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Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

1923 - 2001

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Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋʷǐənˀ vān tʰîəwˀ] ; 5 April 1923 – 29 September 2001) was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. He was a general in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF), became head of a military junta in 1965, and then president after winning a rigged election in 1967. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nguyễn Văn Thiệu has received more than 1,254,827 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Nguyễn Văn Thiệu is the 2,614th most popular politician (down from 2,603rd in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Vietnam and the 6th most popular Vietnamese Politician.

Nguyễn văn thiệu was a South Vietnamese general who became president of South Vietnam in 1967. He was most famous for being the president of South Vietnam when it fell to the North Vietnamese forces in 1975.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ranks 2,614 out of 15,577. Before him are Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi, Candaules, Mario Monti, Joko Widodo, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, and Mithridates I of Parthia. After him are Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia, Attalus III, Adelaide of Maurienne, Léon Gambetta, Vsevolod I of Kiev, and Bolesław III Wrymouth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ranks 31. Before him are Jack Kilby, Val Logsdon Fitch, Anne Baxter, Arvid Carlsson, Lee Teng-hui, and Markus Wolf. After him are Antoni Tàpies, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Frederick Herzberg, René Girard, Mauno Koivisto, and Diane Arbus. Among people deceased in 2001, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ranks 27. Before him are William Hanna, Robert Ludlum, Marie José of Belgium, Balthus, John Lee Hooker, and Dương Văn Minh. After him are Douglas Adams, Nikolay Basov, Zhang Xueliang, Gilbert Bécaud, Clifford Shull, and Charles Trenet.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ranks 12 out of 124. Before him are Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926), Thích Quảng Đức (1897), Bảo Đại (1913), Lê Đức Thọ (1911), Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944), and Dương Văn Minh (1916). After him are Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Lê Duẩn (1907), Madame Nhu (1924), and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ranks 6. Before him are Ho Chi Minh (1890), Ngo Dinh Diem (1901), Bảo Đại (1913), Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944), and Dương Văn Minh (1916). After him are Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Lê Duẩn (1907), Madame Nhu (1924), and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954).

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