André Dang Van Nha

André Dang Van Nha (; born 27 July 1936) is a French-Australian businessman and mining magnate in New Caledonia. He is best known for brokering a series of mining deals that also supported the Kanak cause for independence from France.

Early life André Dang Van Nha was born into poverty to mother Nguyễn Thị Bình and father Đặng Văn Nha. His mother was a Vietnamese woman from French Indochina, who left behind her three children to relocate to New Caledonia as an indentured labourer in 1935, working on nickel mines in and around the Koniambo mine near the town of Voh. The mine hosted many Vietnamese indentured labourers, referred to as the Chân Dăng, who were treated harshly. She met André Dang Van Nha's father at the mine, who later died in an industrial accident in 1937. André Dang Van Nha's parents were unmarried, as they were married to others in Vietnam, and his family thus received none of his father's pension following his death; instead, his mother was relocated to harsher labour on a chromium mine near Koumac, where Dang Van Nha was cared for by other Vietnamese migrants while she worked.

Due to his mother's work hours, Dang Van Nha was eventually adopted by a modest Vietnamese couple and relocated to live with them in Nouméa. With the establishment of Naval Base Noumea amidst World War II, Dang Van Nha was introduced to several members of the United States Marine Corps, through whom he learned English. Dang Van Nha was educated in Nouméa at Sacré Cœur and then Frédéric Surleu public schools. By 1949, his mother had finished her indentured labour contract and relocated to Nouméa as well, and Dang Van Nha was reunited with her along with two younger siblings. He began his career working as a mechanic, married Bui Thi En in 1954, and then found a job working at the Doniambo nickel smelter. He and his wife had four children together. Dang Van Nha ultimately pursued a degree in engineering in Marseille in the late 1950s, and also became a French citizen.

Dang Van Nha is regarded as a somewhat mysterious figure in New Caledonia, and a biography published in 2008, Mystère Dang, sheds some light on his rags-to-riches story and political leanings.