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Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam (1953-54); member of the Nguyễn dynasty In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Nguyễn, but is often simplified to Nguyen in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Bửu Lộc.

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Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Lộc
Prince Bửu Lộc in 1954
5th Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam
In office17 December 1953 – 16 June 1954
Deputy	Nguyễn Trung Vinh
Chief of State	Bảo Đại
Preceded by	Nguyễn Văn Tâm
Succeeded by	Ngô Đình Diệm
Personal details
Born	(1914-08-22)22 August 1914Thừa Thiên Huế, Annam, French Indochina
Died	27 February 1990(1990-02-27) (aged 75)Paris, France
Party	Independent
Spouse	Pacteau
Children	Jean-François Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Lộc (son)

Prince Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Lộc (Vietnamese: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥fʊwk͡p̚˧˦ʔɓiw˧˩ləwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]; 22 August 1914 – 27 February 1990), was an uncle of Emperor Bảo Đại, and Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam in 1954.[1]

He was a great-great-grandson of Emperor Minh Mạng, the second emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty. Both his great-grandfather (Nguyễn Phúc Miên Trinh) and grandfather (Nguyễn Phúc Hường Thiết) were distinguished poets during the reign of Nguyễn dynasty. He later emigrated to Paris and spent his life there until his death in 1990.

Early life

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In his youth, he attended high school in Lycée Albert-Sarraut, Hanoi and later studied Law at the University of Montpellier.[citation needed]

Career

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

In April 1949, he re-affirmed Vietnam's sovereignty over the Paracel Islands. 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. On 4 June 1954, he signed an agreement with France, making Vietnam fully independent within the French Union. He resigned and was succeeded by Ngô Đình Diệm.

Family

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In 1958, he married a French woman named Pacteau. They had one child, a son, Jean-François Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Lộc (born 18 October 1959).[citation needed]

He died in 1990 in Paris, aged 75.

References

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1. ^ Oscar Chapuis. The Last Emperors of Vietnam: From Tu Duc to Bao Dai, Praeger: 2000 p. 157 (Hardcover ISBN 978-0-313-31170-3), "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 ..."

Political offices
Preceded byNguyễn Văn Tâm	Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam 1954	Succeeded byNgô Đình Diệm

v t e Prime ministers of Vietnam since 1945
Empire of Vietnam (1945)	Trần Trọng Kim
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam; 1945–1976)	Ho Chi Minh Huỳnh Thúc Kháng1 Phạm Văn Đồng
Republic of Cochinchina (1946–1949)	Nguyễn Văn Thinh Lê Văn Hoạch Nguyễn Văn Xuân Trần Văn Hữu
Provisional Central Government of Vietnam (1948–1949)	Nguyễn Văn Xuân
State / Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam; 1949–1975)	Bảo Đại Nguyễn Phan Long Trần Văn Hữu Nguyễn Văn Tâm Bửu Lộc Phan Huy Quát Ngô Đình Diệm Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ2 Nguyễn Khánh2 Nguyễn Xuân Oánh1, 2 Nguyễn Khánh2 Trần Văn Hương2 Nguyễn Xuân Oánh1, 2 Phan Huy Quát2 Nguyễn Cao Kỳ2 Nguyễn Văn Lộc Trần Văn Hương Trần Thiện Khiêm Nguyễn Bá Cẩn Vũ Văn Mẫu
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present)	Phạm Văn Đồng Phạm Hùng Võ Văn Kiệt1 Đỗ Mười Võ Văn Kiệt Phan Văn Khải Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Phạm Minh Chính
1acting 2head of a military government

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