Phan Anh
Honorific prefixLawyer
Office2nd Minister of Defence
Term startMarch 1946
Term endMay 1946
PredecessorChu Văn Tấn
SuccessorVõ Nguyên Giáp
Prime ministerHồ Chí Minh
Birth placeĐức Thọ, Hà Tĩnh, Annam (French protectorate)
Death date1990 (aged 77–78)
Death placeViệt Nam
AllegianceDemocratic Republic of Vietnam
BranchPeople's Army of Vietnam

Phan Anh (1912–1990) was a Vietnamese lawyer and politician. He was the Minister of Ministry of Youth in the first cabinet of Empire of Vietnam, the second Minister of Defence of Vietnam (March 1946 to May 1946) and held the position of Minister of Ministry of Industry and Trade from 1955 to 1976.[1]

In 2020, Ministry of Home Affairs validated Phan Anh Foundation - a non-profit foundation established by Madame Đỗ Hồng Chỉnh (Phan Anh's widow), and historian Dương Trung Quốc, that supports and encourages culture and education development as well as community science.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Lawyer Phan Anh". baotanglichsu.vn. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Phan Anh foundation". pafoundation.org.vn. Retrieved 17 April 2024.