Le Van Kim
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Lieutenant General Lê Văn Kim (born 1918) is a former general of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
. He was the brother in law of General Trần Văn Đôn
and together with General Dương Văn Minh
, the trio organised the 1963 South Vietnamese coup
which toppled President Ngô Đình Diệm and ended in his arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm.
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
The Army of the Republic of Viet Nam , sometimes parsimoniously referred to as the South Vietnamese Army , was the land-based military forces of the Republic of Vietnam , which existed from October 26, 1955 until the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975...
. He was the brother in law of General Trần Văn Đôn
Tran Van Don
Trần Văn Đôn was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and one of the principal figures in the coup d'état which deposed Ngô Đình Diệm from the presidency of South Vietnam.-Family:...
and together with General Dương Văn Minh
Duong Van Minh
Minh was born on 16 February 1916 in Mỹ Tho Province in the Mekong Delta, the son of a wealthy landowner who served in a prominent position in the Finance Ministry of the French colonial administration...
, the trio organised the 1963 South Vietnamese coup
1963 South Vietnamese coup
In November 1963, President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam was deposed by a group of Army of the Republic of Vietnam officers who disagreed with his handling of the Buddhist crisis and, in general, his increasing oppression of national groups in the name of fighting the communist Vietcong.The...
which toppled President Ngô Đình Diệm and ended in his arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm.