Historical information

1963 – A general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu participates in the overthrow of President Ngô Đình Diệm 's government.
Coup leader General Dương Văn Minh briefly becomes chief of a military junta in South Vietnam.
1964 – Lieutenant General Nguyễn Khánh overthrows Minh to become prime minister.
1965 – Vice Air Marshall Nguyễn Cao Kỳ overthrows Khánh to become prime minister.
General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu is his chief of state.
1967 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu runs successfully to be the second president of South Vietnam.
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ is his running mate.
1971 – President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu re-elected.
1973 – The Paris Peace Accords, negotiated without Thiệu’s participation, fails to stop the fighting in South Vietnam. Even so, US and allied troops withdraw.
1975 – On 24 April, with North Vietnamese victory imminent, Thiệu’ resigns as president and the CIA fly him to Taiwan. He then spends most of his exile in London, moving to Massachusetts, USA, in the 1990s.

Physical description

Timber framed image of Nguyen Van Thieu, Second President of Vietnam