Nguyen Van Xuan

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Nguyễn Văn Xuân (1892 Vietnam - 1989 France) was President of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam from 1948 to 1949 during the end of French rule in Vietnam.

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In April 1 1947, he was promoted to Brigadier General (two-star general, entry level in French army ranking system) of colonial troop, a local army with French commanding officers.

After the First Indochina War he exiled to metropolitan France where he passed away in 1989.

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