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Nguyễn Cao Kỳ

1930 - 2011

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Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (; 8 September 1930 – 23 July 2011) was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who served as the chief of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s, before leading the nation as the prime minister of South Vietnam in a military junta from 1965 to 1967. Then, until his retirement from politics in 1971, he served as vice president to bitter rival General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, in a nominally civilian administration. Born in northern Vietnam, Kỳ joined the Vietnamese National Army of the French-backed State of Vietnam and started as an infantry officer before the French sent him off for pilot training. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ has received more than 688,932 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Nguyễn Cao Kỳ is the 6,778th most popular politician (down from 5,475th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Vietnamese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ ranks 6,778 out of 15,577. Before him are Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Lucius Verginius Rufus, Aristobulus II, Yoshihiko Noda, Shi Le, and Abul Khair Khan. After him are Henry III, Duke of Bavaria, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, John Garang, Xiao Xin, Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus, and William Joyce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ ranks 135. Before him are Tony Lip, Akiyuki Nosaka, Sergei Kovalev, Franzl Lang, Frank McCourt, and Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah. After him are Anatoly Lukyanov, Igor Netto, Dick Sargent, Jo Bonnier, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, and Jasper Johns. Among people deceased in 2011, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ ranks 93. Before him are Raúl Ruiz, Masahiro Hamazaki, Paul Baran, Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Ken Russell, and Warren Christopher. After him are Danielle Mitterrand, Juan María Bordaberry, Pinetop Perkins, Archduke Felix of Austria, Nancy Wake, and Marie-France Pisier.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ ranks 34 out of 124. Before him are Trường Chinh (1907), Tsui Hark (1950), Khải Định (1885), Phạm Văn Đồng (1906), Tự Đức (1829), and Trần Hưng Đạo (1228). After him are Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910), Duy Tân (1900), Andrew Dũng-Lạc (1795), Marie-France Pisier (1944), Nguyễn Khánh (1927), and Văn Tiến Dũng (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ ranks 24. Before him are Tôn Đức Thắng (1888), Trường Chinh (1907), Khải Định (1885), Phạm Văn Đồng (1906), Tự Đức (1829), and Trần Hưng Đạo (1228). After him are Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910), Duy Tân (1900), Nguyễn Khánh (1927), Văn Tiến Dũng (1917), Ngô Đình Nhu (1910), and Trương Tấn Sang (1949).

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