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Encyclopedia > Huynh Tan Phat

Huynh Tan Phat (1913 near My ThoSeptember 30, 1989 in Ho Chi Minh City) was a South Vietnamese politician and revolutionary. He joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1945. He became chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam on its formation in 1969. Upon the surrender of the South Vietnamese government on April 30, 1975, he became the first president of the North Vietnamese controlled Republic of South Vietnam. He held this post until July 2, 1976, when the country was reunified with the North, making him the only communist South Vietnamese president. In 1976-82 he was a vice premier in Vietnam, and in 1982 he became a vice president of the Council of State. 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... My Tho is a river, capital city and municipality in Tien Giang Province in southern Vietnam. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) is the largest city in Vietnam, located near the delta of the Mekong River. ... Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area  - Total  - % water 173,809 km² N/A Population  - Total  - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ... The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (Vietnamese language|Vietnamese: Chính Phá»§ Cách Mạng Lâm Thời Cá»™ng Hòa Miền Nam Việt Nam), often abbreviated to PRG, was a underground government formed on June 8, 1969 in opposition to... The Fall of Saigon (called the Liberation of Saigon by some) on April 30, 1975, saw the capture of the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon by the North Vietnamese Army. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... // Republic of Cochin China (1 June 1946 – 14 June 1949) President Provisional Central Government of Vietnam (27 May 1948 – 14 June 1949) President State of Vietnam (14 June 1949 - 26 October 1955) Chief (Quoc Truong) Prime Ministers Republic of Vietnam (26 October 1955 – 30 April 1975) President Prime Minister See... The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN), or less commonly, Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Dân Chá»§ Cá»™ng Hòa), also known as North Vietnam, was proclaimed by Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, September 2nd1945 and was recognized by the Peoples Republic of China and the... Map of the Republic of South Vietnam. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ...


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Preceded by:
President of the Republic of Vietnam
Duong Van Minh
President of the Republic of South Vietnam
1975–1976
Succeeded by:
Position abolished upon reunification with North Vietnam to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

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Huynh Tan Phat History Summary (269 words)
Huynh Tan Phat was born into a family of small landowners in 1913 in the province of Ben Tre, South Vietnam.
After graduating from high school in My Tho, Phat attended the Superior School of Fine Arts in Hanoi, where he involved himself in anticolonial student organizations.
Huynh Tan Phat, con nguoi va su nghiep.
Huynh Tan Phat --  Encyclopædia Britannica (466 words)
Vietnamese philosopher, Buddhist reformer, and founder (1939) of the religion Phat Giao Hoa Hao, more simply known as Hoa Hao (q.v.), and an anti-French, anticommunist military and political activist.
The overwhelming success that Amy Tan achieved with her first novel, ‘The Joy Luck Club' (1989), resulted in part from the vividness of her recollections of growing up as a Chinese American.
Although the novel dealt with the problematic relationships between Chinese-born parents and their Americanized children, Tan was reluctant to...
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