| Nguyễn Văn Xuân | |
| Office: | Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam |
| Termstart: | 6 July 1954 |
| Termend: | 24 September 1954 |
| Primeminister: | Ngô Đình Diệm |
| Predecessor: | Nguyễn Trung Vinh |
| Successor: | Trần Chánh Thành |
| Termstart2: | 1 July 1949 |
| Termend2: | 20 January 1950 |
| Primeminister2: | Bảo Đại |
| Predecessor2: | Position established |
| Successor2: | Phan Huy Quát |
| Office3: | Chief of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam |
| Deputy3: | Trần Văn Hữu |
| Termstart3: | 5 June 1948 |
| Termend3: | 12 June 1949 |
| Predecessor3: | Position established |
| Successor3: | Bảo Đại (as Chief of the State of Vietnam) |
| Office4: | 3rd Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina |
| Termstart4: | 8 October 1947 |
| Termend4: | 27 May 1948 |
| Deputy4: | Trần Văn Hữu |
| Predecessor4: | Lê Văn Hoạch |
| Successor4: | Position abolished |
| Office5: | Deputy Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina |
| Termstart5: | 1 June 1946 |
| Termend5: | 8 October 1947 |
| Predecessor5: | Position established |
| Successor5: | Trần Văn Hữu |
| Birth Date: | 3 April 1892 |
| Birth Place: | Trường Thọ, Gia Định Province, French Cochinchina |
| Death Place: | Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
| Party: | Military |
| Education: | École Polytechnique |
| Rank: | Brigadier general |
| Branch: | French Army |
| Battles: | French Indochina War |
| Serviceyears: | 1947–1954 |
Nguyễn Văn Xuân (3 April 1892 – 14 January 1989) was a Vietnamese general and politician who served as prime minister of Cochinchina from 1947 to 1948, then prime minister of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam from 5 June 1948 to 20 June 1949, during the First Indochina War.[1]
On 1 April 1947, he was promoted to brigadier general (two-star general, entry-level for a general officer in the French army ranking system) of colonial troops, a local army with French commanding officers. After the First Indochina War, he took exile in France. On 14 January 1989, he died in Nice at the age of 96.[2]