Name Tran Chuong Spouse Than Thi Nam Tran | Role Madame Nhu's father Children Madame Nhu, Ngo Dinh Nhu | |
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Died July 24, 1986, Washington, D.C., United States Grandchildren Ngo Dinh Le Thuy, Ngo Dinh Le Quyen, Ngo Dinh Quynh, Ngo Dinh Trac Similar People Madame Nhu, Ngo Dinh Nhu, Ngo Dinh Le Thuy, Ngo Dinh Thuc, Ngo Dinh Le Quyen | ||
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Tran Van Chuong (2 June 1898 — 24 July 1986) was South Vietnam's ambassador to the United States in the early 1960s and the father of the country's de facto first lady, Madame Nhu (1924-2011).
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- Chu quang mai tran van chuong pham ba quyen vu the quang mpg
- Family life
- South Vietnam coup detat
- Death
- References
Family life
He married Than Thi Nam Tran (died 24 July 1986), who was a member of the extended Vietnamese royal family. Her father was Than Trong Hue, who became Vietnam's minister for national education, and her mother was a daughter of Emperor Dong Khanh. They had a son and three daughters, including Le Xuan, who became the wife of Ngo Dinh Nhu, the brother of South Vietnam's first President, Ngo Dinh Diem.
Chuong's family alliances enabled him to rise from being a member of a small law practice in the Cochin-Chinese (South Vietnamese) town of Bac Lieu in the 1920s to become Vietnam's first Foreign Secretary under his wife's cousin Emperor Bao Dai, while Japan occupied Vietnam during World War II. He eventually became South Vietnam's ambassador to the United States, but resigned in protest in 1963, denouncing his government's anti-Buddhist policies.
South Vietnam coup d'etat
On 1 November 1963, Chuong's son-in-law Ngo Dinh Nhu and Nhu's brother, President Ngo Dinh Diem were assassinated in a coup d'etat led by General Duong Van Minh. Chuong's daughter, Ngo Dinh Nhu's wife, Madame Nhu (1924-2011), was in Beverly Hills, California at the time of the coup.
Death
Chuong 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, Tran Van Khiem, was accused but found unfit for trial. The remains of Chuong and his wife were interred at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.