Trần Trọng Kim

Trần Trọng Kim
Chief of Cabinet of the Empire of Vietnam
In office
17 April 1945  25 August 1945
MonarchBảo Đại
DeputyTrần Văn Chương
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPhan Anh
Hồ Chí Minh (as President of the DRV)
Personal details
Born1883 (1883)
Nghi Xuân, Hà Tĩnh, Đại Nam
Died2 December 1953(1953-12-02) (aged 70)
Đà Lạt, State of Vietnam
SpouseBùi Thị Tuất
ChildrenTrần Diệu Chương (daughter)
ProfessionScholar, educator

Trần Trọng Kim (Vietnamese: [t͡ɕən˨˩ t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ kim˧˧]; chữ Hán: 陳仲金, Kanji pronunciation: Chin Jūkin; Japanese: チャン・チョン・キム, romanized: Chan Chon Kimu; 1883 – December 2, 1953; courtesy name Lệ Thần ([le˧˨ʔ tʰən˨˩], chữ Hán: 隸臣) was a Vietnamese scholar and politician who served as the Prime Minister of the short-lived Empire of Vietnam, a state established with the support of Imperial Japan in 1945 after Japan had seized direct control of Vietnam from Vichy France toward the end of World War II. He was an uncle of Bùi Diễm.