Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh
H.I.H. Prince Regent Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh was born on 12 February 1942, in the ancient Imperial capital of Hue, Vietnam.
He is descended from the Imperial Nguyen Family of Prince Kien Hoa, who was the 71st son of the Emperor Minh Mang, and holds the same family rank as the Emperor Khai Dinh (the late father of Emperor Bao Dai).
From 1964-1970, Prince Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh attended the National High School at Hue, before earning a B.A. degree in literature at Hue University. He then attended Dalat Universit, where he obtained masters degrees in Political Science and Business Administration. The Prince then worked as assistant to Colonel Nguyen Be at the Ministry of Rural Revolutionary Development, Chi Linh - Vung Tau Center.
From 1971-1973, the Prince 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, he, his wife Princess Phan Lien and their children went into exile and moved to the United States of America.
From 1982-1984, the Prince attended Northeastern Illinois University, Illinois where he graduated with high honors, obtaining a B.S. in Information Science.
Prince Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh 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.
Prince Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh was decorated with the United States Republican Senatorial Medal of Freedom.
He was also recognized by the United States Republican Party "For distinction and achievement in helping to promote and perpetuate the ideals and principles of the Republican Party", and was recognized as a prominent leader.
Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and Senator Alphonse M. D'Amato awarded Prince Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh with a personalized Eternal Flame of Freedom Brass Medallion and he was nominated to have his name engraved on the Ronald Reagan Eternal Flame of Freedom monument in Washington D.C.
In December 22, 1993, the late Emperor Bao Dai held a Imperial Audience and organized the Imperial Nguyen Dynasty Overseas Council in Paris, France and he decided to choose Prince Nguyen Phuc Buu Phuc, to head it and Prince Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh as the General Secretary.
In February 2004, Prince Nguyen Phuc Buu Phuc chose Prince Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh to assume the Regency of the Imperial Nguyen Dynasty Overseas Council and Grand Mastership of the Imperial Order of the Dragon of Annam, founded in 1886.
In September 2004, Prince Regent Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh selected Tran Van Ba former Colonel in Chief of Emperor Bao Dai's Imperial Guards to serve as Chancellor of the Order of the Dragon of Annam.
Prince Regent Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh also currently serves as President of the Southeast Asia Imperial & Royal League, working with Prince Mangkra Souvannaphouma of Laos the Secretary General, Prince Shwebomin of Burma the Honorary Treasurer of the League, some Vietnamese exiles, Mr. Kok Ksor President of the Montagnard Foundation, and other groups to promote the restoration of monarchy throughout Southeast Asia.
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