About Nguyen Van Xuan
Lived 1892 – 1989 (aged 96). Nguyen Van Xuan was a Vietnamese politician.
Nguyễn Văn Xuân (; 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.
First Indochina War On 1 April 1947, he was promoted to brigadier general (two-star general, entry-level for a general officer in the French army ranking system) of colonial troops, a local army with French commanding officers. After the First Indochina War, he went into exile in France. On 14 January 1989, he died in Nice at the age of 96.
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Vietnamese leader (1892-1989)
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Nguyen Van Xuan was born on 3 April 1892 in French Annam.
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Nguyen Van Xuan died on 14 January 1989 in Nice.
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Nguyen Van Xuan was a politician.
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Nguyen Van Xuan was Vietnamese.
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