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Trương Tấn Bửu ( 張進寶, 1752–1827), also called Trương Tấn Long ( 張進隆), was a general and official of the

Nguyễn dynasty The Nguyễn dynasty (, chữ Nôm: 茹阮, chữ Hán: 朝阮) was the last List of Vietnamese dynasties, Vietnamese dynasty, preceded by the Nguyễn lords and ruling unified Vietnam independently from 1802 until French protectorate in 1883 ...

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

. He was born in 1752 in Thạch Phú Đông, Giồng Trôm District,

Bến Tre Province Bến Tre was a former province of Vietnam. It is one of the country's southern provinces, and is situated in the Mekong Delta. It is also famous for its coconuts and the Coconut Religion nationwide. Disconnected from the mainland, the province ...

. In 1797, he joined the army of Nguyễn Ánh and became a ''đốc chiêu cai cơ'' (''commander''). Later, he became the Deputy Marshal of the Nguyễn's Army's Front Division. In 1802, after the unification of Vietnam, he became the military commander of Nguyen's armies in northern Vietnam and later the Viceroy of

Bắc Thành Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the capital and second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red and Black Rivers). As a municipality, Hanoi consists of 12 urban districts, 17 rural dist ...

. In 1816, he became the Deputy Marshal of the Nguyễn Army's Central Division which guarding

Huế Huế (formerly Thừa Thiên Huế province) is the southernmost coastal Municipalities of Vietnam, city in the North Central Coast region, the Central Vietnam, Central of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country. It borders Quảng ...

, the capital of Nguyễn dynasty. In 1823, he took up the post of Viceroy of

Gia Định ''Gia'' is a 1998 American biographical drama television film about the life and times of one of the first supermodels, Gia Carangi. The film stars Angelina Jolie as Gia and Faye Dunaway as Wilhelmina Cooper, with Mercedes Ruehl and Eliza ...

replacing

Lê Văn Duyệt Lê Văn Duyệt (1763 or 1764 – 30 July 1832) was a Vietnamese general who helped Nguyễn Ánh—the future Emperor Gia Long—put down the Tây Sơn wars, unify Vietnam and establish the Nguyễn dynasty. After the Nguyễn came to power ...

. Shortly thereafter, he retired because of illness and then died in 1827 at the age of 75.

In popular culture

Trương Tấn Bửu, along with

Nguyễn Văn Trương Nguyễn (阮) (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as ''Nguyen''. By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese peopl ...

Nguyễn Văn Nhơn Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (阮文仁, 1753–1822) was a general and official of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam.Văn Giàu Trà̂n ''300 năm Sài Gòn – Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh'' 1998 p37 "Năm 1802 đến 1805, chúc Lưu trấn Gia Định d ...

, and

Nguyễn Huỳnh Đức Nguyễn Huỳnh Đức (阮黃德; 1748–1819) was a general and official of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam. He served as a general of Nguyễn Ánh during the Nguyễn Lords' fight against the Tây Sơn rebellion. Nguyễn Ánh prevailed ...

have been counted as

Nguyễn Ánh Gia Long (Chữ Hán, Chữ hán: 嘉隆) ( (''Hanoi, North''), (''Ho Chi Minh City, South''); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh (阮暎), was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynas ...

's ''Ngũ hổ tướng'' ("Five Tiger Generals").Huỳnh Minh, tr. 124-140

References

* Mandarins of the Nguyễn lords Nguyen dynasty officials 1752 births 1827 deaths People from Bến Tre province {{vietnam-politician-stub