High National Council (South Vietnam)
The High National Council (South Vietnam) (Thượng Hội đồng Quốc gia) (8 September 1964 – 20 December 1964) was a civilian legislative assembly convened by the Military Revolutionary Council (MRC) led by the three generals
Second Republic of Vietnam. The Council consisted of 16 well-respected citizens: Nguyễn Xuân Chữ, Tôn Thất Hanh, Nguyễn Văn Huyền, Ngô Gia Hy, Nguyễn Đình Luyện, Nguyễn Văn Lực, Trần Đình Nam, Hồ Văn Nhựt, Trần Văn Quế, Lê Khắc Quyến, Phan Khắc Sửu, Lương Trọng Tường, Hồ Đắc Thắng, Lê Văn Thu, Mai Thọ Truyền and Trần Văn Văn
.
Phan Khắc Sửu was elected by the Council as its chairman on 27 September 1964, and was nominated as Head of State of South Vietnam on 24 October 1964. The Vice-Chairman was
Saigon, was subsequently appointed Prime Minister. His civilian government was short-lived as it was opposed by Buddhist Uprising and military revolt, resulting in the military reassuming control of the government and dissolving the Council.[2][3][4] Thereafter, South Vietnam went through a period of political instability until the Nguyễn Văn Thiệu/Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
junta took power in mid-1965.
References
- ^ Hoàng Cơ Thụy. Việt sử khảo luận. Paris: Nam Á publishers, 2002
- ^ Nguyễn Trương Thiên Lý (1982). Ván Bài Lật Ngửa. Ch. 19, p. 9. Ho Chi Minh City: Nhà Xuất Bản Trẻ publishers, 2002
- ^ Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968 Volume I, Vietnam, 1964, Document 387. http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v01/d387
- ^ Institute of Current World Affairs. Article TO27. http://www.icwa.org/txtArticles/TO-27.htm Archived 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine