Nguyễn Lê Trần (née Phạm), also known as Madame Khánh, is the widow of

Nguyễn Khánh Nguyễn Khánh (; 8 November 192711 January 2013) was a South Vietnamese military officer and Army of the Republic of Vietnam general who served in various capacities as head of state and prime minister of South Vietnam while at the head of a ...

, a former South Vietnamese army general and politician who served as

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of South Vietnam from 1964 to 1965. As the spouse of the Chief of State of South Vietnam, she visited hospitals to give moral support to wounded soldiers and also accompanied her husband on numerous engagements at state affairs.

Departure from South Vietnam

On 25 February 1965, she accompanied her husband on his new assignment as Ambassador-at-Large and were sent on a world tour, starting with her husband's report at the

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. In 1968, when her mother was ill, she requested to return to South Vietnam but was reportedly denied entry by the South Vietnamese government.

Exile

Since leaving South Vietnam in February 1965, she has lived in the United States and when her husband completed his report to the United Nations they moved to

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. In 1977, she moved to the United States with her husband and four of their children. In 1991, she accompanied her husband on an official visit to the

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s of the

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Family

She had seven children (six with her late husband); one of whom died in a swimming pool accident in South Vietnam, in 1963.

References

External links

Our Vietnam: The War 1954-1975
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khanh, Madame Vietnamese people of the Vietnam War Vietnamese anti-communists Living people Vietnamese emigrants to the United States People from Sacramento, California Year of birth missing (living people) Women in the Vietnam War