Trần Văn Chương
Trần Văn Chương | |
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Ngô Đình Diệm | |
Preceded by | Trần Văn Khá |
Succeeded by | Trần Thiện Khiêm |
Personal details | |
Born | 2 June 1898 |
Died | 24 July 1986 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 88)
Spouse | Thân Thị Nam Trân |
Children | 4, including Lệ Xuân, Trần Văn Khiêm |
Trần Văn Chương (2 June 1898[1] – 24 July 1986[2]) was South Vietnam's ambassador to the United States from 1954 to 1963 and the father of the country's de facto first lady, Madame Nhu (1924–2011). He was also the foreign minister of the Empire of Vietnam, a Japanese puppet state that existed in 1945.
Family life
He married Thân Thị Nam Trân (died 24 July 1986), who was a member of the extended Vietnamese royal family. Her father was Thân Trọng Huề, who became Vietnam's minister for national education, and her mother was a daughter of Emperor
Chương's family alliances enabled him to rise from being a member of a small law practice in the Cochin-Chinese (
1963 South Vietnamese coup d'état
On 1 November 1963, Chuong's son-in-law
Death
Chương and his wife remained in the United States in Washington, D.C. On 24 July 1986, they were found strangled to death at their home. Their son, Trần Văn Khiêm, was accused but found unfit for trial. The remains of Chương and his wife were interred at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.[5]
References
- ^ Le Minh (1958). "Vietnam". In Wu, Felix L. (ed.). The Asia Who's Who. Hong Kong: Pan-Asia Newspaper Alliance. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "TRAN CHUONG (1898-1986) - SSDI"
- ^ Baker, Katie (24 September 2013). "Finding The Dragon Lady: In Search of Vietnam's Infamous Madame Nhu". The Daily Beast.
- ISBN 978-0679724148.
- ^ Deaths of Trần Văn Chương and his wife
External links
- "Former Saigon Envoy And Wife Found Dead"
- "The Queen Bee", Time Magazine