Ngo Dinh Diem

Ngô Đình Diệm
President of the Republic of Vietnam
In office 26 October 1955 – 2 November 1963
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Dương Văn Minh
Personal details
Born	(1901-01-03)3 January 1901 Huế, French Indochina
Died	2 November 1963(1963-11-02) (aged 62) Saigon, South Vietnam
Political party	Front of National Salvation
Spouse(s)	None

Ngo Dinh Diem or Ngô Đình Diệm (/djɛm/^[1] or /ziːm/;^[2] 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was the first President of South Vietnam. Unlike most people in Vietnam, he was a Catholic.

1. ↑ British Pathé – "New York Hails Vietnam's President Diem (1957)"
2. ↑ HALL, M. Clement (28 October 2009). VIET NAM 1963 Memoirs of a Civil Surgeon. Lulu.com. ISBN 9780557141838 – via Google Books.