As for us, during twenty years’ reign, we have known much bitterness.
Bao Dai Quotes
I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.
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| Birth: | 22nd October, 1913 |
| Death: | 30th July, 1997 |
| Nationality: | Vietnamese |
| Profession: | Statesman |
About
Bảo Đại, born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy, was the 13th and last emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, which is the last dynasty of Vietnam. From 1926 to 1945, he was king of Annam under French ‘protection’. During this period, Annam was a protectorate within French Indochina, covering the central two-thirds of the present-day Vietnam. Bảo Đại ascended the throne in 1932. The Japanese ousted the French in March 1945 and then ruled through Bảo Đại. At this time, he renamed his country “Vietnam”. He abdicated in August 1945 when Japan surrendered. He was the chief of state of the State of Vietnam from 1949 until 1955. Bảo Đại was criticized for being too closely associated with France and spending much of his time outside of Vietnam. Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm ousted him in a fraudulent referendum vote in 1955. Bảo Đại died in a military hospital in Paris, France, in 1997. He was interred in the Cimetière de Passy. After his death, his eldest son, Crown Prince Bảo Long, inherited the position of head of the Nguyễn Dynasty.
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