Nguyễn Bá Cẩn was a South Vietnamese politician who served as the penultimate Prime Minister of South Vietnam from 4 April 1975 until 28 April 1975, serving under Presidents Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and Trần Văn Hương. Before becoming prime minister, he was a member of the lower house of the National Assembly representing Định Tường province and served as the second Speaker of the lower house.
Cẩn in 1968
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. He was a general in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF), became head of a military junta in 1965, and then president after winning a rigged election in 1967. He established rule over South Vietnam until he resigned and left the nation and relocated to Taipei a few days before the fall of Saigon and the ultimate North Vietnamese victory.
Official portrait, 1969
Thiệu and US President Lyndon B. Johnson
Thiệu and Vice President Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (left) meeting US President Lyndon B. Johnson (with back to camera) in Honolulu (1968)
Thiệu takes the oath of office, 31 October 1967