Trần Văn Hữu

Trần Văn Hữu (1895 – 17 January 1985)[1] served as president of the government of Cochinchina from 1948 to 1949, then as Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam from 1950 to 1952.[2]

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Trần, but is often simplified to Tran in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Hữu.
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Trần Văn Hữu
Hữu in 1947
3rd Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam
In office
7 May 1950 – 3 June 1952
Head of StateBảo Đại
Preceded byNguyễn Phan Long
Succeeded byNguyễn Văn Tâm
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Vietnam
In office
7 May 1950 – 20 June 1952
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byNguyễn Phan Long
Succeeded byTrương Vĩnh Tống
Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam
In office
14 July 1949 – 21 January 1950
Prime MinisterBảo Đại
4th President of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina
In office
27 May 1948 – 14 July 1949
Prime MinisterNguyễn Văn Xuân
Preceded byNguyễn Văn Xuân
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Deputy Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina
In office
8 October 1947 – 27 May 1948
Prime MinisterLê Văn Hoạch
Personal details
Born1895
Vinh Long, Cochinchina, French Indochina
Died17 January 1985 (aged 89-90)
Paris, France
Political partyIndependent

Early life

He was born in 1895, in Long My village, Chau Thanh district , Vinh Long province (now Thanh Duc commune, Long Ho district, Vinh Long province) into a wealthy landowner family. His house is in the same village as Trần Văn Hương (later Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam), while Phạm Hùng's house (later Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) is located opposite the other side of the Long Hồ River (belonging to Vietnam). Long Phuoc village ). His father held the position of incense in the village. At a young age, Tran Van Huu studied the French program. Growing up, he went to France to study and graduated with a degree in agricultural engineering. When he returned home, he worked at a real estate bank.[3]

Life abroad

He lived in France after Ngô Đình Diệm came to power in 1954 in South Vietnam and worked to undermine the Diệm regime. Hữu served as leader of the Committee for Peace and Renewal of South Vietnam, an organization that lobbied for peace and the neutralization of Vietnam in the Cold War. As part of this mission, in 1966 he visited Pope Paul VI and the United Nations Secretary General U Thant.[4]

Because of his lobbying efforts and past political standing, Hữu was an ally of the National Liberation Front (NLF) in Paris. In 1969, the leadership of the NLF proposed Hữu as a possible minister of a new NLF government.[5]

References
  1. "Index Tj-Tz".
  2. Ellen Joy Hammer The Struggle for Indochina, 1940-1955 1966 p. 274 "Nguyen Phan Long was succeeded as Prime Minister by Tran Van Huu, a wealthy landowner and a French citizen, who resigned as Governor of South Viet Nam to accept the post.
  3. Tiểu sử Trần Văn Hữu trên trang mạng của Đài truyền hình Vĩnh Long
  4. "Visitor is seeking Peace in Vietnam," NYT 15 April 1966.
  5. "Vietcong and Their Allies Set Up Anti-Thieu Regime," New York Times, 11 June 1969.


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