Minister of Foreign Affairs (South Vietnam)

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Vietnam
President (1955–75)
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation1949; 75 years ago (1949)
First holderNguyễn Phan Long
Final holderVương Văn Bắc
Abolished1975; 49 years ago (1975)
DeputyVice Minister of Foreign Affairs

The Minister of Foreign Affairs was a government minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Vietnam (common name for the State of Vietnam and the Republic of Vietnam), in what is now southern region of Vietnam. The Minister was responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.

List of ministers

The following is a list of

foreign ministers of South Vietnam from 1949 until the fall of Saigon in 1975:[1]

No. Name
(Birth–Death)
Portrait Tenure
State of Vietnam (1949–1955)
1 Nguyễn Phan Long
(1888–1960)
1949–1950
2 Trần Văn Hữu
(1896–1984)
1950–1952
3 Nguyễn Trung Vinh
1952
4 Trương Vĩnh Tống
(1884–1974)
1952–1954
5 Nguyễn Quốc Định
(1916–1976)
1954
6 Trần Văn Đỗ
(1903–1990)
1954–1955
Republic of Vietnam (1955–1975)
7 Vũ Văn Mẫu
(1914–1998)
1955–1963
Trương Công Cừu
(1917–2022)
Acting Minister
1963
8 Phạm Đăng Lâm
(1918–1975)
1963–1964
9 Phan Huy Quát
(1908–1979)
1964
(8) Phạm Đăng Lâm
(1918–1975)
1964–1965
(6) Trần Văn Đỗ
(1903–1990)
1965–1968
10 Trần Chánh Thành
(1917–1975)
1968–1969
11 Trần Văn Lắm
(1913–2001)
1969–1973
Nguyễn Phú Đức
(1924–2017)
Acting Minister
1973
12 Vương Văn Bắc
(1927–2011)
1973–1975

See also

References

  1. ^ "Foreign ministers S–Z". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved April 20, 2017.