The ruling junta of South Vietnam, led by Nguyễn Khánh, initiated a coup, dissolving the High National Council, a civilian advisory body.

South Vietnam

Country in Southeast Asia (1955–1975)

South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam, was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered international recognition in 1949 as the associated State of Vietnam within the French Union, with its capital at Saigon. Since 1950, it was a…

Nguyễn Khánh

South Vietnamese military supreme ruler (1927–2013)

Nguyễn Khánh was a South Vietnamese military dictator and Army of the Republic of Vietnam general who served in various capacities as head of state and prime minister of South Vietnam while at the head of a military junta from January 1964 until February 1965. He was involved in…

December 1964 South Vietnamese coup

Coup by General Nguyễn Khánh

Before dawn on 19 December 1964, a coup d'état took place when the ruling military junta of South Vietnam led by General Nguyễn Khánh dissolved the High National Council (HNC) and arrested some of its members. The HNC was an unelected legislative-style civilian advisory body…

High National Council (South Vietnam)

The Provisional Government of the Republic of Vietnam was a mixed civil and military council under the mandate of the Revolutionary Military Council to govern the South Vietnam after the collapse of First Republic of Vietnam also to prepare for democratic general elections to…