Chung Tan Cang
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Admiral Chung Tấn Cang was the commander of the Republic of Vietnam Navy
from 1963 to 1965. He took over in 1963 after Captain Ho Tan Quyen, a loyalist of President Ngo Dinh Diem
was executed during the November 1963 coup
that led to Diem's ouster and execution
.
He was part of the "Young Turks" faction during the era of military juntas in South Vietnam from 1963 to 1967.
Republic of Vietnam Navy
The Republic of Vietnam Navy was the naval force of the former Republic of Vietnam from 1955 to 1975. The early fleet consisted of boats from France. After 1955 and the transfer of the armed forces to Vietnamese control, the fleet was supplied from the United States...
from 1963 to 1965. He took over in 1963 after Captain Ho Tan Quyen, a loyalist of President Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngô Đình Diệm was the first president of South Vietnam . In the wake of the French withdrawal from Indochina as a result of the 1954 Geneva Accords, Diệm led the effort to create the Republic of Vietnam. Accruing considerable U.S. support due to his staunch anti-Communism, he achieved victory in a...
was executed during the November 1963 coup
1963 South Vietnamese coup
In November 1963, President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam was deposed by a group of Army of the Republic of Vietnam officers who disagreed with his handling of the Buddhist crisis and, in general, his increasing oppression of national groups in the name of fighting the communist Vietcong.The...
that led to Diem's ouster and execution
Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
The arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm, then president of South Vietnam, marked the culmination of a successful CIA-backed coup d’état led by General Dương Văn Minh in November 1963...
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He was part of the "Young Turks" faction during the era of military juntas in South Vietnam from 1963 to 1967.
See also
- 1964 South Vietnamese coup1964 South Vietnamese coupBefore dawn on January 30, 1964, General Nguyen Khanh ousted the military junta led by General Duong Van Minh from the leadership of South Vietnam without firing a shot. It came less than three months after Minh's junta had themselves come to power in a bloody coup against then President Ngo Dinh...
- December 1964 South Vietnamese coupDecember 1964 South Vietnamese coupBefore dawn on December 19, 1964, the ruling military junta of South Vietnam led by General Nguyen Khanh dissolved the High National Council and arrested some of its members. The HNC was an unelected legislative-style civilian advisory body they had created at the request of the United...
- 1965 South Vietnamese coup1965 South Vietnamese coupOn February 19, 1965, some units of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam commanded by General Lam Van Phat and Colonel Pham Ngoc Thao launched a coup against General Nguyen Khanh, the head of South Vietnam's ruling military junta...