BAO DAI

(Bảo Đại)


Bao Dai
Bao Dai
  • Born: October 22, 1913
  • Died: July 30, 1997
  • Nationality: Vietnamese
  • Profession: Statesman

Bảo Đại, born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy, was the 13th and final Emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last ruling family of Vietnam. From 1926 to 1945, he was Emperor of Annam, which was then a protectorate in French Indochina, covering the central two thirds of the present-day Vietnam. Bảo Đại ascended the throne in 1932.