Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh
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Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh (Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Chánh; born 12 February 1942, a member of Vietnam's Nguyen Dynasty family) is the President of the Vietnamese Constitutional Monarchist League, President of the Southeast Asia Imperial & Royal League and Vice-Chairman of The British Committee for Free Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia & Burma. Buu Chanh is an advocate of the restoration of a Constitutional Monarchy in Vietnam with Emperor Bao Dai's son (Crown Prince Bao Long) as the Emperor. He believes that if the people of Vietnam have the opportunity to vote for such a system of government, they would choose it. He is heavily influenced by Mohandas Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence.
Biography
Buu Chanh was born in Hue, Vietnam. From 1964 to 1970, Buu Chanh attended the National High School at Hue, before earning a B.A. degree in literature at Hue University. He then attended Dalat University, where he obtained a master's degrees in Political Science and Business Administration. He then worked as assistant to Colonel Nguyen Be at the Ministry of Rural Revolutionary Development, Chi Linh - Vung Tau Center, for the Republic of Vietnam.
From 1971 to 1973, he was General Director of the 4th Tactic Zone at the Ministry of Economy in Saigon and until 1975 was Assistant General Director of the Vissan Company in the Ministry of Industry, Saigon.
After 1975, the end of the Vietnam War he, his wife Phan Lien and their children went into exile and moved to the United States of America.
From 1982 to 1984, he attended Northeastern Illinois University, Illinois where he graduated with high honors, obtaining a B.S. in Information Science.
Quotes
- "To be born a free man is an accident; to live one a responsibility; to die one an obligation."
- "When we are not devoted to serve the People, we cannot have the right to ask for the favors from the nation."
- "An advocation for a Constitutional Monarchy is not a sign of desperation or an admission of defeat. The role to be played by the Monarchy should be one that shall bind the people together, acting as a symbol of unity for the Vietnamese, Montagnards, and Khmer Krom people inside and outside of Vietnam."
External Links
- Exiled Prince of Vietnam offers political ideology (http://www.cornellsun.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/11/22/41a16726a6b71?in_archive=1) by Cornell University Newspaper
- Prince Buu Chanh and Princess Phan Lien and Imperial Nguyen Dynasty Delegation visit Thiкn-Lэ Bửu-Tтa Cao Dai Temple for solemn ceremony (http://www.thienlybuutoa.org/Uni/SinhHoat/10-2003B.htm)
- The Vietnamese imperial family says a local masseur who claims lineage is lying (http://citypaper.net/articles/2004-08-19/cb3.shtml) by The Philadelphia City Paper
- Revival of Vietnamese Culture: The Nguyen Dynasty (http://www.cornell.edu/events/profile.cfm?id=11579&instance=2004%2D11%2D20%2018%3A00%3A00%2E0&y=2004&m=11&d=20&show=day) at Cornell University
| Preceded by: None | Vietnamese Constitutional Monarchist League 1993-(a) | Succeeded by: Incumbent |
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