Nguyễn Văn Xuân

{{Short description|Vietnamese general and politician (1892–1989)}}

{{family name hatnote|Nguyễn|Xuân|Nguyen|lang=Vietnamese}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Nguyễn Văn Xuân

| image = Nguyễn_Văn_Xuân,_Lưu_Đức_Trung,_Nghiêm_Văn_Trí,_Trần_Văn_Lý_Phan_Văn_Giáo_Ngô_Đình_Diệm_(cropped).jpg

| office = Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam

| termstart = 6 July 1954

| termend = 24 September 1954

| primeminister = Ngô Đình Diệm

| predecessor = Nguyễn Trung Vinh

| successor = Trần Chánh Thành

| termstart2 = 1 July 1949

| termend2 = 20 January 1950

| primeminister2 = Bảo Đại

| predecessor2 = Position established

| successor2 = Phan Huy Quát

| office3 = Chief of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam

| deputy3 = Trần Văn Hữu

| termstart3 = 5 June 1948

| termend3 = 12 June 1949

| predecessor3 = Position established

| successor3 = Bảo Đại
(as Chief of the State of Vietnam)

| office4 = 3rd President of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina

| termstart4 = 8 October 1947

| termend4 = 27 May 1948

| deputy4 = Trần Văn Hữu

| predecessor4 = Lê Văn Hoạch

| successor4 = Trần Văn Hữu

| office5 = Deputy President of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina

| termstart5 = 1 June 1946

| termend5 = 8 October 1947

| primeminister5 = {{ubl|Nguyễn Văn Thinh|Lê Văn Hoạch}}

| predecessor5 = Position established

| successor5 = Trần Văn Hữu

| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|4|3|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|1|14|1892|4|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Trường Thọ, Gia Định Province, French Cochinchina

| death_place = Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

| party = Military

| education = École Polytechnique

| rank = Brigadier general

| branch = French Army

| battles = French Indochina War

| serviceyears = 1947–1954

}}

Nguyễn Văn Xuân ({{IPA|vi|ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ van˧˧ swən˧˧}}; 3 April 1892 – 14 January 1989) was a Vietnamese general and politician who served as prime minister of Cochinchina from 1947 to 1948, then prime minister of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam from 5 June 1948 to 20 June 1949, during the First Indochina War.{{cite book |author1=Ngo Ngoc Trung |authorlink1=Nguyen Van Xuan |editor1-last=Tucker |editor1-first=Spencer C. |title=The encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: a political, social, and military history |date=2011 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara, CA |isbn=9781851099610 |pages=843–844 |edition=2nd |chapter=Nguyen Van Xuan}}