Trần Chánh Thành
Trần Chánh Thành | |
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Thành visiting Taiwan in 1960 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Vietnam | |
| In office 27 May 1968 – 4 July 1969 | |
| Prime Minister | Trần Văn Hương |
| Preceded by | Trần Văn Đỗ |
| Succeeded by | Đồng Quang Minh |
| Minister of Information of South Vietnam | |
| In office 29 October 1955 – 1962 | |
| President | Ngô Đình Diệm |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Tôn Thất Thiện |
| Minister of Information of the State of Vietnam | |
| In office 10 May 1955 – 23 October 1955 | |
| Prime Minister | Ngô Đình Diệm |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam | |
| In office 24 September 1954 – 23 October 1955 | |
| Prime Minister | Ngô Đình Diệm |
| Preceded by | Nguyễn Văn Xuân |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 July 1917 Hanoi, Tonkin, French Indochina |
| Died | 3 May 1975 (aged 57) Saigon – Gia Dinh, South Vietnam |
| Cause of death | Suicide via Drug overdose |
| Political party | Independent (since 1963) |
| Other political affiliations | Cần Lao (until 1963) |
| Children | 6 |
| Alma mater | University of Indochina (LL.B.) |
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Trần Chánh Thành (9 July 1917 – 3 May 1975) was a South Vietnamese diplomat and politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam under Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm from 1954 to 1955. He played a crucial role as Minister of Information, which helped lead the ouster of Bảo Đại in the 1955 referendum. After the establishment of the Republic of Vietnam, he would go on to serve in South Vietnam's first President Ngô Đình Diệm's government as the Minister of Information and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Vietnam under the premiership of Prime Minister Trần Văn Hương.