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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011


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VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENTS 1945 – 1949

Government Date Established Capital Cabinet Composition Title Incumbent Party
State of Vietnam 10 March 1945 HUE Not Available Prime Minister Tran Trong Tim Conservative Nationalist
[Bao Dai, Emperor, abdicated on 26 August 1945 in favor of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam]

People's Liberation Committee 16 August 1945 Hanoi 12 Veit Minh (6 ICP) Not Available
2 VN Democratic Party
[Superceded by Prov Gov't DRV, 2 September 1945]

Provisional Executive Committee of the Southern Vietnam Republic 25 August 1945 Saigon 6 Viet Minh (4 ICP) Chairman Tran Van Giau ICP
1 VN Democratic Party
2 Non-party
1 National Independence Party
[Overthrown by French Coup d'etat 23 September 1945

Provincial Gov't of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam 2 Sep 1945 Hanoi 9 Viet Minh (6 ICP) President Ho Chi Minh Communist-Viet Minh
4 VN Democratic Party Minister of Foreign Affairs Ho chi Minh Communist-Viet Minh
1 Catholic Minister of Interior Vo nguyen Giap Communist-Viet Minh
2 Non-Party Minister of Propaganda Tran huy Lieu Communist-Viet Minh
[Superceded by Gov't DRV, 2 March 1946] Minister of National Defense Chu van Tan Viet Minh
Minister of Youth Duong due Hion Democrat
Minister of National Economy Nguyen manh Ha Catholic
Minister of Social Welfare Nguyen van To Non-party
Minister of Justice Vu trong Khanh Democrat
Minister of Health Pham ngoc Thach Viet Minh
Minister of Public Works & Communications Dao trong Kim Non-party
Minister of Labor Le van Hien Communist-Viet Minh
Minister of Finance Pham van Dong Communist-Viet Minh
Minister of National Education Vu dinh Hoe Democrat
Minister without Portfolio Cu Huy Can Democrat
Minister without Portfolio Nguyen van Xuan Viet Minh

Government of South Vietnam 14 Feb 1946 Saigon 4 French Consultative Council of Cochinchina
8 Vietnamese

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