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Bảo Đại

Bảo Đại
Monarchs and royalty Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam 1913–1997 → Died in exile

Last emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, who abdicated in 1945 and returned as head of the French-backed State of Vietnam

Bảo Đại abdicated in August 1945, returned as head of the State of Vietnam in 1949, and was ousted in a 1955 referendum organized by Ngô Đình Diệm’s government.

The thirteenth and last emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, he came to the throne in 1926 as nominal ruler of the French protectorates of Annam and Tonkin. When Japan overthrew the French in March 1945 he became emperor of the Japanese-sponsored Empire of Vietnam; after the August Revolution he abdicated in Huế on the 30th and became “supreme advisor” to Ho Chi Minh’s government. Soon in exile, he returned under the Élysée Accords of 1949 as Chief of State of the French-backed State of Vietnam, criticised as too close to France and too often abroad. Ousted by Ngô Đình Diệm in a 1955 referendum, he died in Paris in 1997.

Career timeline
  • 1926Acceded as Nguyễn emperor, the nominal ruler of the Annam and Tonkin protectorates in French Indochina.
  • 1945Remained emperor when Japan displaced the Vichy French administration and proclaimed the Empire of Vietnam; abdicated in August after Japan's surrender.
  • 1945–1946Served as supreme advisor to the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam after abdicating.
  • 1949–1955Served as chief of state of the French-backed State of Vietnam; left office after the 1955 referendum led by Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm.