13th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam
The 13th Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Bộ Chính trị Ban Chấp hành trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam Khoá XIII) is the current Politburo of the ruling Communist Party in Vietnam. It was selected by the Central Committee of the Party at the 13th National Congress of the CPV on January 31, 2021, and is expected to serve until the 14th National Congress. The 18-member Politburo was elected on January 31, 2021 at the first plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee.[1] Nguyễn Phú Trọng was re-elected for his third term as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, a top position he has held since 2011.[2]
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Members
13th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam | |||||||||
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Rank | Portrait | Information | Member since | NA Constituency | Position(s) | ||||
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Name | Nguyễn Phú Trọng | Member since the 8th Politburo, elected in 1997. 6th term. |
Hanoi-1 | General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Secretary of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam | ||||
Born | Đông Anh, Hanoi, French Indochina | April 14, 1944||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
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Name | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc | Member since the 11th Politburo, elected in 2011. 3rd term. |
Ho Chi Minh City-10 | President of Vietnam Vice-Chairman of the Council for National Defense and Security | ||||
Born | Quế Sơn, Quảng Nam, State of Vietnam | July 20, 1954||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
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Name | Phạm Minh Chính | Member since the 12th Politburo, elected in 2016. 2nd term. |
Cần Thơ City-1 | Prime Minister of Vietnam Head of the Central Organizing Commission | ||||
Born | Hậu Lộc, Thanh Hóa, North Vietnam | December 10, 1958||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
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Name | Vương Đình Huệ | Member since the 12th Politburo, elected in 2016. 2nd term. |
Chairman of the National Assembly Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee | |||||
Born | Nghi Lộc, Nghệ An, North Vietnam | March 15, 1957||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
5 | Name | Trần Tuấn Anh | New Member | Khánh Hoà | Head of the Central Economic Committee | ||||
Born | Đức Phổ, Quảng Ngãi | April 6, 1964||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
6 | ![]() Nguyễn Hòa Bình |
Name | Nguyễn Hòa Bình | New Member | Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court | ||||
Born | Nghĩa Hành, Quảng Ngãi | May 24, 1958||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
7 | ![]() General Lương Cường |
Name | General Lương Cường | New Member | Thanh Hoá-2 | Standing Member of the Central Military Commission Director of the Vietnam People's Army General Political Department | |||
Born | Việt Trì, Phú Thọ | August 15, 1957||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
8 | ![]() Đinh Tiến Dũng |
Name | Đinh Tiến Dũng | New Member | Hanoi-4 | Minister of Finance | |||
Born | Hoa Lư, Ninh Bình, North Vietnam | May 10, 1961||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
9 | ![]() General Phan Văn Giang |
Name | General Phan Văn Giang | New Member | Thái Nguyên-2 | Minister of Defence Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army | |||
Born | Nam Trực, Nam Định, North Vietnam | October 14, 1960||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
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![]() General Tô Lâm |
Name | General Tô Lâm | Member since the 12th Politburo, elected in 2016. 2nd term. |
Hưng Yên-1 | Minister of Public Security | |||
Born | Văn Giang, Hưng Yên | July 10, 1957||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
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Name | Trương Thị Mai | Member since the 12th Politburo, elected in 2016. 2nd term. |
Hòa Bình | Head of the Central Mass Mobilization Commission | ||||
Born | Quảng Ninh, Quảng Bình | January 23, 1958||||||||
Gender | Female | ||||||||
12 | ![]() Trần Thanh Mẫn |
Name | Trần Thanh Mẫn | New Member | Hậu Giang-1 | Chairman of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front Central Committee | |||
Born | Châu Thành A, Hậu Giang | August 12, 1962||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
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Name | Phạm Bình Minh | Member since the 12th Politburo, elected in 2016. 2nd term. |
Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu-1 | Deputy Prime Minister | ||||
Born | Vụ Bản, Nam Định, North Vietnam | March 26, 1959||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
14 | ![]() Nguyễn Văn Nên |
Name | Nguyễn Văn Nên | New Member | Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee | ||||
Born | Gò Dầu, Tây Ninh, North Vietnam | July 14, 1957||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
15 | ![]() Nguyễn Xuân Thắng |
Name | Nguyễn Xuân Thắng | New Member | Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics | ||||
Born | Thanh Chương, Nghệ An | February 18, 1957||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
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Name | Võ Văn Thưởng | Member since the 12th Politburo, elected in 2016. 2nd term. |
Đà Nẵng City-1 | Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam | ||||
Born | Mang Thít, Vĩnh Long | December 13, 1970||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
17 | ![]() Phan Đình Trạc |
Name | Phan Đình Trạc | New Member | Lâm Đồng-1 | Head of the Internal Affairs Commission | |||
Born | Diễn Châu, Nghệ An, North Vietnam | August 25, 1958||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
18 | ![]() Trần Cẩm Tú |
Name | Trần Cẩm Tú | New Member | Chairman of the Central Inspection Commission | ||||
Born | Hương Sơn, Hà Tĩnh, North Vietnam | August 25, 1961||||||||
Gender | Male | ||||||||
Reference: [3] |
References
- "BREAKING NEWS: LIST OF NEWLY-ELECTED POLITBURO MEMBERS". Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- "Vietnam's Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong wins re-election". Tuổi Trẻ. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- "BREAKING NEWS: LIST OF NEWLY-ELECTED POLITBURO MEMBERS". Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.