Hồ Văn Châm Explained

Hồ Văn Châm
胡文箴
Birth Date:9 July 1932
Birth Place:Phước Tích, Thừa Thiên province, French Indochina
Death Place:Ottawa, Canada
Party:Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam
Children:8

Hồ Văn Châm (Chữ Hán: 胡文箴;[1] 9 July 1932 – 31 July 2013), also known as Minh Vũ, was a South Vietnamese physician and official, who served as minister of Chieu Hoi and minister of veteran affairs. After the fall of the Republic of Vietnam in 1975, he was sent to a re-education camp. He moved to Canada after being released.

Biography

Hồ Văn Châm was born on 9 July 1932 in the village of Phước Tích, Thừa Thiên Province, central Vietnam.[2]

Châm joined the Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam in 1955. In 1969, he was appointed commissioner general of the Central Executive Committee of the Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam.[3]

Châm died in Ottawa, Canada, on 31 July 2013, at the age of 82.

Personal life

Hồ Văn Châm was a Buddhist with a Dharma name Nguyên Minh.[4] His wife was from Quảng Ngãi province. The couple had eight children.[5]

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References

  1. Web site: Minh Vũ Hồ Văn Châm . Thương Về Quê Vợ . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20050112052454/http://daiviet.org/Pages/TCCM/CM41_Unicode/ThuongVeQueVo.htm . 2005-01-12 . 2022-09-05 . www.daiviet.org . vi.
  2. Web site: 2013-08-02 . Bác Sĩ Hồ Văn Châm, cựu tổng trưởng VNCH, qua đời . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220716091413/https://www.nguoi-viet.com/little-saigon/Bac-Si-Ho-Van-Cham-cuu-tong-truong-VNCH-qua-doi-3654/ . 2022-07-16 . 2022-07-16 . Nguoi Viet Online . vi.
  3. Web site: Dr. Ho Van Cham . 2022-12-09 . Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive . en .
  4. Web site: 2013-08-06 . BÁC SĨ HỒ VĂN CHÂM, CỰU TỔNG TRƯỞNG VIỆT NAM CỘNG HÒA QUA ĐỜI . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220716091412/https://www.sbtn.tv/bac-si-ho-van-cham-cuu-tong-truong-viet-nam-cong-hoa-qua-doi/ . 2022-07-16 . 2022-07-16 . . vi.
  5. Book: Who' Who in Vietnam . Vietnam Press . 1974 . . 102–103 . en.

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