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 Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
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
  Denotes Acting Prime Minister
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
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 Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
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 Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
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
  Denotes Acting Prime Minister
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
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
  Denotes Acting Prime Minister
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
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) 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

Republic of South Vietnam (1969–76)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
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) [lower-alpha 1]

Reunified Vietnam

Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present)

Status
  Denotes Acting Chairman of the Council of Ministers/Prime Minister
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
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 2 years, 286 days Communist Party of Vietnam

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