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NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
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VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT 1945 – 1949 (CONT'D.)
Government | Date Established | Capital | Cabinet Composition | Title | Incumbent | Party |
Democratic Republic of Vietnam | 3 Nov 1946 | Hanoi | 5 ICP | President | Ho chi Minh | Communist-Viet Minh |
Vice-President | Vacant[1] | |||||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Ho chi Minh | Communist-Viet Minh | ||||
Minister of Interior | Huynh thuc Khang | Independent | ||||
Minister of National Defense | Vo nguyen Giap | Communist-Viet Minh | ||||
5 Independents | Minister of National Economy | Vacant[2] | ||||
2 Democrat | Minister of Justice | Vu dinh Hoe | Democrat | |||
1 Socialist | Minister of Finance | Lo van Hion | Communist-Viet Minh | |||
1 Nationalist | Minister of National Education | Nguyen van Huyon | Socialist | |||
2 Vacant | Minister of Agriculture | Ngo tan Hnon | Independent | |||
Minister of Communications & Public Works | Tran dang Khoa | Democrat | ||||
Minister of Labor | Nguyen van Tao | Communist-Viet Minh | ||||
Minister of Health | Hoang tich Tri | Independent | ||||
Minister of Social Welfare | Chu ba Phuong | Vietnam Nationalist Party | ||||
Minister without Portfolio | Nguyen Van To | Independent | ||||
Minister without Portfolio | Bo xuan Luat | Independent | ||||
Supreme Councillor | Nguyen vinh Thuy (Bao Dai) | |||||
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs | Hoang minh Giam | Socialist | ||||
Vice Minister of Interior | Hoang huu Nam | Communist-Viet Minh | ||||
Vice Minister of National Defense | Ta quang Buu | Independent | ||||
Vice Minister of National Economy | Pham van Dong | Communist-Viet Minh | ||||
Vice Minister of Agriculture | Cu huy Can | Democrat | ||||
Vice Minister of Justice | Tran cong Tuong | Democrat | ||||
Vice Minister of Finance | Trinh van Binh | Independent | ||||
Vice Minister of National Education | Nguyen khanh Toan | Communist-Viet Minh | ||||
Vice Minister of Communication & Public Works | Dang phue Thong | Socialist | ||||
Vice Minister of Health | Vacant[3] | |||||
Vice Minister of Labor | Vacant | |||||
Vice Minister of Social Welfare | Vacant |
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- ↑ Pham ngoc Thach (Viet Minh) apparently acted as assistant to Ho Chi Minh in the cabinet. The Vice-president was not filled until July 1949, when Pham van Dong (Communist-Viet Minh) was given the post.
- ↑ Phan Anh (Socialist) was appointed Minister of National Economy on January 26, 1947.
- ↑ Nguyen kinh Chi (Independent) was appointed to the Vice Ministry of Health.