Nguyễn Khánh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nguyễn Khánh

South Vietnamese general and politician

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1927

Place of Birth: Trà Vinh, Vietnam

Date of Death: 11-Jan-2013

Profession: military personnel, politician, diplomat

Nationality: Vietnam

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Nguy?n Khánh ([?wi????? k?an??]; November 8, 1927 – January 11, 2013) was a South Vietnamese military officer 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 or against many coup attempts, failed and successful, from 1960 until his defeat and exile from South Vietnam in 1965.
Khánh lived out his later years with his family, in exile in the United States, and died of pneumonia and end-stage renal failure at a hospital in San Jose, California, on January 11, 2013.