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Ngo Dinh Diem

Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem was the president of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963. In 1955 Diem deposed Emperor Bao Dai and declared South Vietnam a republic with himself as president, refusing to hold the elections he had promised. In 1963 he was overthrown by a military coup and assassinated.
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