Nguyễn Phú Trọng

Nguyễn Phú Trọng (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ fu˧˦ t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]; born 14 April 1944) is a Vietnamese politician who has served as general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam since 2011. As the head of the party's Secretariat, Politburo and Central Military Commission, Trọng is Vietnam's paramount leader. He also previously served as president of Vietnam from 2018 to 2021.

Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Trọng in 2023
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Assumed office
19 January 2011
Preceded byNông Đức Mạnh
Secretary of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party
Assumed office
19 January 2011
DeputyPhùng Quang Thanh
Ngô Xuân Lịch
Phan Văn Giang
Preceded byNông Đức Mạnh
10th President of Vietnam
In office
23 October 2018  5 April 2021
Prime MinisterNguyễn Xuân Phúc
Vice PresidentĐặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh
Preceded byTrần Đại Quang
Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (acting)
Succeeded byNguyễn Xuân Phúc
Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam
In office
26 June 2006  23 July 2011
Preceded byNguyễn Văn An
Succeeded byNguyễn Sinh Hùng
Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee
In office
January 2000  26 June 2006
Preceded byLê Xuân Tùng
Succeeded byPhạm Quang Nghị
Personal details
Born (1944-04-14) 14 April 1944
Đông Hội, Đông Anh, French Indochina
(now Hanoi, Vietnam)
Political partyCommunist Party of Vietnam (1968–present)
SpouseNgô Thị Mân
Children2
Residence(s)5 Thiền Quang street, Nguyễn Du, Hai Bà Trưng, Hanoi
Alma materUniversity of Hanoi
National Academy of Public Administration
Russian Academy of Sciences
Occupation
  • Politician
  • professor
Websitedangcongsan.org.vn

Trọng joined the Communist Party in 1968, and rose through the section devoted to political work. He later joined the party's Central Committee in 1994, its Politburo in 1997 and Vietnam's National Assembly in 2002. Between 2000 and 2006, he was the Party committee secretary of Hanoi, effectively the city's highest-ranking position. He was then chairman of the National Assembly from 2006 to 2011.

He was elected general secretary at the party's 11th National Congress in 2011 and re-elected at the 12th National Congress in 2016. During his leadership, he has pursued a wide anti-corruption campaign, implicating numerous senior officials. He became president in 2018 following the death of President Trần Đại Quang, becoming the third person to simultaneously head the party and state after Hồ Chí Minh (in North Vietnam only) and Trường Chinh. At the 13th National Congress in 2021, he was reelected as general secretary becoming the third leader of Vietnam to secure a third term (after Hồ Chí Minh and Lê Duẩn), and was succeeded by Nguyễn Xuân Phúc as president.

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