Tran le xuan biography of alberta
A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Health.
Tran Le Xuan, raised a Buddhist, embraced her new family's faith as well as its politics....
Madame Nhu
First Lady of South Vietnam from to
In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Trần, but is often simplified to Tran in English-language text.
In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Xuân.
Trần Lệ Xuân (Vietnamese pronunciation:[t͡ɕən˨˩le˧˨ʔswən˧˧]; 22 August [2] – 24 April ), more popularly known in English as Madame Nhu, was the de factoFirst Lady of South Vietnam from to She was the wife of Ngô Đình Nhu, who was the brother and chief advisor to President Ngô Đình Diệm.
As Diệm was a lifelong bachelor and because she and her family lived in Independence Palace together with him, she was considered to be the first lady.
Known for her incendiary comments that attacked and severely denounced the Buddhist community of South Vietnam and the strong U.S.
influence and presence in the country, she went to live in exile in France after her husband, Nhu, and her brother-in-law, Diệm, were assas