Nguyễn Văn Xuân

Nguyễn Văn Xuân 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 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.