known in English as Madame Nhu, was the de facto First Lady of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963. She was the wife of Ngô Đình Nhu, who was the brother...
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opposition to spirituality. Nhu worked at Hanoi's National Library and in 1943, he married Trần Lệ Xuân, later known as "Madame Nhu". She was a Buddhist but...
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April 12, 1967) was the daughter of South Vietnam’s First lady Madame Nhu and Ngô Đình Nhu, the head of the Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party. On November...
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NHU, Nhu or Như may refer to Ngô Đình Nhu (1910–1963), chief political advisor to his brother, Ngô Đình Diệm, president of South Vietnam Madame Nhu (1924–2011)...
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Ngo Dinh Diem (redirect from Nhu, Madame Ngo Dinh)
Buddhist protests occurred during the remainder of Diệm's rule. Madame Nhu Trần Lệ Xuân, Nhu's wife, inflamed the situation by mockingly applauding the suicides...
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from 1954 to 1963 and the father of the country's de facto first lady, Madame Nhu (1924–2011). He was also the foreign minister of the Empire of Vietnam...
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should be able to identify the national enemy, and asked him to call Madame Nhu, the country's First Lady known for her anti-American comments, to get...
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On the Verge (play) (section Madame Nhu)
makes during the scene, identify him as the angel, or spirit, of death. Madame Nhu is a psychic of sorts who appears on stage mysteriously in her palanquin...
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Madame Nhu was the wife of Ngô Đình Nhu, who was the brother and chief advisor to President Ngô Đình Diệm. Since Diệm was a lifelong bachelor, Madame...
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Rome, Italy, accompanied by her two brothers. At that time her mother Madame Nhu and sister Ngo Dinh Le Thuy were in the middle of a good-will tour in...
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formed a women's wing, the "Women Solidarity Movement", led by First Lady Madame Nhu. The organization formed also military training for women, and organized...
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self-immolation as a form of protest, Madame Nhu—the de facto First Lady of South Vietnam at the time (and the wife of Ngô Đình Nhu, who was the brother and chief...
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and the negative political influence of his brother Ngô Đình Nhu and sister-in-law Madame Nhu. They also bemoaned the politicisation of the military, whereby...
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intelligence of South Vietnam Trần Lệ Xuân (1924–2011), also known as Madame Nhu, politician of South Vietnam Tran My Van (active 1986–2006), Vietnamese...
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claim that he had "divine" protection. Except for Diệm's sister-in-law Madame Nhu, who suffered minor injuries, the Ngô family was unscathed. Three palace...
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Dragon Lady may also refer to: Devika Rani (1908–1994), Indian actress Madame Nhu (1924–2011), First Lady of South Vietnam Soong Mei-ling (1898–2003), First...
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the coup, were overseas. Madame Nhu (a Catholic convert and the wife of Diệm's younger brother and chief adviser Ngô Đình Nhu), who was regarded as the...
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Diem's younger brother and right-hand man Ngô Đình Nhu together with his abrasive wife Madame Nhu were in control. Roger Hilsman, the assistant secretary...
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camouflage uniforms. Two of Nhu's senior aides were seen outside Xá Lợi directing the operation, while Nhu and his wife, Madame Nhu, watched the action from...
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of the Viet Cong. On June 7, 1963, Madame Nhu, the wife of Diệm's younger brother and right-hand man Ngô Đình Nhu, in a press conference accused the United...
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Retrieved 30 November 2020. Baker, Katie (24 September 2013). "Searching for Madame Nhu". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved...
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Americans closest, both personally and through business connections, to Madame Nhu. "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume III, Vietnam...
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Đình Diệm. Later, Diệm had his brother and sister in law, Ngô Đình Nhu and Madame Nhu, moved into the palace with him. During a coup attempt on 27 February...
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South Asian women, such as Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Madame Nhu of Vietnam, Devika Rani of India, and to any number of Asian...
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1955 - 1963) Madame Nhu - Trần Lệ Xuân (wife of Ngô Đình Nhu, South Vietnam's First Lady 1955 - 1963) Trần Văn Chương (father of Madame Nhu, Foreign Minister...
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contending that Diệm's men were planning to assassinate monks, while Madame Nhu repeated earlier claims that the US government had been trying to overthrow...
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government, after the two Trưng sisters' home prefecture. In March 1962, Madame Nhu, as the head of the newly-started Women's Solidarity Movement, erected...
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discussed a series of immediate problems including the return of the Nhu children to Madame Nhu, the disposition of the rest of the Ngô family, press censorship...
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to pressure Diem to remove military authority from his brother, Ngô Đình Nhu, or face potential withdrawal of U.S. support and removal from power, Kennedy...
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death in protest, in Saigon, appear in U.S. newspapers. Summer 1963 — Madame Nhu, de facto First Lady to the bachelor Diệm makes a series of vitriolic...
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