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Phan Khắc Sửu (Vietnamese pronunciation: [faːn˧˧ xak̚˧˦ siw˧˩]; chữ Hán: 潘 克 丑 9 January 1893 – 24 May 1970) was a South Vietnamese engineer and politician who served as a minister in Bảo Đại's government of the State of Vietnam and as a civilian Chief of State of the Republic of Vietnam from 1964–65 during the rule of the various military juntas.
Phan Khắc Sửu (1893–1970) (Acting) 26 October 1964 3 November 1964 8 days Independent 3 Trần Văn Hương (1902–1982) 4 November 1964 27 January 1965
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)
Phan Khắc Sửu: Party Democratic Progressive: The White Dove: Democratic Socialist: Running mate Nguyễn Cao Kỳ: Trần Văn Chiêu: Phan Quang Đán: Popular vote 1,649,561: 817,120 513,374 Percentage 34.83%: 17.26% 10.84%
The HNC, which had representatives from a wide range of social groups, selected the aging civilian politician Phan Khắc Sửu as chief of state, and Suu chose Trần Văn Hương as prime minister, a position that had greater power. However, Khánh and the senior generals retained the real power.
Despite considerable efforts in preventing a small number of opposition candidates from standing during the election through the use of army soldiers bussed in to stuff ballot boxes to support the pro-government candidates, two independent candidates from the opposition were elected – Phan Quang Đán and Phan Khắc Sửu.
Phan Khắc Sửu was elected by the Council as its chairman on 27 September 1964, and was nominated as Head of State of South Vietnam on 24 October 1964. The Vice-Chairman was Nguyễn Xuân Chữ, and the General Secretary was Trần Văn Văn. [1]
Former Diệm cabinet minister Phan Khắc Sửu was sentenced to eight years, mainly for being a signatory of the Caravelle Group which called on Diệm to reform. Dan, the spokesman was sentenced to seven years.