Trần Chánh Thành

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 help led 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.

Trần Chánh Thành
Thành visiting Taiwan in 1960
Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Vietnam
In office
27 May 1968  20 August 1969
Prime MinisterTrần Văn Hương
Preceded byTrần Văn Đỗ
Succeeded byTrần Văn Lắm
Minister of Information of South Vietnam
In office
29 October 1955  1962
PresidentNgô Đình Diệm
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTôn Thất Thiện
Minister of Information of the State of Vietnam
In office
10 May 1955  23 October 1955
Prime MinisterNgô Đình Diệm
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam
In office
6 July 1954  23 October 1955
Serving with Nguyễn Văn Xuân (1954)
Prime MinisterNgô Đình Diệm
Preceded byNguyễn Trung Vĩnh
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1917-07-09)9 July 1917
Hanoi, Tonkin, French Indochina
Died3 May 1975(1975-05-03) (aged 57)
Saigon – Gia Dinh, Republic of South Vietnam
Political partyIndependent (since 1963)
Other political
affiliations
Cần Lao (until 1963)
Children6
EducationUniversity of Hanoi (LL.B.)
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