Ngô Đình Luyện (1914 – 1990) was a Vietnamese diplomat.

He was one of six sons born to affluent Roman Catholic parents and ôĐìnhLuyệalso had three sisters. His father, Ngô Đình Khả, was a mandarin during the French colonial era. Luyện's brothers included Provincial Governor Ngô Đình Khôi, South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm and Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Huế. Khôi was killed by Việt Minh insurgents in the 1940s, who reportedly buried him alive.

Ngô Đình Luyện

Diệm appointed Luyện as ambassador to the United Kingdom. Diệm and another brother, Ngô Đình Nhu, were executed on 2 November 1963 during a military coup. Another brother, Ngô Đình Cẩn, was captured a few days later and eventually sentenced to death and executed. Luyện was able to escape assassination because he was in London at the time.

Ngô Đình Luyện

Luyện and Thục were the only brothers to survive the political upheavals in Vietnam.

Ngô Đình Luyện

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Ngo family

Vietnamese Roman Catholics

Vietnamese people of the Vietnam War

Ambassadors of Vietnam to the United Kingdom

1914 births

1990 deaths

Date of birth unknown

Date of death unknown

Place of death missing