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South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu Re-Elected

October 3, 1971

President of South Vietnam, addresses the 514 men graduating class during dedication ceremonies at t
President of South Vietnam, addresses the 514 men graduating class during dedication ceremonies at t
President of South Vietnam, addresses the 514 men graduating class during dedication ceremonies at the new national police academy near Saigon, 14 January 1971

South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu is elected to another term. He ran unopposed after his only opponent in the election, former South Vietnamese army general Duong Van Minh, dropped out of the race in August.1

Spencer C. Tucker, ed., The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History (2nd edition; Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011), 318; T. Louise Brown, War and Aftermath in Vietnam (New York: Routledge, 1991), 93; Mark Philip Bradley and Marilyn B. Young, eds., Making Sense of the Vietnam Wars: Local, National, and Transnational Perspectives (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2008), 246.