Nguyễn Thiện Thuật

Biography:

Nguyễn Thiện Thuật was a Vietnamese revolutionary leader who commanded armed forces during the anti-colonial struggle. As a high-ranking official under the Nguyễn Dynasty he governed Hải Dương Hai Phong and Quảng Ninh. When Hanoi surrendered to the French in 1883 the Nguyễn Văn Thương regime signed the Treaty of Huế and acknowledged the French protectorate over the northern and central parts of the Vietnam.