Nguyễn Thị Bình

Her Excellency
Nguyễn Thị Bình
Thị Bình in 2008
13th Vice President of Vietnam
In office
September 10, 1992 – August 8, 2002
Preceded byNguyễn Thị Định
Succeeded byTrương Mỹ Hoa
2nd Chair of the National Assembly
Foreign Affairs Committee
In office
February 16, 1987 – September 9, 1992
Preceded byVũ Quang
Succeeded byHoàng Bích Sơn
6th Minister of Education
In office
July 3, 1976 – February 15, 1987
Preceded byNguyễn Văn Huyên
Succeeded byPhạm Minh Hạc
1st Minister of Foreign Affairs
(Provisional Revolutionary Government)
In office
June 8, 1969 – July 2, 1976
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
BornNguyễn Thị Châu Sa
(1927-05-26) 26 May 1927
Party Communist Party of Vietnam
Other political
affiliations
People's Revolutionary Party of South Vietnam (1962–1975)
RelationsPhan Châu Trinh (grandfather)
Awards
Signature
Nickname(s)Madame Bình
Yến Sa
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Madam Nguyễn Thị Bình (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ tʰi˧˨ʔ ʔɓïŋ˨˩]; born Nguyễn Thị Châu Sa [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ tʰi˧˨ʔ t͡ɕəw˧˧ saː˧˧]; 26 May 1927), also known as Madame Bình, is a South Vietnamese revolutionary leader, diplomat and politician. She became internationally known for her role as the Viet Cong (NLF)'s chief diplomat and leading its delegation to the Paris Peace Conference. The only woman among the signatories of the 1973 peace accords that ended American intervention in the Vietnam War, she later served in the government of reunified Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon and later became the country's Vice President in 1992. She is the first woman in Vietnamese history to be appointed a cabinet minister.