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Local Area Info: Nguy?n Cao K?

Nguy?n Cao K? (listen; 8 September 1930 – 23 July 2011) served as the chief of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s, before leading the nation as the prime minister of South Vietnam in a military junta from 1965 to 1967. Then, until his retirement from politics in 1971, he served as vice president to bitter rival General Nguy?n V?n Thi?u, in a nominally civilian administration.

Born in northern Vietnam, K? joined the Vietnamese National Army of the French-backed State of Vietnam and started as an infantry officer before the French sent him off for pilot training. After the French withdrew from Vietnam and the nation was partitioned, K? moved up the ranks of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force to become its leader. In November 1963, K? participated in the coup that deposed president Ngô ?ình Di?m and resulted in Di?m's assassination.

In 1964 K? became prominent in junta politics, regarded as part of a group of young, aggressive officers dubbed the Young Turks. Over the next two years, there were repeated coup attempts, many of which were successful, and K? was a key player in supporting or defeating them. In September 1964, he helped put down a coup attempt by Generals Lâm V?n Phát and D??ng V?n ??c against Nguy?n Khánh, and the following February he thwarted another attempt by Phát and Ph?m Ng?c Th?o. His favored tactic in such situations was to send fighter jets into the air and threaten large-scale air strikes, and given his reputation for impetuosity, he usually attained the desired backdown. After the latter attempt, he also had the weakened Khánh forced into exile and eventually took the leading position in the junta in mid-1965 by becoming prime minister, while General Thi?u was a figurehead chief of state. During his period at the helm, he gained notoriety for his flamboyant manner, womanizing, and risky and brash behavior, which deeply concerned South Vietnam's American allies and angered the Vietnamese public, who regarded him as a "cowboy" and "hooligan". He cared little for public relations, and on occasion publicly threatened to kill dissidents and opponents as well as to flatten parts of North Vietnam and South Vietnamese units led by rival officers with bombings, although none of this materialized.