 |
Trần Văn Hương (1903–1982) |
4 November 1964 | 27 January 1965 | 84 days | Military | |
— |
Nguyễn Xuân Oánh (1921–2003) |
27 January 1965 | 15 February 1965 | 19 days | Independent | |
4 |
Phan Huy Quát (1908–1979) |
16 February 1965 | 5 June 1965 | 109 days | Greater Nationalist Party | |
5 |
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (1930–2011) |
14 June 1965 | 1 September 1967 | 2 years, 79 days | Military | |
6 |
Nguyễn Văn Lộc (1922–1992) |
1 November 1967 | 17 May 1968 | 198 days | Military | |
(3) |
Trần Văn Hương (1903–1982) |
28 May 1968 | 22 August 1969 | 1 year, 86 days |
Independent (until 1969) | |
(3) |
National Social Democratic Front (from 1969) | |||||
7 |
Trần Thiện Khiêm (1925–2021) |
22 August 1969 | 5 April 1975 | 5 years, 226 days | National Social Democratic Front | |
8 |
Nguyễn Bá Cẩn (1930–2009) |
5 April 1975 | 25 April 1975 | 20 days | Democratic Party | |
9 |
Vũ Văn Mẫu (1914–1998) |
28 April 1975 | 30 April 1975 | 2 days | Forces for National Reconciliation |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam | ||||||
1 |
Huỳnh Tấn Phát (1913–1989) |
8 June 1969 | 2 July 1976 | 7 years, 24 days |
People's Revolutionary Party of Vietnam ( National Liberation Front) [a] |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Prime Minister of the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam | ||||||
(2) |
Phạm Văn Äồng (1906–2000) |
2 July 1976 | 4 July 1981 | 5 years, 2 days | Communist Party of Vietnam | |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam | ||||||
(2) |
Phạm Văn Äồng (1906–2000) |
4 July 1981 | 18 June 1987 | 5 years, 349 days | Communist Party of Vietnam | |
3 |
Phạm Hùng (1912–1988) |
18 June 1987 | 10 March 1988 | 273 days | Communist Party of Vietnam | |
— |
Võ Văn Kiệt (1922–2008) |
10 March 1988 | 22 June 1988 | 104 days | Communist Party of Vietnam | |
4 |
Äá»— MÆ°á»i (1917–2018) |
22 June 1988 | 8 August 1991 | 3 years, 47 days | Communist Party of Vietnam | |
5 |
Võ Văn Kiệt (1922–2008) |
8 August 1991 | 24 September 1992 | 1 year, 47 days | Communist Party of Vietnam | |
Prime Minister of Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam | ||||||
(5) |
Võ Văn Kiệt (1922–2008) |
24 September 1992 | 24 September 1997 | 5 years | Communist Party of Vietnam | |
6 |
Phan Văn Khải (1933–2018) |
24 September 1997 | 27 June 2006 | 8 years, 275 days | Communist Party of Vietnam | |
7 |
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (born 1949) |
27 June 2006 | 7 April 2016 | 9 years, 285 days | Communist Party of Vietnam | |
8 |
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (born 1954) |
7 April 2016 | 5 April 2021 | 4 years, 363 days | Communist Party of Vietnam | |
9 |
Phạm Minh ChÃnh (born 1958) |
5 April 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 25 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |