Tran Van Huong

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Trần Văn Hương (Chữ Nôm: 陈文香) was born in 1902-(d.1982) in Vietnam.

Biography

He served as mayor of Saigon twice and served as Prime Minister in the Republic of Vietnam from November 1964-January 1965, and May-August 1969.

He also served as Vice-President of Republic of Vietnam under President Nguyen Van Thieu.

On April 21, 1975, President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned and handed over power to Vice-President Tran Van Huong. President Tran Van Huong obliged Mr. Thieu to go to Taiwan and prepared for peace talks with North Vietnam for a cease fire, but his meetings failed.

On April 28, 1975 after one week, Tran Van Huong handed over power of South Vietnam to General Duong Van Minh.

Preceded: Nguyen Van Thieu

Presidents of South Vietnam

Succeeded by: Duong Van Minh