Nguyen Van Thinh

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{{Short description|Vietnamese doctor and politician (1888–1946)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Nguyễn Văn Thinh

| image = Nguyễn Văn Thinh Souverains et notabilites d'Indochine (cropped).png

| caption =

| office = 1st President of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina

| term_start = 1 June 1946

| term_end = 10 November 1946

| vicepresident = Nguyễn Văn Xuân

| predecessor = Position established

| successor = Lê Văn Hoạch

| birth_date = 1888

| birth_place = Cochinchina, French Indochina

| death_date = 10 November {{death year and age|1946|1888}}

| death_place = Saigon, Cochinchina, French Indochina

| party = Indochinese Democratic Party

}}

Nguyễn Văn Thinh ({{IPA|vi|ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ van˧˧ tʰïŋ˧˧}}; 1888 – 10 November 1946, Saigon) was the first President of Cochinchina. Thinh was a French citizen and joined the Constitutionalist Party in 1926. He founded the Cochinchinese Democratic Party in 1937.{{cite web|title=Nguyen Van Thinh|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/413644/Nguyen-Van-Thinh|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate=31 August 2013}} He became chief of the provisional government on March 26, 1946, and provisional president on June 1. He felt a loss of face when the French negotiated with the Viet Minh, ignoring his government. "I am being compelled to play a farce," he said. He died, an apparent suicide while still in office, on November 10.