Tôn Thất Thiện
Tôn Thất Thiện (born September 22, 1924 in Huế ; † October 3, 2014 in Ottawa ) was a South Vietnamese politician .
Life
Tôn Thất Thiện was Ngô Đình Diệm's advisor when he was entertained by US Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge junior from 1:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on November 1, 1963, on the occasion of a courtesy visit by Harry D. Felt At 1 p.m., the putschists under Dương Văn Minh struck out. A procedure in which the Catholic Ngô Đình Diệm died by suicide on November 2, 1963, according to the putschists in the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica .
From April to December 1968 Thien was Minister of Information in the Cabinet of Trần Văn Hương . His first official act was to lift press censorship .
In August 1968, he was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Prize in the Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts (JLCCA) category.
Individual evidence
- ^ Operation EVA. In: specifically (magazine) , February 1981, p. 13.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tôn Thất Thiện |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thon Tat Tien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Vietnamese politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Huế |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd October 2014 |
| Place of death | Ottawa |