Tran Van Chuong
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Trần Van Chuong was born in Vietnam.
He married Nam Trần Chuon, a beauty queen from Huế, and they had three children. He exemplified this personal and family commitment by leaving behind a small law practice in the Cochin-Chinese (South Vietnamese) town of Bạc Liêu in the 1920s to become Vietnam’s first Foreign Secretary under Emperor Bảo Đại, while Japan occupied Vietnam during World War II.
His daughter Lệ Xuân, known as "Madame Nhu," married Ngô Ðình Nhu, the brother of South Vietnam's first President, Ngô Ðình Diệm.
On November 1, 1963 his son-in-law Ngô Ðình Nhu and President Ngô Ðình Diệm were assassinated in a coup d'etat led by General Dương Văn Minh.
His daughter Madame Nhu was in Beverly Hills, California at the time of the coup, where she intended to expose President John F. Kennedy and the CIA to the American public.
Tran Van Chuong and his wife remained in the United States in Washington, D.C..
On July 24, 1986, they were allegedly strangled by their son Trần Van Khiem at their home. Madame Nhu charged the United States for hounding her family with the arrest of her younger brother. The remains of Trần Van Choung and Nam Trần Chuon were buried at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC.
