Tran Van Huong

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Tran Van Huong was a South Vietnamese politician who briefly served as president of South Vietnam during the final months of the Vietnam War.

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Tran Van Huong canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf South Vietnamese politician
human
alsoKnownAs Trần Văn Hương
countryOfCitizenship South Vietnam
dateOfBirth 1902-11-01
dateOfDeath 1982-01-31
education teacher training college in Can Tho
ethnicGroup Kinh
governedCity Saigon
handedPowerTo Duong Van Minh
knownFor reputation for personal integrity and austerity
movement Vietnamese nationalism
nativeLanguage Vietnamese
notableFor opposition to both French colonial rule and later to Ngo Dinh Diem
serving as president of South Vietnam during the final months of the Vietnam War
occupation politician
teacher
participatedIn Vietnam War
placeOfBirth French Indochina
Vinh Long
surface form: Vinh Long Province
placeOfDeath Saigon
surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
politicalAlignment anti-communist
positionHeld Mayor of Saigon
President of South Vietnam
Prime Minister of South Vietnam
Vice President of South Vietnam
predecessor Nguyen Van Thieu
reasonForLeavingOffice transfer of power in face of imminent North Vietnamese victory in 1975
religion Buddhism
servedAsPresidentFrom 1975-04-21
servedAsPresidentUntil 1975-04-28
servedAsPrimeMinisterFrom 1964-11-04
1968-05-25
servedAsPrimeMinisterUntil 1965-01-27
1969-08-22
successor Duong Van Minh
termAsVicePresidentFrom 1971-10-31
termAsVicePresidentUntil 1975-04-21
vicePresidentUnder Nguyen Van Thieu
wasImprisonedBy French colonial authorities
Ngo Dinh Diem
surface form: Ngo Dinh Diem government

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Thieu succeededBy Tran Van Huong
subject surface form: Nguyen Van Thieu
Duong Van Minh precededBy Tran Van Huong