In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Trần, but is often simplified to Tran in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Xuân.
Trần Lệ Xuân
Madame Nhu in the 1950s
First Lady of South Vietnam de facto
In role 26 October 1955 – 2 November 1963
President
Ngo Dinh Diem
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Nguyễn Thị Mai Anh
Personal details
Born
(1924-08-22)22 August 1924 Hanoi, French Indochina
Died
24 April 2011(2011-04-24) (aged 86)[1] Rome, Italy
Political party
Cần Lao
Spouse
Ngô Đình Nhu
(m. 1943; died 1963)
Relations
Ngo Dinh Diem (brother-in-law)
Trần Văn Khiêm (brother)
Trần Văn Đỗ (uncle)
Children
Ngô Đình Trác (d.2021)
Ngô Đình Quynh
Ngô Đình Lệ Thủy (d. 1967)
Ngô Đình Lệ Quyên (d. 2012)
Parent
Trần Văn Chương (father)
Alma mater
Lycée Albert Sarraut
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Trần Lệ Xuân (22 August 1924[2] – 24 April 2011), more popularly known in English as Madame Nhu, was the de facto First Lady of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963. She was the wife of Ngô Đình Nhu, who was the brother and chief advisor to President Ngô Đình Diệm. As Diệm was a lifelong bachelor and because she and her family lived in Independence Palace together with him, she was considered to be the first lady.
Known for her harsh and incendiary comments that denounced anti-government protests by some Buddhist sects and the strong U.S. influence and presence in the country, she went to live in exile in France after her husband and her brother-in-law, Diệm, were assassinated in 1963.
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^Joseph R. Gregory (26 April 2011). "Madame Nhu, Vietnam War Lightning Rod, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
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