Minister of Foreign Affairs (South Vietnam)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs was a government minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Vietnam (common name for the State of Vietnam and the Republic of Vietnam), in what is now southern region of Vietnam. The Minister was responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Vietnam
Vietnamese: Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao Việt Nam Cộng Hòa
French: Ministre des affaires étrangères du Sud-Vietnam
Emblem
(1963–75)
Flag
Incumbent
None
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
StatusMinister
Member ofGovernment
Reports toThe Prime Minister
SeatSaigon (now Ho Chi Minh City)
AppointerThe Emperor (1949–55)
The President (1955–75)
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation1949 (1949)
First holderNguyễn Phan Long
Final holderVuong Van Bac
Abolished1975 (1975)
DeputyVice Minister of Foreign Affairs

List of ministers

The following is a list of foreign ministers of South Vietnam from 1949 until the fall of Saigon in 1975:[1]

No. Name
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Tenure
State of Vietnam (1949–1955)
1 Nguyễn Phan Long
(1888–1960)		 1949–1950
2 Trần Văn Hữu
(1896–1984)		 1950–1952
3 Truong Vinh Tong 1952–1954
4 Nguyen Quoc Dinh 1954
5 Tran Van Do
(1904–1990)		 1954–1955
Republic of Vietnam (1955–1975)
6 Vũ Văn Mẫu
(1914–1998)		 1955–1963
7 Pham Dang Lam
(1920–1975)		 1963–1964
8 Phan Huy Quát
(1909–1979)		 1964
(7) Pham Dang Lam
(1920–1975)		 1964–1965
(5) Tran Van Do
(1904–1990)		 1965–1968
9 Tran Chanh Thanh
(1917–1975)		 1968–1969
10 Trần Văn Lắm
(1913–2001)		 1969–1973
— Nguyen Phu Duc
(b. 1924)
Acting Minister		 1973
11 Vuong Van Bac
(1927–2011)		 1973–1975

See also

References
  1. "Foreign ministers S–Z". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
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