12th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam
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The 12th 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 XII) is the current Politburo of the ruling Communist Party in Vietnam. It was selected by the Central Committee of the Party at the 12th National Congress of the CPV on January 27, 2016, and is expected to serve until the 13th National Congress, tentatively scheduled for early 2021. The 19-member committee comprises 12 newcomers and seven returning members.[1] Within Vietnam's one-party political system, the Politburo de facto occupies the apex of the political system, with important government positions (president, prime minister, chair of the National Assembly) and leadership of the military and security forces almost always held by its members.
Since the incumbent president, prime minister, and chair of the National Assembly (Trương Tấn Sang, Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, and Nguyễn Sinh Hùng, all members of the 11th Politburo) were not selected to partake in the 12th Politburo, they were expected to retire when the National Assembly confirmed their successors in late 2016. The incumbent general secretary of the CPV, Nguyễn Phú Trọng, was re-elected to his post.
At the 11th session of the 13th National Assembly, a number of members of the new Politburo were confirmed as new leaders of state institutions.
Members[]
Name | Portrait | Member Period | Duration | Position at Start of 12th National Congress | Current Party Position | Current State Position | Note |
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Nguyễn Phú Trọng | ![]() |
29 December 1997 - present |
23 years, 360 days |
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Trần Đại Quang | ![]() |
19 January 2011 - 21 September 2018 |
7 years, 245 days |
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Died in September 2018. Succeeded by Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh as acting President, then by Nguyen Phu Trong. |
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc | ![]() |
19 January 2011 - present |
10 years, 339 days |
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Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân | ![]() |
11 May 2013 - present |
8 years, 227 days |
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Ngô Xuân Lịch | ![]() |
27 January 2016 - present |
5 years, 331 days |
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Tô Lâm | ![]() |
27 January 2016 - present |
5 years, 331 days |
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Nguyễn Thiện Nhân | ![]() |
11 May 2013 - present |
8 years, 227 days |
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Nguyễn Thiện Nhân was assigned to take over as the party chief in Ho Chi Minh City in May 2017, after the then-Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, Đinh La Thăng, was removed from his post for discipline violation. |
Đinh Thế Huynh | ![]() |
19 January 2011 - present |
10 years, 339 days |
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On official leave for medical reasons since August 2017. | |
Phạm Minh Chính | ![]() |
27 January 2016 - present |
5 years, 331 days |
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Tòng Thị Phóng | 19 January 2011 - present |
10 years, 339 days |
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Vương Đình Huệ | 27 January 2016 - present |
5 years, 331 days |
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Trần Quốc Vượng | ![]() |
27 January 2016 - present |
5 years, 331 days |
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Assigned by the Politburo to act as Executive Secretary while Đinh Thế Huynh is on medical leave. | |
Phạm Bình Minh | ![]() |
27 January 2016 - present |
5 years, 331 days |
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Trương Thị Mai | 27 January 2016 - present |
5 years, 331 days |
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27 January 2016 - present |
5 years, 331 days |
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Nguyễn Văn Bình | 27 January 2016 - present |
5 years, 331 days | Governor of the State Bank (state position) |
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Võ Văn Thưởng | 27 January 2016 - present |
5 years, 331 days |
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Đinh La Thăng | ![]() |
27 January 2016 - 7 May 2017 |
1 year, 100 days |
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Đinh La Thăng was removed from the Politburo by the Central Committee in May 2017 for misconduct and negligence during his tenure as the chair of the state-owned oil company, PetroVietnam. Since the Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee by convention has to be a Politburo member, he was reassigned to the Central Economic Commission as the deputy chair. | |
Hoàng Trung Hải | ![]() |
27 January 2016 - present |
5 years, 331 days |
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A "*" indicates that the position was confirmed at the 11th session of the 13th National Assembly, convened from late March 2016.
References[]
- ^ "New politburo unveiled by Vietnam's Communist Party". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam