Ngo family regime

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The Ngo family regime was the authoritarian ruling dynasty led by President Ngo Dinh Diem and his relatives that controlled South Vietnam during the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Observed surface forms (2)

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Ngô family 1
Ngô Đình Diệm government 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf authoritarian regime
political dynasty
capital Saigon NERFINISHED
characterizedBy nepotism
religious discrimination against Buddhists
secret police repression
suppression of political opposition
conflict Vietnam War
country South Vietnam NERFINISHED
election 1955 South Vietnamese referendum NERFINISHED
endTime 1963
ethnicMajorityRuled ethnic Vietnamese
foreignPolicyGoal containment of communism in Vietnam
governmentType one-party authoritarian state
headOfStateTitle President of the Republic of Vietnam
humanRightsRecord widely criticized
ideology Vietnamese nationalism
anti-communism
implementedPolicy Strategic Hamlet Program NERFINISHED
leader Ngo Dinh Diem NERFINISHED
mediaFreedom severely restricted
notableMember Ngo Dinh Can NERFINISHED
Ngo Dinh Diem NERFINISHED
Ngo Dinh Nhu NERFINISHED
Ngo Dinh Thuc NERFINISHED
Tran Le Xuan NERFINISHED
notableOppositionGroup Buddhist monks
rural peasantry in contested areas
urban student activists
opposedBy North Vietnam NERFINISHED
Viet Cong NERFINISHED
overthrownIn 1963 South Vietnamese coup
politicalParty Can Lao Party NERFINISHED
positionHeldByFamily President of the Republic of Vietnam
head of Can Lao Party
predecessor State of Vietnam NERFINISHED
propagandaFigure Tran Le Xuan NERFINISHED
religiousMajorityRuled Buddhists
religiousOrientation Roman Catholic NERFINISHED
resultOfElection abolition of Bao Dai monarchy
securityApparatusHead Ngo Dinh Nhu NERFINISHED
significantEvent 1963 South Vietnamese coup
Buddhist crisis NERFINISHED
startTime 1955
successor Military junta of Duong Van Minh NERFINISHED
supportedBy Republic of China NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States

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1963 Buddhist crisis hasParticipant Ngo family regime
this entity surface form: Ngô Đình Diệm government
Ngo Dinh Thuc memberOf Ngo family regime
this entity surface form: Ngô family
Ngo Dinh Can politicalAffiliation Ngo family regime