Madame Khánh

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Nguyễn, but is often simplified to Nguyen in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Trần.

Nguyễn Lê Trần (née Phạm), also known as Madame Khánh, is the widow of Nguyễn Khánh, a former South Vietnamese army general and politician who served as Prime Minister and Chief of State of South Vietnam from 1964 to 1965. As the spouse of the Chief of State of South Vietnam, she visited hospitals to give moral support to wounded soldiers and also accompanied her husband on numerous engagements at state affairs.

Phạm Lê Trần
Madame Khánh in Saigon
Personal details
Born	Hanoi, French Indochina
Spouse	Nguyễn Khánh
Children	6

Departure from South Vietnam

On 25 February 1965, she accompanied her husband on his new assignment as Ambassador-at-Large and were sent on a world tour, starting with her husband's report at the United Nations in New York City. In 1968, when her mother was ill, she requested to return to South Vietnam but was reportedly denied entry by the South Vietnamese government.

Exile

Since leaving South Vietnam in February 1965, she has lived in the United States and when her husband completed his report to the United Nations they moved to Paris. In 1977, she moved to the United States with her husband and four of their children.

In 1991, she accompanied her husband on an official visit to the Special Economic Zones of the People's Republic of China.

Family

She had seven children (six with her late husband); one of whom died in a swimming pool accident in South Vietnam, in 1963.

External links

• Our Vietnam: The War 1954-1975