List of heads of government of Vietnam

This article lists the heads of government of modern Vietnam since 1945, from the establishment of the Empire of Vietnam to the present day.

Empire of Vietnam (1945)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
Chief of Cabinet of the Empire of Vietnam
1		Trần Trọng Kim (1883–1953)	17 April 1945	25 August 1945	130 days	Đại Việt National Socialist Party

Denotes Acting Prime Minister

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
Chairman of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
1		Hồ Chí Minh (1890–1969)	2 September 1945	20 September 1955	10 years, 18 days	Communist Party of Indochina (until 1951) Worker's Party of Vietnam (from 1951)
—		Huỳnh Thúc Kháng (1876–1947)	31 May 1946	21 September 1946	113 days	Independent
Prime Minister of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
2		Phạm Văn Đồng (1906–2000)	20 September 1955	2 July 1976	20 years, 286 days	Worker's Party of Vietnam

South Vietnam

Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina (1946–48)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina
1		Nguyễn Văn Thinh (1888–1946)	1 June 1946	10 November 1946	162 days	Cochinchinese Democratic Party
2		Lê Văn Hoạch (1896–1978)	29 November 1946	29 September 1947	304 days	Independent
3		Nguyễn Văn Xuân (1892–1989)	8 October 1947	27 May 1948	232 days	Military

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
Prime Minister of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam
1		Nguyễn Văn Xuân (1892–1989)	27 May 1948	14 June 1949	1 year, 18 days	Military

Denotes Acting Prime Minister

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam
1		Bảo Đại (1913–1997)	14 June 1949	21 January 1950	221 days	Independent
2		Nguyễn Phan Long (1889–1960)	21 January 1950	27 April 1950	96 days	Constitutional Party
3		Trần Văn Hữu (1896–1984)	6 May 1950	6 June 1952	2 years, 31 days	Independent
4		Nguyễn Văn Tâm (1893–1990)	6 June 1952	17 December 1953	1 year, 194 days	Nationalist Party
5		Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Lộc (1914–1990)	11 January 1954	16 June 1954	156 days	Independent
6		Ngô Đình Diệm (1901–1963)	16 June 1954	26 October 1955	1 year, 132 days	Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party

Denotes Acting Prime Minister

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam
1		Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ (1908–1976)	4 November 1963	28 January 1964	86 days	Independent
2		Nguyễn Khánh (1927–2013)	28 February 1964	27 August 1964	181 days	Military
—		Nguyễn Xuân Oánh (1921–2003)	29 August 1964	3 September 1964	5 days	Independent
(2)		Nguyễn Khánh (1927–2013)	3 September 1964	4 November 1964	62 days	Military
3		Trần Văn Hương (1903–1982)	4 November 1964	27 January 1965	84 days	Military
—		Nguyễn Xuân Oánh (1921–2003)	27 January 1965	15 February 1965	19 days	Independent
4		Phan Huy Quát (1908–1979)	16 February 1965	5 June 1965	109 days	Greater Nationalist Party
5		Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (1930–2011)	14 June 1965	1 September 1967	2 years, 79 days	Military
6		Nguyễn Văn Lộc (1922–1992)	1 November 1967	17 May 1968	198 days	Military
(3)		Trần Văn Hương (1903–1982)	28 May 1968	22 August 1969	1 year, 86 days	Independent (until 1969)
(3)		Trần Văn Hương (1903–1982)	28 May 1968	22 August 1969	1 year, 86 days	National Social Democratic Front (from 1969)
7		Trần Thiện Khiêm (1925–2021)	22 August 1969	5 April 1975	5 years, 226 days	National Social Democratic Front
8		Nguyễn Bá Cẩn (1930–2009)	5 April 1975	25 April 1975	20 days	Democratic Party
9		Vũ Văn Mẫu (1914–1998)	28 April 1975	30 April 1975	2 days	Forces for National Reconciliation

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
Chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam
1		Huỳnh Tấn Phát (1913–1989)	8 June 1969	2 July 1976	7 years, 24 days	People's Revolutionary Party of Vietnam (National Liberation Front) ^[a]

Denotes Acting Chairman of the Council of Ministers/Prime Minister

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
Prime Minister of the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(2)		Phạm Văn Đồng (1906–2000)	2 July 1976	4 July 1981	5 years, 2 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(2)		Phạm Văn Đồng (1906–2000)	4 July 1981	18 June 1987	5 years, 349 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
3		Phạm Hùng (1912–1988)	18 June 1987	10 March 1988	273 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
—		Võ Văn Kiệt (1922–2008)	10 March 1988	22 June 1988	104 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
4		Đỗ Mười (1917–2018)	22 June 1988	8 August 1991	3 years, 47 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
5		Võ Văn Kiệt (1922–2008)	8 August 1991	24 September 1992	1 year, 47 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
Prime Minister of Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(5)		Võ Văn Kiệt (1922–2008)	24 September 1992	24 September 1997	5 years	Communist Party of Vietnam
6		Phan Văn Khải (1933–2018)	24 September 1997	27 June 2006	8 years, 275 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
7		Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (born 1949)	27 June 2006	7 April 2016	9 years, 285 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
8		Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (born 1954)	7 April 2016	5 April 2021	4 years, 363 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
9		Phạm Minh Chính (born 1958)	5 April 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 23 days	Communist Party of Vietnam