serviceyears death_place death_date birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank article_title name
19 ?? & ndash ; 1967 saigon , vietnam 3 july 2012 -lrb- aged 87 -rrb- mỹ -lrb- now vietnam -rrb- tho , tiền giang province , french indochina vietnamese vietnam national army , army of the republic of 1963 south vietnamese coup 23 february 1925 25px lieutenant general nguyễn hữu có
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nguyễn hữu có

nguyễn hữu có -lrb- 23 february 1925 -- 3 july 2012 -rrb- served in the army of the republic of vietnam , rising to the rank of lieutenant general .
he was prominent in several coups and juntas in the 1960s .
in 1963 , có came to prominence for his role in the november coup that deposed vietnam 's president , ngô Đình diệm , who was assassinated .
có 's superior , general tôn thất Đính , moved him into command of the 7th division to lock loyalist forces out of saigon .
có was promoted to brigadier general after the coup , and as south vietnam was inflicted with a cycle of coups over the next two years , he became more prominent as other generals defeated one another in power struggles .
by 1965 , có was the deputy prime minister and defense minister in a junta headed by prime minister and air marshal nguyễn cao kỳ and general nguyễn văn thiệu , the figurehead chief of state .
có came under increasing scrutiny for his exorbitant wealth and was widely seen as corrupt , while kỳ viewed him as a political threat .
in 1967 kỳ fired có when both men were overseas on diplomatic visits .
kỳ then organized military forces to prevent có from flying back , effectively sending him into exile .
over time , thiệu began to eclipse kỳ in a power struggle , and allowed có to return in 1970 .
có then stayed out of public life , and worked in banking and business .
in 1975 , the communists overran the south , and after hesitating in planning his escape from south vietnam , có was captured by the communists , who imprisoned him in reeducation camps for 12 years .
có decided not to emigrate after being released and lived in vietnam until his death in 2012 .
