Đoàn Thị Giàu (1898–1974) was a Vietnamese teacher and revolutionary. As the spouse of Vietnamese president Tôn Đức Thắng, she served as the de facto First Lady of North Vietnam from 1969 until her death in 1974, one year before the country was unified.[1]
Madame Đoàn Thị Giàu | |
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 Giàu, c. 1954 | |
| Spouse of the President of North Vietnam | |
| In role 2 September 1969 – 25 May 1974† | |
| President | Tôn Đức Thắng |
| Succeeded by | Dương Thị Chung (1980) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | File:Doan Thi Giau (cropped).jpg 1898 Vĩnh Kim village, Châu Thành district, Tiền Giang province, French Cochinchina |
| Died | 1974 (aged 75–76) Hanoi, North Vietnam |
| Resting place | File:Doan Thi Giau (cropped).jpg |
| Spouse | Tôn Đức Thắng |
| Parent |
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Biography
editEarly life
editGiàu was born in 1898 at Vĩnh Kim village, Châu Thành district, Tiền Giang province of then-French Cochinchina (southern Vietnam).[2][3] She married Thắng in 1921 but the pair was separated for almost 30 years due to the Indochina Wars. They had three children (2 daughter and 1 son), which Giàu raised all by herself. Their son died during a famine at the age of 3.[4]
She is believed to have influenced Thắng's decision to join the Indochinese Communist Party, the predecessor of the Communist Party of Vietnam.[2]
Spouse of the President
editIn 1954, following the Geneva Conference, Giàu relocated to North Vietnam and reunited with her husband. When Tôn Đức Thắng became President of Vietnam in 1969, Giàu was the de facto First Lady of North Vietnam until her death in 1974. She was believed to have maintained an austere lifestyle.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Đoàn Thị Giàu – "Đệ nhất phu nhân" giản dị nhất" [Đoàn Thị Giàu – the most austere 'First Lady']. Tạp chí Điện tử Văn hoá và Phát triển (in Vietnamese). 24 September 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ a b Lê, Hồng (3 September 2017). "Báo Ấp Bắc điện tử" [The loyal, resilient wife of the late President Tôn Đức Thắng]. Báo Ấp Bắc. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ Sơn, Hoà. "Vùng đất sản sinh hoàng hậu, đệ nhất phu nhân nổi tiếng trời Nam". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ "Cuộc đời và sự nghiệp Chủ Tịch tôn Đức Thắng" [The life and career of Tôn Đức Thắng]. Myaloha. Retrieved 27 January 2023.