POLITICIAN

Madame Nhu

1924 - 2011

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Trần Lệ Xuân (Vietnamese pronunciation: [t͡ɕən˨˩ le˧˨ʔ swən˧˧]; 22 August 1924 – 24 April 2011), more popularly known in English as Madame Nhu, was the de facto First Lady of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963. She was the wife of Ngô Đình Nhu, who was the brother and chief advisor to President Ngô Đình Diệm. As Diệm was a lifelong bachelor and because she and her family lived in Independence Palace together with him, she was considered to be the first lady. Known for her incendiary comments that attacked and severely denounced the Buddhist community of South Vietnam and the strong U.S. influence and presence in the country, she went to live in exile in France after her husband, Nhu, and her brother-in-law, Diệm, were assassinated in 1963. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Madame Nhu is the 6,037th most popular politician (down from 4,412th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 18th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Vietnamese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Madame Nhu ranks 6,037 out of 19,576. Before her are Malcolm II of Scotland, Herman VI, Margrave of Baden, Acamas, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Gjorge Ivanov, and Stefan Branković. After her are Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, Ariaramnes, Mahamadou Issoufou, Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus, Giovanni Battista Bugatti, and Andrew Báthory.

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Among people born in 1924, Madame Nhu ranks 96. Before her are Milka Planinc, Leonid Kogan, Dorothy Malone, Rudolf Vrba, Noboru Takeshita, and Maria Riva. After her are Alexander Haig, Rikidōzan, Katy Jurado, Stanley Donen, Daniel arap Moi, and Ottmar Walter. Among people deceased in 2011, Madame Nhu ranks 77. Before her are Michael Cacoyannis, Pete Postlethwaite, Johannes Heesters, Ferenc Mádl, Richard Hamilton, and Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. After her are Gunter Sachs, Valentin Ivanov, Jimmy Savile, Jesús María Pereda, Richard Winters, and Daniel Bell.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Madame Nhu ranks 23 out of 136. Before her are Dương Văn Minh (1916), Ngô Đình Thục (1897), Hanoi Hannah (1931), Gia Long (1762), Tôn Đức Thắng (1888), and Riccardo Cocciante (1946). After her are Nguyễn Ngọc Loan (1930), Tsui Hark (1950), Trần Đức Lương (1936), Trần Hưng Đạo (1228), Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910), and Ngô Đình Nhu (1910).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Madame Nhu ranks 14. Before her are Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944), Lê Duẩn (1907), Dương Văn Minh (1916), Hanoi Hannah (1931), Gia Long (1762), and Tôn Đức Thắng (1888). After her are Trần Đức Lương (1936), Trần Hưng Đạo (1228), Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910), Ngô Đình Nhu (1910), Son Sen (1930), and Lê Lợi (1384).

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