Thieu

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Thieu is the family name of Nguyen Van Thieu, the South Vietnamese general and president during the Vietnam War.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Nguyen Van Thieu 0
Thiệu 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf person
allegiance Republic of Vietnam
birthDate 1923-04-05
birthPlace Ninh Thuận Province
surface form: Ninh Thuan Province

Phan Rang
cameToPowerVia military and political maneuvering after 1963 coup in South Vietnam
conflict Vietnam War
countryOfBirth French Indochina
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Vietnam
surface form: South Vietnam
deathDate 2001-09-29
deathPlace Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts
United States of America
surface form: United States
election 1967 South Vietnamese presidential election
ethnicGroup Kinh
exileLocation United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
familyName Thieu self-linksurface differs
givenName Nguyen Van
headOfGovernmentOf Republic of Vietnam
languageSpoken English
French
Vietnamese
militaryBranch Army of the Republic of Vietnam
militaryRank general
notableFor leading South Vietnam during the later stages of the Vietnam War
numberOfChildren 3
officeEndTime 1975
officeStartTime 1967
opposedBy Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Viet Cong
surface form: National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
partOf South Vietnamese leadership
surface form: South Vietnamese military junta (mid-1960s)
positionHeld Chief of State of South Vietnam
President of South Vietnam
Vice President of South Vietnam
precededBy Nguyen Van Thieu
surface form: Nguyen Van Thieu (as Chief of State)
reElection 1971 South Vietnamese presidential election
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Saigon
resignedOn 1975-04-21
signed Paris Peace Accords negotiations on the Vietnam War
surface form: Paris Peace Accords (South Vietnamese acceptance)
spouse Nguyễn Thị Mai Anh
surface form: Nguyen Thi Mai Anh
succeededBy Tran Van Huong
supportedBy United States government
wentIntoExile 1975

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subject surface form: Nguyen Van Thieu
this entity surface form: Thiệu
Thieu familyName Thieu self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Nguyen Van Thieu