Minister of Foreign Affairs (South Vietnam)

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.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Vietnam
Vietnamese: Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao Việt Nam Cộng Hòa
French: Ministre des affaires étrangères du Sud-Vietnam
Emblem
(1963–75)
Incumbent
None
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
StatusMinister
Member ofGovernment
Reports toThe Prime Minister
SeatSaigon (now Ho Chi Minh City)
AppointerThe Emperor (1949–55)
The President (1955–75)
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation1949; 75 years ago (1949)
First holderNguyễn Phan Long
Final holderVương Văn Bắc
Abolished1975; 49 years ago (1975)
DeputyVice Minister of Foreign Affairs

List of ministers

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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
State of Vietnam (1949–1955)
1 Nguyễn Phan Long
(1888–1960)
  1949–1950
2 Trần Văn Hữu
(1896–1984)
  1950–1952
3 Nguyễn Trung Vinh
  1952
4 Trương Vĩnh Tống
(1884–1974)
  1952–1954
5 Nguyễn Quốc Định
(1916–1976)
  1954
6 Trần Văn Đỗ
(1903–1990)
  1954–1955
Republic of Vietnam (1955–1975)
7 Vũ Văn Mẫu
(1914–1998)
  1955–1963
Trương Công Cừu
(1917–2022)
Acting Minister
  1963
8 Phạm Đăng Lâm
(1918–1975)
  1963–1964
9 Phan Huy Quát
(1908–1979)
  1964
(8) Phạm Đăng Lâm
(1918–1975)
  1964–1965
(6) Trần Văn Đỗ
(1903–1990)
  1965–1968
10 Trần Chánh Thành
(1917–1975)
  1968–1969
11 Trần Văn Lắm
(1913–2001)
  1969–1973
Nguyễn Phú Đức
(1924–2017)
Acting Minister
  1973
12 Vương Văn Bắc
(1927–2011)
  1973–1975

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Foreign ministers S–Z". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved April 20, 2017.