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    Ngo Dinh Diem

    South Vietnamese politician; President of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963

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  1. Ngô Đình Diệm ( chữ Hán: 吳 廷 琰 / djɛm /, [2] / ˈjiːəm / or / ziːm /; Vietnamese: [ŋō ɗìn jîəmˀ] ⓘ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician who was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955) and later the first president of South Vietnam ( Republic of Vietnam) from ...

  2. Ngo Dinh Diem, Vietnamese political leader who served as president of South Vietnam from 1955 until his assassination. He refused to carry out elections mandated by the Geneva Accords of 1954, ruled autocratically, and showed preference to fellow Roman Catholics in an overwhelmingly Buddhist country.

  3. Memorial services. See Also. Notes. References. Arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm. On 2 November 1963, Ngô Đình Diệm, the president of South Vietnam, was arrested and assassinated in a CIA -backed coup d'état led by General Dương Văn Minh.

  4. Diem meets US president Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954. Ngo Dinh Diem (1901-63) was the American-backed leader of South Vietnam from 1954 until his overthrow and execution in November 1963. Born in the old imperial capital Hue, Diem’s family were strict Catholics and better off than most Vietnamese.

  5. Nội chuyện xây dựng Dinh Độc Lập và ý định dời đô từ Sài Gòn lên Cao nguyên Trung phần đã khiến ông Diệm càng trở nên xa cách với giới tướng lĩnh. Ngay cả người gần gũi với gia đình ông như tướng Trần Văn Đôn còn bất mãn với sự độc đoán này của ông Diệm.

  6. Jun 12, 2006 · The brutal murder of the president of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, and his powerful brother and adviser, Ngo Dinh Nhu, on November 2, 1963, was a major turning point in the war in Vietnam. Up until the deaths of the Ngo brothers, the United States had been ‘advising the government of South Vietnam in its war against the Viet Cong and their ...

  7. Ngo Dinh Diem. The U.S. government saw South Vietnam's autocratic ruler, Ngo Dinh Diem, as a bulwark against Communism. But Diem was far from an ideal partner: Suspicious of anyone but his immediate family, he often frustrated American policy makers.

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