Phan Huy Quát
Phan Huy Quát (Hà Tĩnh Province, 12 June 1908 – 27 April 1979) was a South Vietnamese doctor and politician who served as Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam for four months in 1965.[1][2][3]
Phan Huy Quát | |
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Dr. Phan Huy Quát | |
| 4th Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam | |
| In office 16 February 1965 – 12 June 1965 | |
| Deputy | Trần Văn Đỗ Trần Văn Tuyên |
| Head of State | Phan Khắc Sửu |
| Preceded by | Trần Văn Hương Nguyễn Xuân Oánh Acting |
| Succeeded by | Nguyễn Cao Kỳ |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Vietnam | |
| In office 8 February 1964 – 4 November 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Nguyễn Khánh Nguyễn Xuân Oánh Acting |
| Preceded by | Phạm Đăng Lâm |
| Succeeded by | Phạm Đăng Lâm |
| Minister of Democratization of the State of Vietnam | |
| In office 11 January 1954 – 16 June 1954 | |
| Prime Minister | Prince Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Lộc |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister of Defense of the State of Vietnam | |
| In office 8 January 1953 – 17 December 1953 | |
| Prime Minister | Nguyễn Văn Tâm |
| Preceded by | Nghiêm Văn Tri |
| Succeeded by | Nguyễn Đắc Khê |
| In office 21 January 1950 – 21 February 1951 | |
| Prime Minister | Nguyễn Phan Long Trần Văn Hữu |
| Preceded by | Trần Văn Hữu |
| Succeeded by | Trần Văn Hữu |
| Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam | |
| In office 21 January 1950 – 21 February 1951 | |
| Prime Minister | Nguyễn Phan Long Trần Văn Hữu |
| Minister of Education of the State of Vietnam | |
| In office 14 July 1949 – 21 January 1950 | |
| Prime Minister | Bảo Đại |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Unknown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1908 Hà Tĩnh, Annam, French Indochina |
| Died | 27 April 1979 (aged 70) Chí Hòa Prison, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Political party | Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam |
| Spouse | Đặng Thị Lý |
| Children | 6 |
| Relatives | Phan Huy Lê (half brother) |
| Education | University of Hanoi (PhD) |
Early life
Phan Huy Quát was born in Lộc Hà District in Hà Tĩnh Province. He attended the Lycée Pellerin, Huế, then studied medicine in Hanoi and qualified as a doctor before entering politics.
On 1 July 1949, Quát was appointed Minister of Education by Head of State Bảo Đại. On 22 January 1950, Prime Minister Nguyễn Phan Long appointed Quát Minister of Defense, at which position he had only served briefly before the Cabinet was re-organized and he returned to working for the Đại Việt Quốc dân đảng.
In June 1953, Prime Minister Nguyễn Văn Tâm appointed Quát Minister of Defense. Quát would be in this position until 1954 when Prince Bửu Lộc became Prime Minister who appointed Quát Special Minister in charge of the democratization process for Vietnam. Dr. Quát then served briefly as an interim Prime Minister until Bảo Đại appointed Ngô Đình Diệm to the position.
In April 1960, Quát signed the Caravelle Manifesto, a list of grievances and demands specifically critical of Diệm, and was promptly jailed by the GVN. After Diệm's assassination in October 1963, Quát was appointed Foreign Minister by Major General Nguyễn Khánh, one of the principal participants in the bloody coup. Though Quát frequently criticized Khánh's self-serving rule, he remained in Khánh's cabinet until November 1964, when Trần Văn Hương was installed as Prime Minister of General Khánh's freshly created High National Council (HNC).[4]
On 16 February 1965, the Armed Forces Council, a group of South Vietnamese military officers who took over when General Khánh deposed Hương and the HNC, secured Quát's appointment to Prime Minister in order to foil a power grab by the junta chief Khánh, who intended to install the economist Nguyễn Xuân Oánh as his puppet in the Prime Minister post. Khánh himself was forced to step down after a coup on 19/20 February and was subsequently exiled. Air Marshal Nguyễn Cao Kỳ then led the junta that oversaw the civilian cabinet. [5]
In 1965, Kỳ was appointed Prime Minister and Nguyễn Văn Thiệu became President by a special joint meeting of military leaders following the voluntary resignation of civilian President Sửu. After leaving the Prime Minister post, Dr. Quát returned to his medical practice. He remained in politics until 1975 by working with the Asia Anti-Communist League (Liên Minh Á Châu Chống Cộng) as Chairman of its Vietnamese office.[citation needed]
Last years/death
After the Fall of Saigon, Quát went into hiding. In August 1975, he was arrested and jailed at Chí Hòa Prison after a failed attempt to escape from Vietnam. It was there that he died of liver failure on 27 April 1979. The official report indicated that Quát had died from "a stroke, heart attack and liver failure".[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Ronald B. Frankum Jr. (2011). Historical Dictionary of the War in Vietnam. p. 360.
Phan Huy Quát (1911—1979). Medical doctor and prime minister of the Republic of Vietnam (RVN). Phan Huy Quát was a leading member of the Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam (Dai Viet Qu6c Dan Dang) and served first as minister of ...
- ^ Lockhart, Bruce M.; Duiker, William J. (2010). The A to Z of Vietnam. p. 309.
Phan Huy Quát (1901—1975). Nationalist party leader and onetime civilian prime minister of the Republic of Vietnam (RVN). A member of the Bai Viet Party, Phan Huy Quát was active
- ^ Corfield, Justin (2013). Historical Dictionary of Ho Chi Minh City. p. 240.
The acting prime minister of the State of Vietnam in June 1954, and the prime minister of the Republic of Vietnam from February until June 1965, Phan Huy Quat was born on 12 June 1908 in Ha Tinh in Central Vietnam. He attended Lycée Pellerin in Hue
- ^ VanDeMark, Brian (1991). Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 79. ISBN 0195065069.
- ^ VanDeMark 1991, p. 80.
Further reading
- Nghiem Ke To (August 20, 1954). Việt Nam Máu Lửa [Vietnam, Blood and Fire] (in Vietnamese). Saigon: Vo Van Van.
- Doan Them. 1965:Viec Tung Ngay [1965:a day-by-day account] (in Vietnamese). Saigon: Pham Quang Khai.
- Doan Them. Hai Muoi Nam Qua 1945-1964:Viec Tung Ngay [Twenty Years Ago 1945-1964:a day-by-day account] (in Vietnamese). Saigon: Pham Quang Khai.
External links
- "Đại Việt Quốc Dân Đảng" [Dai Viet Quoc Dan Dang Party] (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- "Former Prime Minister Phan Huy Quat remarks on the political situation in South Vietnam". Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- "Cái chết trong tù CS của cựu Thủ Tướng Phan Huy Quát" [Former Prime Minister Phan Huy Quat's death in Communist prison] (in Vietnamese). 11 May 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2009.