# List of heads of state of Vietnam

This article lists the heads of state 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) | Reign | Reign | Reign | House | Claim |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Start | End | Duration | House | Claim |
| 1 | | Bảo Đại (1913–1997) | 11 March 1945 | 25 August 1945 | 167 days | Nguyễn | Son of Khải Định |

## 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 |
| President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam |||||||
| 1 | | Hồ Chí Minh (1890–1969) | 2 September 1945 | 2 September 1969 | 24 years | Indochinese Communist Party (until 1951) Worker's Party of Vietnam (from 1951) |
| — | | Huỳnh Thúc Kháng (1876–1947) | 31 May 1946 | 21 September 1946 | 113 days | Independent |
| — | | Tôn Đức Thắng (1888–1980) | 3 September 1969 | 22 September 1969 | 19 days | Worker's Party of Vietnam |
| 2 | | Tôn Đức Thắng (1888–1980) | 22 September 1969 | 2 July 1976 | 6 years, 284 days | Worker's Party of Vietnam |

## South Vietnam
### 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 |
| Chief of the State of Vietnam |||||||
| 1 | | Bảo Đại (1913–1997) | 13 June 1949 | 30 April 1955 | 5 years, 321 days | Independent |
| — | | Ngô Đình Diệm (1901–1963) | 30 April 1955 | 26 October 1955 | 179 days | Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party |

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

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party |
| President of the Republic of Vietnam ||||||||
| 1 | | Ngô Đình Diệm (1901–1963) | 1961 | 26 October 1955 | 2 November 1963 | 8 years, 7 days | Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party |
| Chief of State of the Republic of Vietnam ||||||||
| 2 | | Dương Văn Minh (1916–2001) | — | 2 November 1963 | 16 August 1964 | 288 days | Military |
| 3 | | Nguyễn Khánh (1927–2013) | — | 16 August 1964 | 27 August 1964 | 11 days | Military |
| N/A | | Provisional Leadership Committee | Provisional Leadership Committee | 27 August 1964 | 8 September 1964 | 12 days | Military |
| (2) | | Dương Văn Minh (1916–2001) | — | 8 September 1964 | 24 October 1964 | 46 days | Military |
| 4 | | Phan Khắc Sửu (1893–1970) | — | 24 October 1964 | 14 June 1965 | 233 days | Independent |
| 5 | | Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923–2001) | — | 14 June 1965 | 3 September 1967 | 2 years, 81 days | Military |
| President of the Republic of Vietnam ||||||||
| (5) | | Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923–2001) | 1967 1971 | 3 September 1967 | 21 April 1975 | 7 years, 230 days | Military (until 1969) |
| (5) | | Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923–2001) | 1967 1971 | 3 September 1967 | 21 April 1975 | 7 years, 230 days | National Social Democratic Front (from 1969) |
| 6 | | Trần Văn Hương (1902–1982) | — | 21 April 1975 | 28 April 1975 | 7 days | Independent |
| (2) | | Dương Văn Minh (1916–2001) | — | 28 April 1975 | 30 April 1975 | 2 days | Independent |

### 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 Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam |||||||
| 1 | | Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910–1996) | 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 |
| President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam |||||||
| (2) | | Tôn Đức Thắng (1888–1980) | 2 July 1976 | 30 March 1980 | 3 years, 272 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| — | | Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910–1996) | 30 March 1980 | 4 July 1981 | 1 year, 96 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| Chairman of the Council of State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam |||||||
| 3 | | Trường Chinh (1907–1988) | 4 July 1981 | 18 June 1987 | 5 years, 349 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 4 | | Võ Chí Công (1912–2011) | 18 June 1987 | 22 September 1992 | 5 years, 96 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam |||||||
| 5 | | Lê Đức Anh (1920–2019) | 22 September 1992 | 24 September 1997 | 5 years, 2 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 6 | | Trần Đức Lương (born 1937) | 24 September 1997 | 27 June 2006 | 8 years, 276 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 7 | | Nguyễn Minh Triết (born 1942) | 27 June 2006 | 25 July 2011 | 5 years, 28 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 8 | | Trương Tấn Sang (born 1949) | 25 July 2011 | 2 April 2016 | 4 years, 252 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 9 | | Trần Đại Quang (1956–2018) | 2 April 2016 | 21 September 2018 | 2 years, 172 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| — | | Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (born 1959) | 21 September 2018 | 23 October 2018 | 32 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 10 | | Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944–2024) | 23 October 2018 | 5 April 2021 | 2 years, 164 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 11 | | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (born 1954) | 5 April 2021 | 18 January 2023 | 1 year, 288 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| — | | Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (born 1970) | 18 January 2023 | 2 March 2023 | 43 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 12 | | Võ Văn Thưởng (born 1970) | 2 March 2023 | 21 March 2024 | 1 year, 19 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| — | | Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (born 1970) | 21 March 2024 | 22 May 2024 | 62 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 13 | | Tô Lâm (born 1957) | 22 May 2024 | 21 October 2024 | 152 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 14 | | Lương Cường (born 1957) | 21 October 2024 | Incumbent | 99 days | Communist Party of Vietnam |