Nguyen Khanh

Nguyễn Khánh (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. He was involved in or against many coup attempts, failed and successful, from 1960 until his defeat and exile from South Vietnam in 1965. Khanh 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.