Trần Nam Trung (born Trần Khuy) (1912–2009) was a colonel-general in the

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active during the

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and

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. He was the unique Defence Minister of

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Early years

Trần Nam Trung was born Trần Khuy in a peasant family in Mộ Đức district, Quảng Ngãi province of the Annam Protectorate,

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in 1912. He joined the

Communist Party of Annam Communist Party of Annam (, chữ Hán: 安南共産党) was a Vietnamese political party that existed from August 1929 until February 1930. (Annam was the common name of Vietnam at that time.) It was created by leaders of the Communist Youth Lea ...

in 1927, then the

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in 1931.

Career

After , Trần Nam Trung was appointed to Secretary of the

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– Bình Định Provincial Party Committee. After August uprising, he held the position of political commissar of and Buôn Hồ– An Khê front. Since 1976, Trần Nam Trung left military, was appointed to Chief of

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and kept the position till he retired in 1982. He was promoted to Major General in 1962, and Colonel General in 1974.

References

1912 births 2009 deaths People from Quảng Ngãi province Viet Minh members Generals of the People's Army of Vietnam Ministers of defence of Vietnam Government ministers of Vietnam {{Vietnam-bio-stub