Hồ Tấn Quyền

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Hồ, but is often simplified to Ho in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Quyền.
Hồ Tấn Quyền
Navy Colonel Hồ Tấn Quyền (1959)
Born(1927-11-01)November 1, 1927
Đà Nẵng, Annam, French Indochina
DiedNovember 1, 1963(1963-11-01) (aged 36)
Saigon, South Vietnam
Allegiance State of Vietnam
South Vietnam
Branch Vietnamese National Army
Republic of Vietnam Navy
Service years1951–1963
Conflicts
SpouseLê Thị Bích Tùng
Children7

Hồ Tấn Quyền (1 November 1927 – 1 November 1963), was a senior navy officer of the Republic of Vietnam Navy with the rank of Navy Colonel. Quyền came from the first class at the Naval Officers School, which was taken over by the Government of Vietnam and established from the French Naval facility transferred to the Vietnamese Navy located in a province in the Central Coast of Vietnam. He was the third Commander of the Republic of Vietnam Navy from August 1959 until his assassination on November 1, 1963. Quyền, alongside Lê Quang Tung (Commander of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces), was a loyalist commander of Ngo Dinh Diem.

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