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Ngô Đình Nhu

1910 - 1963

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James (Giacôbê) Ngô Đình Nhu (7 October 1910 – 2 November 1963) was a Vietnamese archivist and politician. He was the younger brother and State Counsellor of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm. Although he held no formal executive position, he wielded immense unofficial power, exercising personal command of both the ARVN Special Forces (a paramilitary unit which served as the Ngô family's de facto private army) and the Cần Lao political apparatus (also known as the Personalist Labor Party) which served as the regime's de facto secret police. In his early years, Nhu was a quiet and bookish individual who showed little inclination towards the political path taken by his elder brothers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ngô Đình Nhu is the 7,255th most popular politician (up from 7,815th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 40th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Vietnamese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ngô Đình Nhu ranks 7,255 out of 19,576. Before him are Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Georg Ritter von Schönerer, Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, Philip I of Macedon, Miloš Jakeš, and Zenkō Suzuki. After him are Francesco Maria del Monte, Hortense Mancini, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, George, Duke of Bavaria, Giulio Alberoni, and Zhang Lu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Ngô Đình Nhu ranks 92. Before him are Eero Saarinen, Paul Bowles, Chico Xavier, Masayoshi Ōhira, Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, and Julien Gracq. After him are He Zizhen, Armen Takhtajan, Sergey Gorshkov, J. Allen Hynek, Irmfried Eberl, and Miguel Hernández. Among people deceased in 1963, Ngô Đình Nhu ranks 59. Before him are William Beveridge, Camille Chautemps, Sarit Thanarat, Otto Struve, William Carlos Williams, and Ferenc Fricsay. After him are Robert Stroud, Georg Lindemann, Klára Dán von Neumann, Jacobus Oud, Gustaf Gründgens, and Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Ngô Đình Nhu ranks 29 out of 136. Before him are Madame Nhu (1924), Nguyễn Ngọc Loan (1930), Tsui Hark (1950), Trần Đức Lương (1936), Trần Hưng Đạo (1228), and Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910). After him are Son Sen (1930), Lê Lợi (1384), Khải Định (1885), Minh Mạng (1791), Phạm Văn Đồng (1906), and Trường Chinh (1907).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Ngô Đình Nhu ranks 18. Before him are Gia Long (1762), Tôn Đức Thắng (1888), Madame Nhu (1924), Trần Đức Lương (1936), Trần Hưng Đạo (1228), and Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910). After him are Son Sen (1930), Lê Lợi (1384), Khải Định (1885), Minh Mạng (1791), Phạm Văn Đồng (1906), and Trường Chinh (1907).

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