Trần Văn Tuyên
Trần Văn Tuyên | |
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Prime Minister of South Vietnam | |
In office 16 February 1965 – 12 June 1965 Serving with | |
Prime Minister | Phan Huy Quát |
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Personal details | |
Born | LL.B. ) | 1 September 1913
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Trần Văn Tuyên (1 September 1913 – 28 October 1976) was a South Vietnamese lawyer and politician who served as a member of the lower house (
Biography
He was born on 1 September 1913 in
Political career
In the late 1940s to early 1950s he served as a minister in the cabinet of various
He served as a lawyer for the Saigon Court of Appeals in the 1950s. He is also an author publishing several books: Hiu quạnh [Loneliness] (1943), Đế quốc đỏ [Red Empire] (1957), Tỉnh Mộng [Disillusion] (1957), Hồi Ký Hội-Nghị Genève 1954 [Memoirs of the Geneva Conference] (1964), Chánh Đảng [Political Parties] (1967), Người Khách Lạ [A Strange Visitor] (1968), and a collection of short stories.[2]
In 1960, Tuyên, and along with other notable political figures in Saigon: Trần Văn Hương, Phan Khắc Sửu, Trần Văn Đỗ, Phan Huy Quát, Nguyễn Lưu Viên, Lê Ngọc Chấn, and Trần Văn Văn co-authored the Caravelle Manifesto, a document critiquing the Diệm regime, and demanding that reforms to be made within the government.[2] As a result, in July 1963, he and those involved with the manifesto were put on trial for subversion, but were all later acquitted with the suicide of Nhất Linh. In 1965, he was invited to serve as a deputy prime minister of the Phan Huy Quát government where he was charge of Planning, for only four months from February to June after the government was dissolved by the Military Council. Shortly after, he returned to practicing law.
In 1971, he made a political comeback by running for a seat in the lower house in the 1971 South Vietnamese parliamentary election, he won, representing Saigon District 3.[3]He assumed office on 31 October, 1971. During his tenure in the lower house, Tuyên aligned himself with, and was leader of the Dân tộc Xã hội (Ethnic and Social) bloc, a group of deputies who served as loyal opposition to the Thiệu regime.
Fall of Saigon and death
As the
During his time in the camps, he was treated harshly. As a result, he committed suicide in late October 1976 during his confinement in the camp by slashing his wrists, bleeding out to death. His death was kept a secret for two years by the
Personal life
He was married to Phạm Thị Côn and had eleven children.[5] He was also good friends with North Vietnamese general Võ Nguyên Giáp[6]
References
- ^ "Who's who in Vietnam". 1967.
- ^ ISBN 9781783083336.
- ^ "Public Administration Bulletin, Vietnam" (PDF). December 1, 1971. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
- ^ Taylor, K W, ed. Voices from the Second Republic of South Vietnam (1967-1975). Ithaca, NY: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2014. Tr 127-146
- ^ "Who's who in Vietnam". 1967.
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R001800720002-5.pdf