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Ngo Dinh Diem

1901 - 1963

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Ngô Đình Diệm ( dyem, YEE-əm or zeem; 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 1955 until his capture and assassination during the CIA-backed 1963 coup d'état. Diệm was born into a prominent Catholic family with his father, Ngô Đình Khả, being a high-ranking mandarin for Emperor Thành Thái during the French colonial era. Diệm was educated at French-speaking schools and considered following his brother Ngô Đình Thục into the priesthood, but eventually chose to pursue a career in the civil service. He progressed rapidly in the court of Emperor Bảo Đại, becoming governor of Bình Thuận Province in 1929 and interior minister in 1933. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ngo Dinh Diem is the 887th most popular politician (down from 555th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Vietnamese Politician.

Ngo Dinh Diem was the first president of South Vietnam, and he is most famous for his role in the Vietnam War.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ngo Dinh Diem ranks 887 out of 19,576. Before him are Maxentius, Sigismund II Augustus, John of Bohemia, Gojong of Korea, Maurice, Prince of Orange, and Jadwiga of Poland. After him are Charles IV of Spain, Yulia Tymoshenko, Karl Liebknecht, Gallienus, Horace Walpole, and Vidkun Quisling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Ngo Dinh Diem ranks 15. Before him are Jacques Lacan, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Fulgencio Batista, Clark Gable, Linus Pauling, and Leopold III of Belgium. After him are Gary Cooper, Princess Märtha of Sweden, Magda Goebbels, Paul of Greece, Ernest Lawrence, and Vittorio De Sica. Among people deceased in 1963, Ngo Dinh Diem ranks 13. Before him are Aldous Huxley, Robert Schuman, W. E. B. Du Bois, Tristan Tzara, Lee Harvey Oswald, and C. S. Lewis. After him are Thích Quảng Đức, Francis Poulenc, Abd el-Krim, Theodor Heuss, Sylvia Plath, and Paul Hindemith.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem ranks 3 out of 136. Before him are Ho Chi Minh (1890), and Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926). After him are Thích Quảng Đức (1897), Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911), Marguerite Duras (1914), Amanda Lear (1939), Bảo Đại (1913), Lê Đức Thọ (1911), Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), and Kaysone Phomvihane (1920).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem ranks 2. Before him are Ho Chi Minh (1890). After him are Bảo Đại (1913), Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923), Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944), Lê Duẩn (1907), Dương Văn Minh (1916), Hanoi Hannah (1931), and Gia Long (1762).

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