Trần Văn Chương

Trần Văn Chương
South Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States
In office
16 August 1954  22 August 1963
PresidentNgô Đình Diệm
Preceded byTrần Văn Khá
Succeeded byTrần Thiện Khiêm
Deputy Chief of cabinet of the Empire of Vietnam
In office
17 April 1945  23 August 1945
Chief of cabinetTrần Trọng Kim
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Vietnam
In office
17 April 1945  23 August 1945
MonarchBảo Đại
Chief of cabinetTrần Trọng Kim
Succeeded byHo Chi Minh
Personal details
Born(1898-06-02)2 June 1898
Died24 July 1986(1986-07-24) (aged 88)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
SpouseThân Thị Nam Trân
Children4, including Lệ Xuân, Trần Văn Khiêm

Trần Văn Chương (Vietnamese pronunciation: [t͡ɕən˨˩ van˧˧ t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˧]; 2 June 1898 – 24 July 1986) was South Vietnam's ambassador to the United States from 1954 to 1963 and the father of the country's de facto first lady, Madame Nhu (1924–2011). He was also the foreign minister of the Empire of Vietnam, a Japanese puppet state that existed in 1945.