Tran Van Huong
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President Trần Văn Hương
Tran Van Huong (Chữ Nôm:陈文香) was born in 1902-(d.1982) in Vietnam.
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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 |
