Origins & Early Life

Trần Trọng Kim (Vietnamese: [t͡ɕən˨˩ t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ kim˧˧]; chữ Hán: 陳仲金, Kanji pronunciation: Chin Jūkin; Japanese: チャン・チョン・キム, romanized: Chan Chon Kimu; 1883 – December 2, 1953; courtesy name Lệ Thần ([le˧˨ʔ tʰən˨˩], chữ Hán: 隸臣) was a Vietnamese scholar and politician who served as the Prime Minister of the short-lived Empire of Vietnam, a state established with the support of Imperial Japan in 1945 after Japan had seized direct control of Vietnam from Vichy France toward the end of World War II. He was an uncle of Bùi Diễm. Kim was born in Nghi Xuân, Hà Tĩnh Province, in northern central Đại Nam (as Vietnam was known then) in 1883 during the Nguyen dynasty. At the time, Hà Tĩnh was part of the central region, which had become a French protectorate under the name of Annam.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

In the immediate decade afterwards, the province was the scene of a guerrilla movement led by Phan Đình Phùng that attempted to expel the French authorities. The movement was particularly popular in the Nghệ An-Hà Tĩnh region, which had boasted a long line of nationalist icons. Nevertheless, the movement was crushed, and when Kim grew up, he initially studied in Hanoi at schools reserved for the...

Enduring Legacy & Impact

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