Ngô Ðình Diệm
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Ngô Ðình Diệm was the first President of South Vietnam. He was very unpopular, and many people think he was a repressive dictator. He cheated in order to win an election and seemed to get an impossible 150% of Sàigòn's votes. He was overthrown by the South Vietnamese army, which then set up a military dictatorship.