Career
He was at that post from June 1952 to December 1953. Born in Tây Ninh Province, Nguyễn Văn Tâm was originally a school teacher who was picked by the French to be the District Chief of Cai Lậy in the early 1940s. He was known to be an effective servant of the French in suppressing any uprisings in his district with the most savage means.
After the August Revolution. he was imprisoned by the new Vietnamese authorities for his crimes against the people but was later freed by the French military and returned to their service.
He was made Governor of Northern Vietnam by the French-directed Bảo Đại government before becoming Prime Minister. He was Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam from June 25, 1952, to December 16, 1953.
He was nicknamed the Tiger of Cai Lậy for his aforementioned brutal suppression of revolutionary groups in the Cai Lậy region of the Mekong Delta.
