Nguyễn Văn Tâm | |
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 Tâm in 1953 | |
| 4thPrime Minister of the State of Vietnam | |
| In office 6 June 1952 – 17 December 1953 | |
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| Head of State | Bảo Đại |
| Preceded by | Trần Văn Hữu |
| Succeeded by | PrinceBửu Lộc |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1895-10-16)16 October 1895 |
| Died | 23 November 1990(1990-11-23) (aged 95) |
| Spouse | Nguyễn Thị Cẩm Vân |
| Children | Nguyễn Văn Hinh (son) |
| Relatives | Jonathan Van-Tam (grandson) |
Nguyễn Văn Tâm (Vietnamese:[ŋwiən˦ˀ˥van˧˧təm˧˧]; 16 October 1895[1][2] – 23 November 1990[3]) served as Prime Minister of theState of Vietnam, anassociated country within theFrench Union. He held that office from June 1952 to December 1953.
Born on 16 October 1895[4] inTây Ninh Province during theFrench colonial period, Nguyễn Văn Tâm was originally a school teacher who was picked by the French in the early 1940s to be the District Chief ofCai Lậy, inCochinchina. Here in theMekong Delta, he had already earned the nickname Tiger of Cai Lậy as a notorious torturer of peasants during the revolts of the 1930s.[5]
He is the paternal grandfather ofJonathan Van-Tam, former Deputy Chief Medical Officer forEngland, UK.
After theAugust Revolution, following the Japanese surrender in 1945, Tâm was imprisoned by the new Viet Minh authorities for crimes against the people but was soon freed by the returning French military.
He was among the government ministers presented on June 1, 1946, at the proclamation of the "Republic of Cochinchina"—a first, abortive, attempt of the French to create a post-colonial client state. "Premier" Nguyen van Tinh was so humiliated by the French that after six months he hanged himself.[5] When in 1949, in agreement with theBảo Đại the French created the State of Vietnam, Tâm was sent north as governor of Tonkin to do battle with the communist-insurgentDemocratic Republic of Vietnam. In June 1952 he became Prime Minister while his son,Nguyễn Văn Hinh, was appointed Chief of Staff of the French auxiliaryVietnamese National Army. He resigned his premiership on 12 January 1954 and was replaced by princeBửu Lộc.[6][7]
From 1955 he lived in exile in the United States.[8]
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| Preceded by | Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam 1952–1953 | Succeeded by PrinceNguyễn Phúc Bửu Lộc |
 Prime ministers of Vietnam since 1945 | |
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| Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam; 1945–1976) | |
| Republic of Cochinchina (1946–1949) | |
| Provisional Central Government of Vietnam (1948–1949) | |
| State /Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam; 1949–1975) | |
| Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present) | |
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