Minister of Foreign Affairs (South Vietnam)
Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Vietnam | |
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Vietnamese: Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao Việt Nam Cộng Hòa French: Ministre des affaires étrangères du Sud-Vietnam | |
Incumbent None | |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Status | Minister |
Member of | Government |
Reports to | The Prime Minister |
Seat | Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) |
Appointer | The Emperor (1949–55) The President (1955–75) |
Term length | No fixed term |
Formation | 1949 |
First holder | Nguyễn Phan Long |
Final holder | |
Abolished | 1975 |
Deputy | Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs |
The Minister of Foreign Affairs was a government minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Vietnam (common name for the State of Vietnam and the Republic of Vietnam), in what is now southern region of Vietnam. The Minister was responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.
List of ministers[]
The following is a list of foreign ministers of South Vietnam from 1949 until the fall of Saigon in 1975:[1]
No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Tenure |
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State of Vietnam (1949–1955) | |||
1 | Nguyễn Phan Long (1888–1960) |
1949–1950 | |
2 | Trần Văn Hữu (1896–1984) |
1950–1952 | |
3 | 1952–1954 | ||
4 | 1954 | ||
5 | (1904–1990) |
1954–1955 | |
Republic of Vietnam (1955–1975) | |||
6 | Vũ Văn Mẫu (1914–1998) |
1955–1963 | |
7 | (1920–1975) |
1963–1964 | |
8 | Phan Huy Quát (1909–1979) |
1964 | |
(7) | (1920–1975) |
1964–1965 | |
(5) | (1904–1990) |
1965–1968 | |
9 | (1917–1975) |
1968–1969 | |
10 | Trần Văn Lắm (1913–2001) |
1969–1973 | |
— | (b. 1924) Acting Minister |
1973 | |
11 | (1927–2011) |
1973–1975 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Foreign ministers S–Z". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
Categories:
- Foreign relations of South Vietnam
- Vietnam diplomacy-related lists
- Lists of foreign ministers
- Diplomats of former countries