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Minh Mạng

1791 - 1841

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Minh Mạng (Hanoi: [mïŋ˧ maːŋ˧˨ʔ]), also known as Minh Mệnh (Hanoi: [mïŋ˧ məjŋ̟˧˨ʔ], chữ Hán: 明 命, lit. "the bright favour of Heaven"; 25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, also known as Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu), was the second emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam, reigning from 14 February 1820 until his death, on 20 January 1841. He was the fourth son of Emperor Gia Long, whose eldest son, Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh, had died in 1801. He was well known for his opposition to French involvement in Vietnam, completing the final Vietnamese conquest of Champa, temporary annexation of Cambodia, and his rigid Confucian orthodoxy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Minh Mạng is the 7,753rd most popular politician (down from 4,820th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 20th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Vietnamese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Minh Mạng ranks 7,753 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei, Hanns Albin Rauter, Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Demades, Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, and Kobayakawa Hideaki. After him are Theopompus of Sparta, Moshe Ya'alon, Abbas El Fassi, Yael Dayan, László Bárdossy, and Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1791, Minh Mạng ranks 21. Before him are Robert Knox, István Széchenyi, Félix Savart, Peter Cooper, Friedrich Parrot, and Alexandros Mavrokordatos. After him are George Peacock, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, Ferdinand Hérold, William Elford Leach, Henryk Dembiński, and Sergey Aksakov. Among people deceased in 1841, Minh Mạng ranks 21. Before him are Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, Ferdinando Carulli, Tokugawa Ienari, Friedrich Parrot, Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Jean Victoir Audouin. After him are Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, Bertrand Barère, Aloysius Bertrand, Peter Chanel, Felice Pasquale Baciocchi, and Princess Augusta of Prussia.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Minh Mạng ranks 33 out of 136. Before him are Trần Hưng Đạo (1228), Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910), Ngô Đình Nhu (1910), Son Sen (1930), Lê Lợi (1384), and Khải Định (1885). After him are Phạm Văn Đồng (1906), Trường Chinh (1907), Lady Triệu (225), Nguyễn Huệ (1752), Nguyễn Khánh (1927), and Peter Nguyen Van Hung (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Minh Mạng ranks 22. Before him are Trần Hưng Đạo (1228), Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910), Ngô Đình Nhu (1910), Son Sen (1930), Lê Lợi (1384), and Khải Định (1885). After him are Phạm Văn Đồng (1906), Trường Chinh (1907), Nguyễn Huệ (1752), Nguyễn Khánh (1927), Nguyễn Minh Triết (1942), and Phạm Minh Chính (1958).

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