Dương Văn Minh (Vietnamese: [jɨəŋ van miŋ̟] ⓘ; 16 February 1916 – 6 August 2001), popularly known as Big Minh, was a South Vietnamese politician and a senior general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and a politician during the presidency of Ngô Đình Diệm.

Aug 8, 2001 · Gen. Duong Van “Big” Minh, the man recorded in history as the South Vietnam president who surrendered unconditionally to Communist forces on April 30, 1975, has died in Pasadena. He was 86.

Duong Van Minh (1916-2001) was a general in the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN), the leader of the coup that deposed Ngo Dinh Diem and, for a brief time, the president of South Vietnam. Born in My Tho province on the Mekong delta, Minh was the son of a prosperous Francophile landlord.

Jun 8, 2018 · General Duong Van Minh (born 1916) was the first and last of a string of leaders who governed South Vietnam in the dozen years between the overthrow of President Diem and the fall of Saigon. In 1963, Duong Van Minh represented pro-American, anti-communist values.

Aug 8, 2001 · Duong Van Minh, the Vietnamese general who led the coup in 1963 that overthrew Ngo Dinh Diem as president of South Vietnam and later became the republic's last president for a few days...

Dương Văn Minh (16 February 1916 to 6 August 2001) popularly known as “Big Minh”, was a senior general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and a politician during the presidency of Ngô Đình Diệm.

Over both the Cabinet and the “sages” is the rebel officers’ 23-member “Military Revolutionary Committee,” which last week decreed that “the legislative and executive powers are centralized” in...

May 5, 1975 · The man considered most likely to take charge of dismantling the Saigon regime was one of that regime’s principal architects: General Duong Van (“Big”) Minn. Nearly twelve years ago, Minh...

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 7 -- Gen. Duong Van "Big" Minh, who was president of South Vietnam for several days before the country was occupied by Communist forces in 1975, has died. He was 86.

Apr 28, 1975 · SAIGON (UPI) Gen. Duong Van “Big" Minh today assumed the presidency of South Vietnam and said he would seek a cease-fire and peace negotiations with the Communists. Minh, 59, said he wanted to have a government of "mutual understanding and peace.”