Prince Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Lộc, (22 August 1914 – 27 February 1990), was an uncle of Emperor

Bảo Đại Bảo Đại (, vi-hantu, , lit. "keeper of greatness", 22 October 191331 July 1997), born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy (), was the 13th and final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of Vietnam. From 1926 to 1945, he was em ...

, and Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam in 1954.Oscar Chapuis The Last Emperors of Vietnam: From Tu Duc to Bao Dai 2000 p157 "On January 11, 1954, abstention of prominent politicians led Bao Dai to name his own cousin Prince Buu Loc prime minister. Buu Loc lasted only six months. On March 3, he led a delegation to Paris ..." He was a great-grand-grandson of Emperor

Minh Mạng Minh Mạng () or Minh Mệnh (, vi-hantu, 明命, lit. "the bright favour of Heaven"; 25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, also known as Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu) was the second emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of V ...

, the second emperor of the

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. Both of his great-grandfather

Nguyễn Phúc Miên Trinh Nguyễn Phúc Miên Trinh ( vi-hantu, 阮福綿寊, 3 February 1820 – 18 November 1897), born Nguyễn Phúc Thư (阮福書), was a prince of Nguyễn dynasty, Vietnam. Life Miên Trinh was the eleventh son of Minh Mạng, and his mother ...

and grandfather

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were distinguished poets during the reign of Nguyễn dynasty. He later emigrated to

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and spent his life there until his death in 1990.

Early life

His father is Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Tôn. Mr. Ưng Tôn is a son of Nguyễn Phúc Hường Thiết and a grandson of Tuy Lý Vương Nguyễn Phúc Miên Trinh (the 11th son of Emperor Minh Mạng). Thus, he is a great-great-grandson of Emperor Minh Mạng, or a grandson of his fifth generation, calling Emperor Minh Mạng great-great-grandfather. He is an uncle of Emperor Bảo Đại. He and doctor Phạm Ngọc Thạch are cousins. In his youth, he attended high school in Lycée Albert-Sarraut,

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and later studied Law at the

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Career

He was Bảo Đại's Chief of Staff in 1948, then appointed the special representative of the State of Vietnam to the

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. In April 1949, he re-affirmed Vietnam's sovereignty over the

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. In 1951, he was the president of the Royal Society in Paris and the High Representative of Vietnam in France. Later, Chief of State Bảo Đại appointed him Minister of the Interior of the State of Vietnam. On 17 December 1953, when Prime Minister Nguyễn Văn Tâm submitted his resignation, Bửu Lộc was assigned to form a new cabinet. On 11 January 1954, Bảo Đại issued Decree No. 4/CP approving the new cabinet list. Prince Bửu Lộc then served as Prime Minister from 11 January to 16 June 1954. He resigned and was succeeded by

Ngô Đình Diệm Ngô Đình Diệm ( or ; ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician. He was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955), and then served as the first president of South Vietnam (Republic o ...

Family

In 1958, he married a French woman named Pacteau. They have only one son, Jean-François Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Lộc (born on 18 October 1959). He passed away in 1990 in Paris, aged 75.

References

Nguyen dynasty princes Prime Ministers of South Vietnam Vietnamese exiles 1914 births 1990 deaths Vietnamese emigrants to France {{Vietnam-politician-stub