The Leaders of the Vietnam War listed below comprise the important political and military figures of the Vietnam War.

Contents 1 Anti-Communist forces 1.1 United States of America 1.1.1 Political 1.1.2 Military 1.2 South Vietnam 1.2.1 Political 1.2.2 Military 1.3 Republic of Korea 1.4 Australia 1.5 New Zealand 1.6 Philippines 1.7 Thailand 1.8 Cambodia 1.9 Laos 2 Communist forces 2.1 North Vietnam 2.1.1 Political 2.1.2 Military 2.2 Vietcong 2.3 Khmer Rouge 2.4 People's Republic of China 2.5 Soviet Union

[edit] Anti-Communist forces

[edit] United States of America

[edit] Political

• Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961.

• John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States from 1961 until his death in 1963.

• Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 until 1969.

• Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until 1974.

• Robert McNamara was the 8th Secretary of Defense, serving under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to 1968.

• Clark Clifford was the 9th Secretary of Defense, serving under President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1968 to 1969.

• Melvin R. Laird was the 10th Secretary of Defense, serving under President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973.

• Henry Kissinger was the 8th National Security Advisor and the 56th Secretary of State, serving under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford from 1968 to 1977.

[edit] Military

• Earle Wheeler was a United States Army General who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1964 to 1970.

• Thomas Hinman Moorer was a U.S. admiral who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1970 to 1974.

• William Westmoreland was an American General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968

• Creighton Abrams was an American General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972

• Frederick Weyand is a former U.S. Army General who was the last commander of American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1972 to 1973.

• Elmo Zumwalt was an American naval officer and commander of American naval forces in Vietnam.

• William W. Momyer was commander of the U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command and the commander of the 7th Air Force.

• John S. McCain II was an American admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Command.

[edit] South Vietnam

[edit] Political

• Ngo Dinh Diem was the President of South Vietnam from 1955 until his death in 1963.

• Duong Van Minh led the South Vietnamese army under Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm and was briefly leader of South Vietnam in 1963 and 1975.

• Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was the President of South Vietnam from from 1967 to 1975.

• Nguyen Cao Ky was the Prime Minister of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1967 and the Vice President from 1967 to 1971.

• Tran Van Huong was the last President of South Vietnam before its surrender in 1975.

[edit] Military

• Ngô Quang Trưởng was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), Commander of I Corps (1972–1975), IV Corps (1970–1971).

• Le Van Hung was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, commander of 5th Division.

• Do Cao Tri was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, commander of III Corps.

• Le Minh Dao is a former South Vietnamese Major General who led the ARVN 18th Division.

• Nguyen Viet Thanh was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, commander of IV Corps, 7th Division.

• Hoang Xuan Lam was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, commander of I Corps.

• Cao Van Vien was the chief of staff of the Vietnamese Joint General Staff.

• Le Nguyen Khang was the commander of the Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps

[edit] Republic of Korea

• Park Chung-hee was the President of the Republic of Korea from 1963 until his death in 1979.

• Chae Myung-shin was the Commander of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces in Vietnam from 1965 to 1969.

• Lee Se-ho was the Commander of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces in Vietnam from 1969 to 1973.

[edit] Australia

• Robert Menzies was the Prime Minister of Australia from 1949 to 1966.

• Harold Holt was the Prime Minister of Australia from 1966 to 1967.

• John Gorton was the Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971.

• Ted Serong was a senior officer of the Australian Army and commander of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam from 1962 until 1965.

• Donald Dunstan is a former Australian Army officer, who was commander of Australian Forces in Vietnam in 1971 and 1972.

[edit] New Zealand

• Keith Holyoake was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1960 to 1972.

[edit] Philippines

• Ferdinand Marcos was the President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.

[edit] Thailand

• Thanom Kittikachorn was the Prime Minister of Thailand from 1963 to 1973.

[edit] Cambodia

• Lon Nol was the Prime Minister of Cambodia from 1966 to 1967 and then again in 1969 to 1972.

[edit] Laos

• Vang Pao is a former Major General of the Royal Lao Army.

[edit] Communist forces

[edit] North Vietnam

[edit] Political

• Ho Chi Minh was prime minister from 1946 to 1955 and President from 1945 until his death in 1969 of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam).

• Lê Duẩn was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and leader of North Vietnam and later the unified Vietnam from 1969 until his death in 1986.

• Ton Duc Thang was the second and final President of North Vietnam and the first President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

• Phạm Văn Đồng was the Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 to 1976.

• Lê Ðức Thọ was a Vietnamese politician who, as North Vietnam's representative, negotiated the Paris Peace Accords.

[edit] Military

• Vo Nguyen Giap is a retired Vietnamese General in the Vietnam People's Army (NVA) and was one of the most prominent military leaders of North Vietnam during the war.

• Văn Tiến Dũng was a Vietnamese who served as NVA Chief of Staff from 1954 to 1974.

• Nguyễn Hữu An was a general in the Vietnamese People's Army, commander of the 2nd Army Corp.

[edit] Vietcong

• Trần Văn Trà was one of the leading commanders of the Vietcong and a member of the Central Committee of the Lao Dong Party.

• Nguyen Van Linh was a political leader of the Vietcong during the Vietnam War who served as party secretary of South Vietnam for Communist Party of Vietnam.

• Vo Chi Cong was a Vietnamese Communist political figure who was one of the founding members of Vietcong.

• Huỳnh Tấn Phát chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam from 1969 to 1976.

[edit] Khmer Rouge

• Pol Pot was the leader of the Cambodian communist movement known as the Khmer Rouge.

[edit] People's Republic of China

• Mao Zedong was the leader of the People's Republic of China from 1949 until his death in 1976.

[edit] Soviet Union

• Leonid Brezhnev was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982.