Huỳnh Tấn Phát

Huỳnh Tấn Phát (15 February 1913, near Mỹ Tho, French Indochina – 30 September 1989, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) was a Vietnamese architect, politician and revolutionary. He was the Prime Minister and de facto leader of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. After unification, Phát became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction before serving as Vice President of Vietnam until his death. He is the designer of the flag of the Viet Cong.

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Huỳnh, but is often simplified to Huynh in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Phát.
Huỳnh Tấn Phát
Vice Chairman of the Council of State
In office
28 June 1982 – 30 September 1989
PresidentTrường Chinh
Võ Chí Công
Preceded byNguyễn Lương Bằng
Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
Minister of Construction
In office
2 July 1976 – 16 June 1982
Prime MinisterPhạm Văn Đồng
Chairman of government of South Vietnam
(Provisional Revolutionary Government)
In office
30 April 1975 – 2 July 1976
PresidentNguyễn Hữu Thọ
Preceded byVũ Văn Mẫu
as Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam
Succeeded byPhạm Văn Đồng
as Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Member of the Standing Committee
of the National Assembly
In office
6 January 1946 – 5 July 1960
Secretary General of National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
In office
1962–1977
Personal details
Born15 February 1913
Mỹ Tho, French Indochina
Died30 September 1989 (aged 76)
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Political partyCommunist Party of Vietnam
Alma materHanoi University
AwardsOrder of Ho Chi Minh
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