Phan Văn Khải | |
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5th Prime Minister of Vietnam | |
In office 24 September 1997 – 27 June 2006 | |
President | Trần Đức Lương |
Deputy | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng |
Preceded by | Võ Văn Kiệt |
Succeeded by | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng |
First Deputy Prime Minister | |
In office 8 August 1991 – 29 September 1997 | |
Prime Minister | Võ Văn Kiệt |
Preceded by | Võ Văn Kiệt |
Succeeded by | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng |
Personal details | |
Born | Củ Chi District,[3] Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Cochinchina | 25 December 1933
Died | 17 March 2018 84) Củ Chi District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | (aged
Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam |
Phan Văn Khải (Vietnamese pronunciation: [faːn˧˧ van˧˧ xaːj˧˩] ; 25 December 1933 – 17 March 2018) was a Vietnamese politician who served as the fifth ⓘPrime Minister of Vietnam from 25 September 1997 until his resignation on 27 June 2006.
Life and career
Phan Văn Khải was born on 25 December 1933 in Tan Thong Hoi Commune Củ Chi District, Saigon[3] in French Indochina. Already during his youth he worked in revolutionary organizations. After the end of the first Indochina War and the subsequent partition of the country, Pham Van Khai took the opportunity to emigrate to North Vietnam.[4]
Phan Văn Khải joined the revolution in 1947 and became member of the Communist Party of Vietnam on 15 July 1959.[5]
From 1954 to 1959, he studied and worked on land reform in North Vietnam, he then studied languages, at the University of Economics in Moscow Soviet Union, until 1965.
After the war Phan Văn Khải was temporarily mayor of Ho Chi Minh City. From September 24, 1997 to June 24, 2006, he served as Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. He became the first Prime Minister of Vietnam to visit United States, meeting with President George W. Bush. On June 24, 2006, he announced his resignation, along with President Trần Đức Lương.
In the period from 15 December 1998 to 5 November 2001 he also served as chairman of ASEAN.
Phan Văn Khải was considered as a moderate reformer who acted in support of the country's economic opening within the political range of Vietnam.[4][6] He died on 17 March 2018 at his home in Ho Chi Minh City.[7]
Personal life
His wife was Nguyễn Thị Sáu, former deputy director of Ho Chi Minh City's Planning and Investment Department. She died in 2012. According to the media, he has a son, Phan Minh Hoan,[8] and a daughter, Phan Thi Bach Yen.[9][10]
Awards
- Japan:
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (November 2006)[11]
References
- ↑ "NGUYÊN THỦ TƯỚNG PHAN VĂN KHẢI – NHÀ KỸ TRỊ CẢI CÁCH VÀ KIẾN TẠO". mattran.org.vn (in Vietnamese). March 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Tóm tắt tiểu sử đồng chí Phan Văn Khải, nguyên Ủy viên Bộ Chính trị, nguyên Thủ tướng Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam". nhandan.vn (in Vietnamese). March 17, 2018.
- 1 2 "Tóm tắt tiểu sử đồng chí Phan Văn Khải, nguyên Ủy viên Bộ Chính trị, nguyên Thủ tướng Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). Retrieved April 22, 2018.
- 1 2 Bruce Lockhart, William J. Duiker : Historical Dictionary of Vietnam, 3. Auflage, Oxford, 2006, s. 311–312
- ↑ COMMITTEE, COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM CENTRAL. "Special Announcement: Former PM Phan Van Khai passes away". en.dangcongsan.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Former Vietnam Prime Minister Phan Van Khai dies at 84". ABC News. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Former Vietnam Prime Minister Phan Van Khai Dies at 84". The New York Times. March 17, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ↑ ZING.VN (March 17, 2018). "Người dân đến nhà viếng cố Thủ tướng Phan Văn Khải từ sớm". ZING.VN (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on March 17, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ↑ Eva.vn. "Nguyên Thủ tướng Phan Văn Khải và những ngày tháng đằng đẵng chữa bệnh cho con" (in Vietnamese). Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ↑ Ives, Mike (March 23, 2018). "Phan Van Khai, First Vietnamese Prime Minister to Visit Washington, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
- ↑ "平成18年秋の外国人叙勲受章者名簿" (PDF). 内阁府. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 26, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.