Trương Đình Dzu

Trương Đình Dzu (born Trường Đình Dũ, 10 November 1917 – ) was a South Vietnamese lawyer and politician who unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the presidency in the 1967 elections against Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and his running mate Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, who were the leaders of the incumbent military junta.

1961 aborted election bid Dzu had declared his intention to stand as a candidate for the 1961 South Vietnamese presidential election against President Diem, but he was intimidated into withdrawing after being accused of having engaged in illegal fund transfers out of the country.

1967 election bid In early-1967, several Americans who were detained on currency-violation charges accused Dzu of offering to have them released if they gave him a commission of US$10,000 to bribe the judges. Dzu was put under investigation, but the probe was dropped to allow him to participate in the 1967 presidential election campaign.

As a little-known politician, Dzu remained silent until his candidacy was approved before exhibiting his policies. Afterwards, he campaigned with the dove as his emblem, urging negotiations.

With 17% of the vote, Dzu came second behind the ticket of General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, hitherto the figurehead chief of state, and Air Marshal-cum-Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.

Dzu and seven other civilian tickets filed formal complaints against the military for campaign irregularities. American officials, in line with their support for Thiệu and Kỳ, dismissed the protests as "sour grapes", but a committee from the Constituent Assembly later resolved 16–2 to void the election results due to "a pattern of fraud". Other sources said he was invited by the new government to serve as a senior adviser in Hanoi, where he lived in Từ Liêm district and later died in Ho Chi Minh City .