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Trần Lệ Xuân (22 August 1924 – 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.
May 9, 2024 · Madame Nhu (born April 15, 1924, Hanoi, Vietnam—died April 24, 2011, Rome) was a South Vietnamese political figure who was a significant force behind her bachelor brother-in-law Ngo Dinh Diem, who exercised dictatorial powers as president of South Vietnam from 1955 until his assassination in 1963.
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Apr 26, 2011 · Madame Nhu, who as the glamorous official hostess in South Vietnam’s presidential palace became a politically powerful and often harshly outspoken figure in the early years of the Vietnam War,...
Apr 27, 2011 · Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, the outspoken beauty who served as South Vietnam’s unofficial first lady early on in the Vietnam War and earned the nickname “Dragon Lady” for her harsh...
Once in office, Madame Nhu used her sway to push through laws that smacked of personal vendettas: Under the banner of championing women’s rights, she drafted Family Code legislation to ban ...
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Madame Nhu. Tran Le Xuan, better known in the West as Madame Nhu (1924-2011) was the wife of Ngo Dinh Nhu, the sister-in-law of Ngo Dinh Diem and a high profile figure in South Vietnam during the early 1960s.
Jul 29, 2014 · Also known by the moniker “Dragon Lady” (in the West) and “Tiger Lady” (in Vietnam), Madame Nhu was a true enigma, as comfortable hosting parties at the presidential palace as she was firing...
