Nguyen Van Xuan

Nguyễn Văn Xuân (April 3, 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.

First Indochina War

On April 1, 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 took exile in metropolitan France, where he died in 1989.

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