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Nguyễn Văn Thinh | |
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1st President of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina | |
In office 1 June 1946 – 10 November 1946 | |
Vice President | Nguyễn Văn Xuân |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Lê Văn Hoạch |
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Born | 1888 |
Died | 10 November 1946 (aged 57–58) Saigon, French Cochinchina |
Political party | Indochinese Democratic Party |
Nguyễn Văn Thinh (1888 – 10 November 1946, Saigon) was the first President of Cochinchina. Thinh was a French citizen and joined the Constitutionalist Party in 1926. He founded the Cochinchinese Democratic Party in 1937.[1] He became chief of the provisional government on March 26, 1946, and provisional president on June 1. He felt a loss of face when the French negotiated with the Viet Minh, ignoring his government. "I am being compelled to play a farce," he said. He died, an apparent suicide while still in office, on November 10.