# 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 | Term of office | 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 |

## North Vietnam
### Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–76)
#### Status

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | 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 | Term of office | 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 |

### Provisional Central Government of Vietnam (1948–49)

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | 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 |

### State of Vietnam (1949–55)
#### Status

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | 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 |

### Republic of Vietnam (1955–75)
#### Status

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | 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 |

### Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (1969–76)

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | 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) |

## Reunified Vietnam
### Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present)
#### Status

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | 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, 258 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |