Khương Hữu Điểu (born 7 October 1931) was a South Vietnamese Government ranking cabinet member and banking chief executive officer in the South Vietnam government from the mid-1950s to 1975. Family Khương is a direct descendant of an aristocrat family (Khương Hữu) in Vietnam. Khương was born as a twin brother with Dr. Khương Hữu Quí , a French scientist with 3 doctorates, to Mr. & Mrs Khương Hữu Lân, a well established jeweler in the city of Mỹ Tho, VietNam . He was given to Mr. Khương Hữu Lân's younger brother Khương Hữu Phụng as an adopted son (due to Mr. and Mrs Khương Hữu Phụng' infertility situation ). Khuong is married to Mrs. Đinh Thị Bích Châu for over half a century. Education Khương attended Junio High School at College Le Myre de Vilers, Mỷ Tho, Vietnam from 1941 to 1948 and graduated with Valedictorian. During this time, there was no higher education institution available in his hometown Mỷ Tho, his parents sent Khương to a French Preparatory School – Lycée Yersin, Đà Lạt, Viêt Nam from 1948 to 1951. Khương was also awarded Honors Prize from the Parents Association of Vietnam most renowned and famous French Preparatory schools in SàiGòn: Chasseloup Laubat, Marie Curie, and Petrus Trương Vỉnh Ký. After earning his French Baccalauréat diploma, Khương went to the United States as a foreign student exchange to attend Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania from 1952 to 1956. He earned the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with Fulbright Scholar status and graduated First in class. Additionally, Khương was awarded Full Fellowship Tau Beta Pi to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) between 1956 and 1957. He graduated with master's degree of Sciences in Engineering. He pursued additional business studies at Columbia University School of Business in New York from 1957 to 1958. During this last year, as part of the foreign student program, Khương joined Ebasco International of New York as a Power Plan Designer – Engineer from 1957 to 1958. Between 1958 and 1961, Khương was an Assistant Operations Manager for Esso Corporation. Political and banking life Khương returned to his homeland ViệtNam and joined VietNam Sugar Corporation as a Technical Director. He held this position from 1961 to 1964. Khương joined Sonadezi (National Company for the Development of Industrial Estates) as a Director General between 1964 and 1967. After the fall of the