VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has three female members, including National Assembly Vice Chairs Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Tong Thi Phong and Chair of the National Assembly Committee for Social Affairs Truong Thi Mai.

The youngest member is Mr. Vo Van Thuong, 46, Vice Permanent Party Secretary of HCM City. The oldest member is Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong, Party Secretary General.

The politburo has only one representative of the local agency – Mr. Vo Van Thuong from HCM City.

There are three Deputy Prime Ministers in the list - Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Mr. Pham Binh Minh and Mr. Hoang Trung Hai; three Ministers – Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang, Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang and the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Van Binh.

There are four officials from Party organizations: Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue, Head of the Central Economic Committee; Mr. Dinh The Huynh, Head of the Central Propaganda and Education Committee; Mr. Pham Minh Chinh, Deputy Head of the Central Organizing Committee; and Mr. Tran Quoc Vuong, Head of the Office of the Party Central Committee.

Three members of the Party Central Committee (not the Politburo members) were elected to the Party Secretariat, including the Chair of the Government Office - Mr. Nguyen Van Nen, Head of the Supreme People’s Procuracy Nguyen Hoa Binh, and Lieutenant General - Vice Chairman of the People's Army General Political Department Luong Cuong.

Brief biography of the 19 Politburo members:

1. Nguyen Phu Trong

Date of Birth: 14/4/1944

Hometown: Dong Hoi Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi

- Member of the VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII Party Central Committee

- Member of the VIII, IX, X, XI, XII Politburo

- Secretary of the Party Committee of the National Assembly, member of the National Council of Defense and Security

- The XI, XII, XIII National Assembly deputy.

- General Secretary of the XI, XII Party Central Committee.

Mr. Trong is a professor and doctor of political science (major in Party building) and literature.

2. Tran Dai Quang

Date of Birth: 12/10/1956

Hometown: Kim Son district, Ninh Binh province

- Member of the X, XI Party Central Committee.

- Politburo member, General and Minister of Public Security.

Mr. Quang is a professor and doctor of law.

3. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan

Date of Birth: 12/4/1954

Hometown: Chau Hoa commune, Giong Trom district, Ben Tre province

- Member of the IX, X, XI Party Central Committee.

- Member of the Politburo and Vice Chair of the National Assembly.

Ms. Ngan holds a master degree of economics and a bachelor degree of politics.

4. Ngo Xuan Lich

Date of Birth: 20/4/1954

Hometown: Yen Bac commune, Duy Tien district, Ha Nam province

- Member of the X, XI Party Central Committee of the terms

- Secretary of the Party Central Committee.

- General, the Chairman of the General Political Department of the Vietnam People's Army.

5. To Lam

Date of Birth: 10/07/1957

Hometown: Nghia Tru commune, Van Giang district, Hung Yen province

Education: Professor, Ph.D.

Position: Senior Lieutenant General, Deputy Minister of Public Security

6. Nguyen Xuan Phuc

Date of Birth: 20/7/1954

Hometown: Que Phu commune, Que Son district, Quang Nam province

Educational background: Bachelor of Economics

5/2002: elected as National Assembly deputy of the 11th term.

1/6/2006: Deputy Chairman of the Government Office

4/2006: elected to the 10th Party Central Committee

2007: Chairman of the Government Office

1/2011: elected to the 11th Party Central Committee and the Politburo.

8/2011: elected as Vice Prime Minister.

7. Nguyen Thien Nhan

Date of Birth: 12/6/1953

Hometown: Tra Phuong commune, Chau Thanh district, Tra Vinh province

Education: Professor, Ph.D.

Position: Politburo member, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front

8. Dinh The Huynh

Date of Birth: 15/5/1953

Hometown: Nam Dinh

- Member of the IX, X, XI Party Central Committee.

- Politburo member; Secretary of the Party Central Committee; Head of the Central Propaganda and Education Committee; Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council.

Educational background: Doctor of journalism

9. Pham Minh Chinh

Date of Birth: 10/2/1958

Hometown: Hoa Loc commune, Hau Loc district, Thanh Hoa province

Education: Associate Professor, Ph.D.

Position: Deputy Head of the Central Organizing Committee (from 4/2015)

10. Tong Thi Phong

Date of Birth: 10/2/1954

Hometown: Chieng An Ward, Son La City, Son La Province

- Member of the VIII, IX, X, XI Party Central Committee

- Member of the 11th Politburo

- Secretary of the IX, X  Party Central Committee.

- Vice Chair of the XII, XIII National Assembly

Educational background: Bachelor of Law

11. Vuong Dinh Hue

Date of Birth: 15/3/1957

Hometown: Nghi Xuan commune, Nghi Loc district, Nghe An

Educational background: Professor, Doctor of Economics

Member of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Economic Committee

Deputy of the 13th National Assembly

12. Tran Quoc Vuong

Date of Birth: 5/2/1953

Hometown: An Ninh commune, Tien Hai district, Thai Binh

Educational background: Master of Law

Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Office of the Party Central Committee

Deputies to the 12th, 13th National Assembly

13. Pham Binh Minh

Date of Birth: 26/3/1959

Hometown: Lien Minh Commune, Vu Ban district, Nam Dinh

Educational background: Master of International Relations and Law

Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy PM, Minister of Foreign Affairs, member of the National Council for Defense and Security

13th National Assembly deputy

14. Truong Thi Mai

Date of Birth: 23/1/1958

Hometown: Hien Ninh commune, Quang Ninh district, Quang Binh

Educational background: Master of Public Administration, Bachelor of laws, Bachelor of history

Member of the Party Central Committee, member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chair of the National Assembly Committee on Social Affairs

15. Nguyen Van Binh

Date of Birth: 4/3/1961

Hometown: Phu Tho town, Phu Tho province

Education: Doctor of Science

Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (7/2011)

16. Truong Hoa Binh

Date of Birth: 13/4/1955

Hometown: Long Duoc Dong commune, Can Giuoc district, Long An province

- Secretary of the Party Central Committee.

- Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court.

Educational background: Master of Law, bachelor degrees of the University of Technology, University of Public Security

17. Vo Van Thuong

Date of Birth: 13/12/1970

Hometown: Mang Thit, Vinh Long province

Educational background: Master of Philosophy

Mr. Vo Van Thuong, a member of the Party Central Committee, former First Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Youth Union and Party Secretary of Quang Ngai Province, was appointed Deputy Party Secretary of HCM City in April 2014.

He studied philosophy at the Ho Chi Minh City National University and became the Deputy Secretary of the school’s Youth Union in 1992. Seven years later, he received a Master of Philosophy degree.

In 1995, he was elected Vice President and Secretary General of the HCM City Students’ Association. Five years later, he ascended to the association’s presidency and then was elected chairman of the Vietnam Students’ Association.

In 2002, he was elected Deputy Secretary and Chairman of the HCM City Youth Union. A year later, he was elected Secretary.

At the National Party Congress in 2006, Thuong was elected an alternate member of the Party Central Committee. In January 2011, he was elected a member of the 11th Party Central Committee.

Before being elected as Deputy Party Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City, Thuong served as the First Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Youth Union, a deputy in the 12th National Assembly and Party Secretary of the central province of Quang Ngai, from August 2011.

18. Dinh La Thang

Date of Birth: 10/9/1960

Hometown: Yen Binh commune, Y Yen district, Nam Dinh

Educational background: Doctor of Economics, Bachelor of Finance and Accounting

Member of the Party Central Committee; Minister of Transport

Deputy to the 11th, 13th National Assembly

19. Hoang Trung Hai

Date of Birth: 27/9/1959

Hometown: Quynh Giao commune, Quynh Phu district, Thai Binh

Educational background: Master of Business Administration, Senior Engineer of Power System

Member of the Party Central Committee, member of the Party Committee of the Government, Deputy Prime Minister

Deputies to the 8th, 11th and 13th National Assembly

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