This article lists the heads of state of modern Vietnam since 1945, from the establishment of the Empire of Vietnam to the present day.
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Hồ Chí Minh | 2 September 1945 | 2 September 1969 | years | Indochinese Communist Party Worker's Party of Vietnam | |
| — | Huỳnh Thúc Kháng | 31 May 1946 | 21 September 1946 | Independent | ||
| — | Tôn Đức Thắng | 3 September 1969 | 22 September 1969 | Worker's Party of Vietnam | ||
| 2 | 22 September 1969 | 2 July 1976 | ||||
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Bảo Đại | 13 June 1949 | 30 April 1955 | Independent | |||
| — | Ngô Đình Diệm | 30 April 1955 | 26 October 1955 | Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party | |||
| Portrait | Name | Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | Ngô Đình Diệm | 1961 | 26 October 1955 | 2 November 1963 | Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party | |||
| 2 | Dương Văn Minh | — | 2 November 1963 | 16 August 1964 | Military | |||
| 3 | Nguyễn Khánh | — | 16 August 1964 | 27 August 1964 | Military | |||
| N/A | Provisional Leadership Committee | 27 August 1964 | 8 September 1964 | Military | ||||
| Dương Văn Minh | — | 8 September 1964 | 24 October 1964 | Military | ||||
| 4 | Phan Khắc Sửu | — | 24 October 1964 | 14 June 1965 | Independent | |||
| 5 | Nguyễn Văn Thiệu | — | 14 June 1965 | 3 September 1967 | Military | |||
| Nguyễn Văn Thiệu | 1967 1971 | 3 September 1967 | 21 April 1975 | Military | ||||
| National Social Democratic Front | ||||||||
| 6 | Trần Văn Hương | — | 21 April 1975 | 28 April 1975 | Independent | |||
| Dương Văn Minh | — | 28 April 1975 | 30 April 1975 | Independent | ||||