Trần Văn Đỗ
Doctor Trần Văn Đỗ | |
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Dr. Đỗ being interviewed by the BBC in London in 1967 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Vietnam | |
| In office 16 February 1965 – 20 May 1968 | |
| Prime Minister |
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| Preceded by | Phạm Đăng Lâm |
| Succeeded by | Trần Chánh Thành |
| Deputy Prime Minister of South Vietnam | |
| In office 16 February 1965 – 12 June 1965 | |
| Prime Minister | Phan Huy Quát |
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| Succeeded by |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Vietnam | |
| In office 6 July 1954 – 20 October 1955 | |
| Prime Minister | Ngô Đình Diệm |
| Preceded by | Nguyễn Quốc Định |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 November 1903 Phủ Lý, Tonkin, French Indochina |
| Died | 20 December 1990 (aged 87) Paris, France |
| Political party | Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Spouse | M.Lưu |
| Children | Trần Văn Đức (son) |
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| Alma mater | University of Paris (M.D.) |
Trần Văn Đỗ (Vietnamese pronunciation: [t͡ɕən˨˩ van˧˧ ʔɗo˦ˀ˥]; 15 November 1903 – 20 December 1990) was a South Vietnamese intellectual and politician who served in both the governments of the State of Vietnam and South Vietnam as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of South Vietnam. He was the younger brother of Trần Văn Chương, who served as the South Vietnamese ambassador to the United States in the early 1960s under the government of South Vietnam's first President Ngô Đình Diệm. He was also the uncle of then South Vietnam's First Lady Trần Lệ Xuân, commonly known as Madame Nhu. He was an outspoken critic of the Diệm's government, and in 1960, he was one of the main drafters of the Caravelle Manifesto, a public document, supported by many political factions of the South Vietnamese government, demanding reform within Diệm's government.