Vietnam 
Vietnam Heads of Government
Phạm Minh Chính, Prime Minister
- Official Title: Prime Minister of Vietnam
- Assumed Office: 5 April 2021
- Political Party: Communist Party of Vietnam
- Predecessor: Nguyen Xuan Phuc
- Born: 10 December 1958
- Birth Place: Hoa Lộc, Vietnam
- Alma Mater: Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics; Hanoi University; Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest
- Children: Two
- Previous Positions: Head for Covid-19 Response, Head of the Party Organizing Commission, Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
- Assumed Office: 7 April 2016
- Left Office: 5 April 2021
- Political Party: Communist Party of Vietnam
- Predecessor: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
- Successor: Phạm Minh Chính
- Born: 20 July 1954
- Birth Place: Quế Sơn, Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam (now Vietnam)
- Alma Mater: National Economics University; National Academy of Public Administration; National University of Singapore
- Spouse(s): Trần Thị Nguyệt Thu
- Children: Nguyễn Thị Xuân Trang; Nguyễn Xuân Hiếu
- Previous Positions: Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam (2 August 2011 – 7 April 2016); Minister of the Government Office (2 August 2007 – 3 August 2011)
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
- Assumed Office: 27 June 2006
- Left Office: 7 April 2016
- Political Party: Communist Party of Vietnam
- Predecessor: Phan Văn Khải
- Successor: Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
- Born: 17 November 1949
- Birth Place: Cà Mau, South Vietnam (now Vietnam)
- Alma Mater: Queen Mary University of London
- Spouse(s): Trần Thanh Kiệm
- Children: Nguyễn Thanh Nghị; Nguyễn Thanh Phượng; Nguyễn Minh Triết
- Previous Positions: Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam (29 September 1997 – 27 June 2006); Governor of the State Bank (May 1997 – 11 December 1999); Head of the Party Central Committee Economic Commission (June 1996 – August 1997); Deputy Minister of Public Security (January 1995 – August 1997)
Phan Văn Khải, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Phan Văn Khải
- Assumed Office: 24 September 1997
- Left Office: 27 June 2006
- Political Party: Communist Party of Vietnam
- Predecessor: Võ Văn Kiệt
- Successor: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
- Born: 25 December 1934
- Birth Place: Củ Chi District, Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Cochinchina
- Died: 17 March 2018
- Alma Mater: University of Economics
- Spouse(s): Nguyễn Thị Sáu (died. 2012)
- Children: Phan Minh Hoan; Phan Thi Bach Yen
- Previous Positions: Deputy Prime Minister (8 August 1991 – 29 September 1997)
Võ Văn Kiệt, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Võ Văn Kiệt
- Assumed Office: 24 September 1992
- Left Office: 24 September 1997
- Political Party: Communist Party of Vietnam
- Predecessor: Đỗ Mười
- Successor: Phan Văn Khải
- Born: 23 November 1922
- Birth Place: Trung Hiep, French Cochinchina
- Died: 11 June 2008
- Spouse(s): Trần Kim Anh (died. 1966); Phan Lương Cầm
- Children: 4 (2 died in 1966)
- Previous Positions: Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam (23 April 1982 – 8 August 1991); Chairman of the State Planning Commission (April 1982 – March 1988)
Võ Văn Kiệt, Acting Chairman of the Council of Ministers
- Full Name: Võ Văn Kiệt
- Assumed Office: 8 August 1991
- Left Office: 24 September 1992
- Political Party: Communist Party of Vietnam
- Predecessor: Đỗ Mười
- Successor: Himself
- Born: 23 November 1922
- Birth Place: Trung Hiep, French Cochinchina
- Died: 11 June 2008
- Spouse(s): Trần Kim Anh (died. 1966); Phan Lương Cầm
- Children: 4 (2 died in 1966)
- Previous Positions: Chairman of the Council of Ministers (acting) (10 March 1988 – 22 June 1988 ); First Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam (23 April 1982 – 8 August 1991 ; Chairman of the State Planning Commission (April 1982 – March 1988
Đỗ Mười, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Vietnam
- Full Name: Đỗ Mười
- Assumed Office: 22 June 1988
- Left Office: 8 August 1991
- Political Party: Communist Party of Vietnam
- Predecessor: Võ Văn Kiệt
- Successor: Võ Văn Kiệt
- Born: 2 February 1917
- Birth Place: Thanh Trì District, Hanoi, French Indochina
- Died: 1 October 2018
- Spouse(s): Hằng Phạm
- Previous Positions: Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam (December 1969 – 2 July 1976); Minister of Construction (June 1973 – November 1977)
Võ Văn Kiệt, Acting Chairman of the Council of Ministers
- Full Name: Võ Văn Kiệt
- Assumed Office: 10 March 1988
- Left Office: 22 June 1988
- Political Party: Communist Party of Vietnam
- Predecessor: Đỗ Mười
- Successor: Himself
- Born: 23 November 1922
- Birth Place: Trung Hiep, French Cochinchina
- Died: 11 June 2008
- Spouse(s): Phan Lương Cầm
- Previous Positions: Chairman of the State Planning Commission (April 1982 – March 1988)
Phạm Hùng, Chairman of the Council of Ministers
- Full Name: Phạm Hùng
- Assumed Office: 18 June 1987
- Left Office: 10 March 1988
- Political Party: Communist Party of Vietnam
- Predecessor: Phạm Văn Đồng
- Successor: Võ Văn Kiệt
- Born: 11 June 1912
- Birth Place: Vĩnh Long Province, French Indochina
- Died: 10 March 1988
- Previous Positions: Minister of the Interior (1979-1987)
Phạm Văn Đồng, Chairman of the Council of Ministers
- Full Name: Phạm Văn Đồng
- Assumed Office: 2 July 1976
- Left Office: 18 June 1987
- Political Party: Communist Party of Vietnam
- Predecessor: Post established
- Successor: Phạm Hùng
- Born: 1 March 1906
- Birth Place: Đức Tân village, Mộ Đức district, in Quảng Ngãi Province, Indochina
- Died: 29 April 2000
- Previous Positions: Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (20 September 1955 – 2 July 1976); Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam (25 June 1947 – 20 September 1955); Member of the Politburo (1951–1987); Minister of Foreign Affairs (April 1954 – February 1961); Minister of Finance (16 August 1945 – March 1946)
Huỳnh Tấn Phát, Chairman of Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam
- Full Name: Huỳnh Tấn Phát
- Assumed Office: 8 June 1969
- Left Office: 2 July 1976
- Political Party: Communist Party of Vietnam
- Predecessor: Post established
- Successor: Post abolished
- Born: 15 February 1913
- Birth Place: Mỹ Tho, French Indochina
- Died: 30 September 1989
Vũ Văn Mẫu, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Vũ Văn Mẫu
- Assumed Office: 28 April 1975
- Left Office: 30 April 1975
- Predecessor: Nguyễn Bá Cẩn
- Successor: Huỳnh Tấn Phát
- Born: 25 July 1914
- Birth Place: Hanoi, French Indochina
- Died: 20 August 1998
- Alma Mater: University of Paris
Nguyễn Bá Cẩn, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Nguyễn Bá Cẩn
- Assumed Office: 5 April 1975
- Left Office: 25 April 1975
- Political Party: Democratic Party
- Predecessor: Trần Thiện Khiêm
- Successor: Vũ Văn Mẫu
- Born: 9 September 1930
- Birth Place: Cần Thơ, Vietnam
- Died: 20 May 2009
Trần Thiện Khiêm, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Trần Thiện Khiêm
- Assumed Office: 22 August 1969
- Left Office: 5 April 1975
- Predecessor: Trần Văn Hương
- Successor: Nguyễn Bá Cẩn
- Born: 15 December 1925
- Birth Place: Saigon, Cochinchina, French Indochina (present-day Vietnam)
Trần Văn Hương, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Trần Văn Hương
- Assumed Office: 28 May 1968
- Left Office: 1 September 1969
- Political Party: Renaissance Party
- Predecessor: Nguyễn Khánh
- Successor: Nguyễn Xuân Oánh
- Born: 1 December 1903
- Birth Place: Long Châu commune, Châu Thành district, Vĩnh Long Province, French Cochinchina
- Died: 27 January 1982
- Alma Mater: Hanoi College of Education
- Children: 2 sons
Nguyễn Văn Lộc, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Nguyễn Văn Lộc
- Assumed Office: 1 November 1967
- Left Office: 17 May 1968
- Predecessor: Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
- Successor: Trần Văn Hương
- Born: 24 August 1922
- Spouse(s): Nguyễn Thị Mai
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
- Assumed Office: 19 June 1965
- Left Office: 31 October 1967
- Predecessor: Phan Huy Quát
- Successor: Nguyễn Văn Lộc
- Born: 8 September 1930
- Birth Place: Sơn Tây, Tonkin, French Indochina (now Hanoi, Vietnam)
- Died: 23 July 2011
- Alma Mater: Air Command and Staff College
- Spouse(s): Đặng Tuyết Mai (second wife); (First and third wives' names unknown)
- Children: 6 children, including daughter Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên
Phan Huy Quát, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Phan Huy Quát
- Assumed Office: 16 February 1965
- Left Office: 5 June 1965
- Political Party: Nationalist Party
- Predecessor: Nguyễn Xuân Oánh
- Successor: Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
- Born: 12 June 1908
- Birth Place: Lộc Hà District, Hà Tĩnh Province, Vietnam
- Died: 27 April 1979
- Previous Positions: Minister of Education; Minister of Defense (June 1953-1954)
Nguyễn Xuân Oánh, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Nguyễn Xuân Oánh
- Assumed Office: 27 January 1965
- Left Office: 15 February 1965
- Predecessor: Trần Văn Hương
- Successor: Phan Huy Quát
- Born: 14 July 1921
- Birth Place: Phủ Lạng Thương, today Bắc Giang, Vietnam
- Died: 29 August 2003
- Alma Mater: Harvard University
Trần Văn Hương, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Trần Văn Hương
- Assumed Office: 4 November 1964
- Left Office: 27 January 1965
- Political Party: Renaissance Party
- Predecessor: Nguyễn Khánh
- Successor: Nguyễn Xuân Oánh
- Born: 1 December 1903
- Birth Place: Long Châu commune, Châu Thành district, Vĩnh Long Province, French Cochinchina
- Died: 27 January 1982
- Alma Mater: Hanoi College of Education
- Children: 2 sons
Nguyễn Khánh, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Nguyễn Khánh
- Assumed Office: 3 September 1964
- Left Office: 4 November 1964
- Predecessor: Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ
- Successor: Nguyễn Xuân Oánh
- Born: 8 November 1927
- Birth Place: Trà Vinh, French Indochina (now Trà Vinh, Vietnam)
- Died: 11 January 2013
- Alma Mater: French School
- Spouse(s): Nguyễn Lê Trần (also known as Madame Khánh)
- Children: 6 children, 1 stepdaughter
- Previous Positions: Chairman of the Military Revolutionary Council (30 January 1964 – 8 February 1964) (16 August 1964 – 27 August 1964)
Nguyễn Xuân Oánh, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Nguyễn Xuân Oánh
- Assumed Office: 29 August 1964
- Left Office: 3 September 1964
- Predecessor: Nguyễn Khánh
- Successor: Nguyễn Khánh
- Born: 14 July 1921
- Birth Place: Phủ Lạng Thương, today Bắc Giang, Vietnam
- Died: 29 August 2003
- Alma Mater: Harvard University
Nguyễn Khánh, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Nguyễn Khánh
- Assumed Office: 8 February 1964
- Left Office: 29 August 1964
- Predecessor: Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ
- Successor: Nguyễn Xuân Oánh
- Born: 8 November 1927
- Birth Place: Trà Vinh, French Indochina (now Trà Vinh, Vietnam)
- Died: 11 January 2013
- Alma Mater: French School
- Spouse(s): Nguyễn Lê Trần (also known as Madame Khánh)
- Children: 6 children, 1 stepdaughter
- Previous Positions: Chairman of the Military Revolutionary Council (30 January 1964 – 8 February 1964) (16 August 1964 – 27 August 1964)
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ
- Assumed Office: 6 November 1963
- Left Office: 30 January 1964
- Successor: Nguyễn Khánh
- Born: 26 May 1908
- Birth Place: Long Xuyên, Annam, French Indochina
- Died: 12 June 1976
Ngo Dinh Diem, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Ngô Đình Diệm
- Assumed Office: 26 June 1954
- Left Office: 26 October 1955
- Political Party: Cần Lao
- Predecessor: Bửu Lộc
- Successor: Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ
- Born: 3 January 1901
- Birth Place: Quảng Bình, French Indochina (present-day Vietnam)
- Died: 2 November 1963
- Alma Mater: School of Public Administration and Law
- Spouse(s): Phạm Thị Thân (second wife)
- Children: Ngô Đình Khôi; Ngô Đình Thị Giao; Ngô Đình Thục; Ngô Đình Diệm; Ngô Đình Thị Hiệp; Ngô Đình Thị Hoàng; Ngô Đình Nhu; Ngô Đình Cẩn; Ngô Đình Luyện
Bửu Lộc, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Lộc
- Assumed Office: 11 January 1954
- Left Office: 16 June 1954
- Predecessor: Nguyễn Văn Tâm
- Successor: Ngô Đình Diệm
- Born: 1914
- Died: 1990
Nguyễn Văn Tâm, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Nguyễn Văn Tâm
- Assumed Office: 6 June 1952
- Left Office: 17 December 1953
- Political Party: Nationalist Party
- Predecessor: Trần Văn Hữu
- Successor: Bửu Lộc
- Born: 16 October 1895
- Birth Place: Tây Ninh Province, Vietnam
- Died: 23 November 1990
- Previous Positions: District Chief of Cai Lậy, in Cochinchina
Trần Văn Hữu, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Trần Văn Hữu
- Assumed Office: 6 May 1950
- Left Office: 6 June 1952
- Political Party: National Liberation Front
- Predecessor: Nguyễn Phan Long
- Successor: Nguyễn Văn Tâm
- Born: 1896
- Birth Place: Vinh Long, Vietnam
- Died: 17 January 1984
- Previous Positions: President of Cochinchina (1948-1949)
Nguyễn Phan Long, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Nguyễn Phan Long
- Assumed Office: 21 January 1950
- Left Office: 27 April 1950
- Political Party: Constitutional Party
- Predecessor: Bảo Đại
- Successor: Trần Văn Hữu
- Born: 1889
- Died: 16 July 1960
- Previous Positions: Minister of Foreign Affairs; Minister of Interior
Bảo Đại, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Bảo Đại
- Assumed Office: 14 June 1949
- Left Office: 21 January 1950
- Predecessor: Position created Nguyễn Văn Xuân (as head of provisional government)
- Successor: Ngô Đình Diệm
- Born: 22 October 1913
- Birth Place: Doan-Trang-Vien Palace, Huế, French Indochina
- Died: 30 July 1997
- Alma Mater: Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Spouse(s): Nam Phương (m. 1934–1963); Hoàng Phi Ánh Bùi Mộng Điệp Christiane Bloch-Carcenac Monique Baudot (m. 1972–1997)
- Children: Bảo Long (1934–2007); Phương Mai (1937); Phương Liên (1938); Phương Dung (1942); Bảo Thắng (1943–2017) ; Phương Thảo (1946); Phương Minh (1949–2012); Bảo Ân (1953); Bảo Hoàng (1954–1955); Bảo Sơn (1957–1987); Phương Từ Patrick-Edward Bloch
- Previous Positions: Emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty (8 January 1926 – 25 August 1945)
Nguyễn Văn Xuân, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Nguyễn Văn Xuân
- Assumed Office: 8 October 1947
- Left Office: 14 June 1949
- Predecessor: Lê Văn Hoạch
- Successor: Bảo Đại
- Born: 3 April 1892
- Birth Place: Annam, French Protectorate
- Died: 14 January 1989
- Previous Positions: President of the Republic of Cochinchina (1945–1947)
Lê Văn Hoạch, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Lê Văn Hoạch
- Assumed Office: 29 November 1946
- Left Office: 29 September 1947
- Predecessor: Nguyễn Văn Thinh
- Successor: Nguyễn Văn Xuân
- Born: 1898
- Died: 1978
Nguyen Van Thinh, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Nguyễn Văn Thinh
- Assumed Office: 1 June 1946
- Left Office: 10 November 1946
- Political Party: Cochinchinese Democratic Party
- Successor: Lê Văn Hoạch
- Born: 1888
- Birth Place: South of Vietnam
- Died: 10 November 1946
- Alma Mater: Indochina School of Medicine
Phạm Văn Đồng, Prime Minister
- Full Name: Phạm Văn Đồng
- Assumed Office: 20 September 1955
- Left Office: 2 July 1976
- Political Party: Communist Party of Vietnam
- Predecessor: Hồ Chí Minh
- Successor: Post abolished
- Born: 1 March 1906
- Birth Place: Đức Tân village, Mộ Đức district, in Quảng Ngãi Province, Indochina
- Died: 29 April 2000
- Previous Positions: Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam (25 June 1947 – 20 September 1955); Minister of Finance (16 August 1945 – March 1946)
Ho Chi Minh, Chairman of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
- Full Name: Hồ Chí Minh
- Assumed Office: 17 August 1945
- Left Office: 20 September 1955
- Political Party: French Section of the Workers International (1919–1921); French Communist Party (1921–1925); Communist Party of Vietnam (1925–1969)
- Predecessor: Position established Trần Trọng Kim (as Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam )
- Successor: Phạm Văn Đồng
- Born: 19 May 1890
- Birth Place: Kim Liên, Nghệ An Province, French Indochina
- Died: 2 September 1969
- Alma Mater: Communist University of the Toilers of the East
- Spouse(s): Zeng Xueming (m. 1926)
- Previous Positions: Minister of Foreign Affairs (28 August 1945 – 2 March 1946); (3 November 1946 – March 1947)
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