Trương Vĩnh Tống Explained

Trương Vĩnh Tống
Office:Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Vietnam
Term Start:25 June 1952
Term End:9 January 1954
Primeminister:Nguyễn Văn Tâm
Predecessor:Trần Văn Hữu
Successor:Nguyễn Quốc Định
Birth Date:11 March 1884
Birth Place:Chợ Lớn, Cochinchina, French Indochina
Death Place:Paris, France
Profession:Professor
Politician
Spouse:Elisa Trần Thị Lộ
Children:14 (11 sons; 3 daughters)
Parents:Pétrus Ký (father)
Relatives:Trương Vĩnh Lễ (grandnephew)

Trương Vĩnh Tống (11 March 1884 – 21 August 1974) was a Vietnamese professor and politician. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam under the premiership of Nguyễn Văn Tâm. He was the youngest son of Vietnamese scholar Pétrus Ký.

Biography

He was born on 11 March 1884 in Chợ Lớn to a family of Catholic Vietnamese intellectuals. His baptismal name was Nicolas. His father was Pétrus Ký, a well known Vietnamese scholar. Since his childhood, he studied in Saigon, after completing his studies in 1903 he went on to serve as a secretary for French Cochinchina government.[1] In 1928 he was forced to retire.[2] Afterward, he became a professor and committed to researching and teaching Vietnamese.[3] [4] In 1947, he participated in the meeting of many figures from non-Communist groups and factions in Vietnam in Hong Kong held by the former emperor Bảo Đại. The meeting discussed the political future of Vietnam.[5] In 1952 he was invited to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Vietnam under the cabinet of Prime Minister Nguyễn Văn Tâm. He also served as the core advisor for the Education Ministry. His wife, Trần Thị Lộ, used to be the President of the Dục Anh Association in Saigon to help raise orphans.[6]

Later life

In the early 1960s, Tống migrated to France with his family where he lived for the remainder of his life.[7] His wife Trần Thị Lộ passed away on 20 April 1967.[8] He passed away at the age of 90 in Paris, France.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nhân vật lịch sử Việt Nam . 2023-02-09 . vansu.vn.
  2. Book: Editions du Gouvernement General de l'Indochine . Souverains et notabilites d'Indochine (Partie I) . French.
  3. Web site: Nhân vật lịch sử Việt Nam . 2023-02-09 . vansu.vn.
  4. Book: Editions du Gouvernement General de l'Indochine . Souverains et notabilites d'Indochine (Partie I) . French.
  5. Web site: 2022-07-09 . Hình ảnh Bảo Đại và các chính khách tại Hội nghị Hương Cảng 1947 – Viện nghiên cứu phát triển Phương Đông . 2023-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220709143630/https://ordi.vn/hinh-anh-bao-dai-va-cac-chinh-khach-tai-hoi-nghi-huong-cang-1947.html . 2022-07-09 .
  6. Web site: Nhân vật lịch sử Việt Nam . 2023-02-09 . vansu.vn.
  7. Web site: ONLINE . TUOI TRE . 2019-02-10 . Gặp hậu duệ Petrus Ký . 2023-02-09 . TUOI TRE ONLINE . vi.
  8. Web site: 2022-07-14 . NHỚ CÔNG TRẠNG NGƯỜI ƠN - TRẦN VĂN TRUNG - VĂN - Ái Hữu Biên Hòa . 2023-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220714034723/https://www.aihuubienhoa.com/p119a3245/8/nho-cong-trang-nguoi-on-tran-van-trung . 2022-07-14 .