Trương Như Tảng
Vietnamese lawyer and politician (1923–2005) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Trương Như Tảng (14 November 1923 – 8 November 2005) was a Vietnamese lawyer and politician. He was active in many anti-South Vietnam organizations before joining the newly created North Vietnam-aligned Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam as the Minister of Justice. He spent many years in the jungles near and in Cambodia until the Fall of Saigon in 1975. He quickly became disillusioned with the newly imposed North Vietnamese regime and escaped the reunited Socialist Republic of Vietnam via a boat in August 1978. He was sent to a refugee camp in Indonesia before moving to Paris, France, to live out his life in exile.
Trương Như Tảng | |
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Minister of Justice | |
In office June 8, 1969 – 1978 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1923-11-14)14 November 1923 Cholon, French Indochina[1] |
Died | 8 November 2005(2005-11-08) (aged 81) Paris, France[2] |
Nationality | Vietnamese |
Political party | Provisional Revolutionary Government |