Nguyễn Văn Xuân

Nguyễn Văn Xuân
Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam
In office
6 July 1954  24 September 1954
Prime MinisterNgô Đình Diệm
Preceded byNguyễn Trung Vinh
Succeeded byTrần Chánh Thành
In office
1 July 1949  20 January 1950
Prime MinisterBảo Đại
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPhan Huy Quát
Chief of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam
In office
5 June 1948  12 June 1949
DeputyTrần Văn Hữu
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byBảo Đại
(as Chief of the State of Vietnam)
3rd President of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina
In office
8 October 1947  27 May 1948
DeputyTrần Văn Hữu
Preceded byLê Văn Hoạch
Succeeded byTrần Văn Hữu
Deputy President of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina
In office
1 June 1946  8 October 1947
Prime Minister
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTrần Văn Hữu
Personal details
Born(1892-04-03)3 April 1892
Trường Thọ, Gia Định Province, French Cochinchina
Died14 January 1989(1989-01-14) (aged 96)
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Political partyMilitary
EducationÉcole Polytechnique
Military service
Branch/serviceFrench Army
Years of service1947–1954
RankBrigadier general
Battles/warsFrench Indochina War

Nguyễn Văn Xuân (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ van˧˧ swən˧˧]; 3 April 1892 – 14 January 1989) was a Vietnamese general and politician who served as prime minister of Cochinchina from 1947 to 1948, then prime minister of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam from 5 June 1948 to 20 June 1949, during the First Indochina War.