Nguyễn Cơ Thạch
In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyễn. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Thạch.
Nguyễn Cơ Thạch in 1976
Nguyễn Cơ Thạch (15 May 1921 – 10 April 1998) was a Vietnamese revolutionary, diplomat, and politician. He was Foreign Minister of Vietnam from February 1980 to July 1991. [1] Thạch was seen as pragmatic and influential (given his representation in the Politburo). [2] His time in office coincided with part of Vietnam’s transition from an ideology-based alignment to the Soviet bloc towards a pragmatic approach to foreign policy, including the primacy of economic over ideological considerations, integration into ASEAN and closer relations with non-socialist countries.[2] However, Mr Thạch’s efforts to normalize relations with the United States were not successful.[1]
Thạch's son Phạm Bình Minh is the current Foreign Minister of Vietnam.[3]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Seth Mydans (12 April 1998) "Nguyen Co Thach, Hanoi Foreign Minister, 75". New York Times
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Palmujoki, Eero (1999): "Ideology and Foreign Policy: Vietnam's Marxist-Leninist Doctrine and Global Challenge, 1986–96". Thayer, Carlyle A. & Amer, Ramses (ed.): Vietnamese Foreign Policy in Transition. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
- ↑ Ngoại giao không đơn độc trong sứ mệnh bảo vệ chủ quyền. vietnamnet.vn
| Preceded by Nguyễn Duy Trinh |
Foreign Minister of Vietnam 1980–1991 |
Succeeded by Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm |
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