Huynh Tan Phat

Huỳnh Tấn Phát (born 1913, near Mỹ Tho, French Indochina – died 30 September 1989, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) was a South Vietnamese politician and revolutionary. He joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1945, member of the The First National Assembly (Democratic Republic of Vietnam).

He became chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRG) on its formation in 1969. Upon the surrender of the South Vietnamese government on 30 April 1975, the PRG became the nominal government of South Vietnam. He held this post until 2 July 1976, when the country was reunified with the North, making him the only communist South Vietnamese president. In 1976-82 he was a vice premier in Vietnam, and in 1982 he became a Vice President of the Council of State.