Diem

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Diem is the given name of Ngô Đình Diệm, the first President of South Vietnam who ruled from 1955 until his assassination in 1963.

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Diem canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state
human
politician
causeOfDeath assassination
conflict Vietnam War
Vietnamese Civil War (1955–1963)
countryOfCitizenship Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
dateOfBirth 1901-01-03
dateOfDeath 1963-11-02
employer Government of the Republic of Vietnam
surface form: Government of South Vietnam
endTime 1963-11-02
ethnicGroup Kinh
familyName Ngo
surface form: Ngô
followedBy Dương Văn Minh
givenName Diem self-linksurface differs
Ngo Dinh Diem
surface form: Diệm
headOfGovernmentOf South Vietnam
ideology Vietnamese nationalism
anti-communism
knownFor being the first President of South Vietnam
establishing the First Republic of Vietnam
persecution of Buddhist opposition in 1963
strong anti-communist policies
mannerOfDeath homicide
movement Republic of Vietnam
surface form: First Republic of Vietnam
nativeName Ngo Dinh Diem
surface form: Ngô Đình Diệm
notableWork leadership of South Vietnam during the early Vietnam War
occupation civil servant
statesman
office President of South Vietnam
opposedBy Buddhist movement in South Vietnam
Viet Cong
overthrownBy South Vietnamese military junta
placeOfBirth French Indochina
Huế
placeOfDeath Saigon
South Vietnam
positionHeld President of South Vietnam
surface form: President of the Republic of Vietnam
precededBy Bảo Đại
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Saigon
sibling Ngô Đình Cẩn
Ngo Dinh Nhu
surface form: Ngô Đình Nhu

Ngô Đình Thục
significantEvent 1963 South Vietnamese coup
startTime 1955-10-26
supportedBy United States (early years of presidency)

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Ngo Dinh Diem givenName Diem
Diem givenName Diem self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Ngô Đình Diệm