Who replaced Ngô Đình Diệm as president after his assassination?
Hồ Chí Minh
Bảo Đại
Ngô Đình Nhu
Dương Văn Minh
Answer
Dương Văn Minh was the first president of South Vietnam after Ngo Dinh Diem was assassinated. Minh was a general in the South Vietnamese army and he had been involved in the coup that overthrew Diem. Minh was a nationalist and he wanted to make South Vietnam more independent from the United States.
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