Trương Vĩnh Lễ
Lễ in 1962
1st President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Vietnam
In office
1955–1963
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1914-05-13)13 May 1914
Sóc Trăng, Cochinchina, French Indochina
Died23 October 2011(2011-10-23) (aged 97)
Paris, France
Political partyIndependent (since 1963)
Other political
affiliations		 Cần Lao (until 1963)
Children7[1]
RelativesPétrus Ký (great-grandfather)
Trương Vĩnh Tống (granduncle)

Trương Vĩnh Lễ (13 May 1914 – 23 October 2011) was a South Vietnamese politician who served as the first and sole President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Vietnam during the First Republic from 1955 until the 1963 coup which lead to the overthrow and assassination of South Vietnam's President Ngô Đình Diệm. After Diệm's overthrow, he had his assets frozen by the new government of General Dương Văn Minh.[2]

Biography

He was born on 13 May 1914 in Sóc Trăng, Cochinchina, French Indochina. He comes from a Catholic family of Vietnamese scholars with careers in academia, journalism, and publishing. He is also the great-grandson of a known Vietnamese scholar Trương Vĩnh Ký, commonly known as Pétrus Ký. He graduated from university with degrees in politics, economics, and business management.[2][1]

Career

Under the First Republic, he served as a member of the National Assembly representing units 4 and 5 in Gia Dinh province as a member of the Citizen Service Group. He initially filed to run in the 1971 South Vietnamese presidential election with Vice President Nguyễn Cao Kỳ but later withdrew.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Untitled" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 station51.cebu. "The Asia who's who, 1957 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Retrieved 22 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Issues in Vietnam's Presidential Election, October 3, 1971 - Vietnam (Republic). Sứ-quán (U.S.) - Google Sách". 3 October 1971. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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