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NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
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VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT 1945 – 1949 (CONT'D.)
| Government | Date Established | Capital | Cabinet Composition | Title | Incumbent | Party |
| Democratic Republic of Vietnam | 2 March 1946 | Hanoi | 2 ICP | President | Ho chi Minh | Communist-Viet Minh |
| Vice President | Nguyen hai Than | Dong Minh Hoi | ||||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Nguyen tuong Tam | Vietnam Nationalist Party | ||||
| 3 VN Nationalist | Minister of Interior | Huynh thuc Khang | Independent | |||
| Minister of National Defense | Phan Anh | Socialist | ||||
| Minister of National Economy | Chu ba Phuong | Vietnam Nationalist Party | ||||
| 1 Dong Minh Hoi | Minister of Justice | Vu dinh Hoo | Democrat | |||
| 2 Democrats | Minister of Education | Dang thai Mai | Viet Minh[1] | |||
| Minister of Agriculture | Bo xuan Luat | Dong Minh Hoi[2] | ||||
| 1 Socialists | Minister of Social Welfare | Truong dinh Tri | Vietnam Nationalist Party | |||
| 3 Independents | Minister of Finance | Lo van Hien | Communist-Viet Minh | |||
| Minister of Public Works & Communications | Tran dang Khoa | Democrat | ||||
| The Vice Ministries were divided as follows: | ||||||
| Vice Minister of the Interior | Hoang minh Giam | Socialist | ||||
| Vice Minister of National Defense | Ta quang Buu | Independent | ||||
| Vice Minister of Justice | Nguyen van Huong | Independent | ||||
| Vice minister of Public Works & Communications | Dang phuc Thong | Viet Minh | ||||
| Vice Minister of Finance | Trinh Van Binh | Independent | ||||
| Vice Minister of National Education | Do duc Duc | Democrat | ||||
| [Reorganized under constitution adopted by National Assembly, November 1946] | Vice Minister of Agriculture | Bo Xuan Luat | Dong Minh Hoi | |||
| Vice Minister of Social Welfare | Do Tiep | Dong Minh Hoi | ||||
| Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs | Nghiem ko To | Vietnam Nationalist Party | ||||
| In addition, the following were elected: (1) a Consultative High Council headed by Nguyen vinh Thuy (ex-emperor Bai Dai); (2) A supreme council of National Defense with Vo nguyen Giap (Communist) as president and Vu khong Khanh (Nationalist Party) as vice-president; (3) the President of the National Assembly, Ngo tu Ha (Catholic); (4) the permanent Committee of the Assembly headed by Bui bang Doan (Independent) | ||||||
| Republic of Cochinchina | 1 June 1946 | Saigon | All French Appointees | President | Nguyen van Thinh | Democratic |
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