The following is his brief biography:

- Full name: Luong Cuong

- Date of birth: August 15, 1957

- Native place: Duu Lau ward, Viet Tri city, Phu Tho province

- Academic degree: Bachelor of Party building, State governance

- Political theory: High level

- Party admission: July 1978

He is a member of the Party Central Committee for the 11th, 12th and 13th tenures, Secretary of the 12th Party Central Committee; member of the 13th Party Central Committee's Politburo; and standing member of the 13th Party Central Committee’s Secretariat.

Summary of career:

- February 1975: Joined the army.

- May 2003 – March 2006: Deputy Commander of Politics, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Army Corps 2; Major General (February 2006).

- April 2006 – December 2007: Political Commissar, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Army Corps 2; Major General.

- January 2008 - May 2011: member of the 11th Party Central Committee (January 2011); Political Commissar, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Military Region 3; Lieutenant General (August 2009).

- June 2011 - December 2015: member of the 11th Party Central Committee, Deputy Chief of the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People's Army; Secretary of the Party Committee of the General Department of Politics; Senior Lieutenant General (December 2014).

- January 2016 - April 2016: Secretary of the 12th Party Central Committee; Deputy Chief of the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People's Army; Senior Lieutenant General.

- May 2016 - December 2020: Secretary of the 12th Party Central Committee; member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, Chief of the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People's Army; head of the Central Military Commission’s Inspection Committee; General (January 2019); member of the Central Steering Committee on Corruption Prevention and Control; and member of the Party Central Committee's Sub-commission on Internal Political Security.

- January 2021 - April 2024: member of the 13th Party Central Committee's Politburo; member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission; deputy of the 15th National Assembly; Chief of the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People's Army; head of the Central Military Commission's Inspection Committee; member of the Central Steering Committee on Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena; and member of the Party Central Committee's Sub-commission on Internal Political Security.

- May 2024 - present: member of the 13th Party Central Committee's Politburo; standing member of the 13th Party Central Committee’s Secretariat; deputy of the 15th National Assembly; and deputy head of the Central Steering Committee on Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena.

- From October 21, 2024: President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for the 2021-2026 tenure./.VNA