South Vietnamese leadership

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Cold War political elite political leadership group

South Vietnamese leadership refers to the U.S.-backed political and military elite that governed South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, headed for much of the period by President Nguyen Van Thieu.

Aliases (5)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War political elite → political leadership group →
alliedWith	United States →
capital	Saigon →
collapsedDate	30 April 1975 →
collapsedWith	Fall of Saigon →
conflict	Second Indochina War → Vietnam War →
country	South Vietnam →
criticizedFor	authoritarianism → corruption → lack of popular legitimacy → political repression →
endDate	1975 →
foreignPolicyOrientation	anti-communist bloc → pro-Western →
governanceStyle	strong presidential system →
governed	Republic of Vietnam →
headedBy	Nguyen Van Thieu →
headOfStateDuringLateWar	Nguyen Van Thieu →
ideology	anti-communism → nationalism →
implemented	land reform efforts → pacification programs →
included	ARVN high command → President of South Vietnam → Prime Minister of South Vietnam → South Vietnamese generals →
includedKeyFigure	Cao Van Vien → Duong Van Minh → Ngo Dinh Diem → Nguyen Cao Ky → Nguyen Khanh → Tran Thien Khiem →
opposedBy	North Vietnamese government → Viet Cong →
participatedIn	Paris Peace Accords negotiations →
politicalSystem	Republican government →
precededBy	Ngo Dinh Diem government →
region	Southeast Asia →
reliedOn	U.S. economic aid → U.S. military aid →
securityForces	Army of the Republic of Vietnam → South Vietnamese National Police →
signed	Paris Peace Accords (1973) →
startDate	1955 →
supportedBy	United States →
timePeriod	1955–1975 → Vietnam War →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nguyen Van Thieu → Nguyen Van Thieu ("South Vietnamese military junta (mid-1960s)") →	partOf
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm ("Government of South Vietnam") →	awardingBody
South Vietnamese leadership ("South Vietnamese generals") →	included
Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government ("Republic of Vietnam government in Saigon") →	opposedTo
Cambodian Civil War ("South Vietnam (for Lon Nol government)") →	supportedBy