Dam Van Quang

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Dang Van Quang served as a Minister of Defense under the President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam. He was formerly a NCO in the French colonial army was later promoted to be Emperor Bao Dai's aide-de-camp, then commander of his personal Imperial Guard. He also was in charge of managing resources for Nguyen Van Thieu. This led to his promotion to General. This led to some problems as he was not popular with the people of Vietnam.