Trần Trọng Kim

Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam

1883 Nghi Xuân, Hà Tĩnh, Annam

2 December 1953(1953-12-02) (70) Đà Lạt, State of Vietnam

17 April 1945 – 23 August 1945

Prime minister of Vietnam under Japanese rule (April–August 1945) In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Trần, but is often simplified to Tran in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Kim. This article contains Vietnamese text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of chữ nôm, chữ Hán and chữ quốc ngữ. Trần Trọng Kim (1883 – December 2, 1953), courtesy name Lệ Thần, 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 the Vichy French colonial forces during the Second World War. He was an uncle of Bui Diem.