General Political Department (Vietnam)
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| General Political Department of the People's Army | |
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 General Political Department of the People's Army logo | |
| Founded | 22 December 1944 |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Allegiance | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| Branch |  Ministry of Defence (Vietnam) |
| Garrison/HQ | 61 Ly Nam Đe Street, Hanoi |
| Motto(s) | Loyal, steadfast, exemplary, typical, principled, democratic, proactive, creative, sensitive, astute, united, united, determined to fight, decisive to win |
| Decorations |  Gold Star Order (Vietnam) Ho Chi Minh Order x2 |
| Commanders | |
| Director of the General Department of Politics |  Army General Lương Cường |
| Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics |  Lieutenant General Lieutenant General |
| Fist Director of the General Department of Politics | Army General Nguyễn Chí Thanh |
| Insignia | |
| Identification symbol |   |
General Political Department of the People's Army under Minister of Defence, is the agency in charge of Party and political work in the army under the leadership of Secretariat, Central Military Commission. The Central Organization, Central Propaganda, Central Inspection Commission assist the Central Committee in guiding and inspecting political work and building the Communist Party of Vietnam in the army.
History[]
The predecessor agency of the General Department of Politics was the Political Department, established in September 1945 under the directive of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Indochina to manage political work in the armed forces led by the Viet Minh. , but the core is the Vietnam Liberation Army. The first leader of the Department was Van Tien Dung.
On March 2, 1946, the Resistance War Members Association was established with Vo Nguyen Giap as Chairman. On March 25, 1946, with Decree No. 34-NV signed by the President of the Government of the Union of Resistance, Politics Department became one of 10 specialized agencies of the Ministry of National Defense. The leader of the Political Bureau is Hoang Dao Thuy with the position of Director of the Political Department of the Department. From April 24, 1946, Hoang Van Hoan replaced as Director of the Department.
In addition, on May 6, 1946, Resistance member of the Association changed its name to Military Member of the Association according to Decree 60-SL of President Ho Chi Minh, referred to as Military Commission. Another Political Department was established under the Military Commission, led by Tran Huy Lieu holding the position of Political Director, with Tran Do as an assistant.
Until the end of November 1946, the Ministry of National Defense was merged with the Military Association members to form the Ministry of Defense - General Command, led by Vo Nguyen Giap as Minister of National Defense cum General Commander of the National Army according to Ordinance. 230-SL on November 30, 1946 by the President. The Political Department of the Ministry of National Defense and the Political Department of the Military Commission were merged into the Political Department, directly under the General Command of the Vietnam National Army. The leadership of the Political Bureau was once again assigned to Van Tien Dung (acting director since December 1946, officially from February 12, 1947). From October 18, 1949, Director of the Militia Department Le Liem concurrently held the position of Director of the Political Department.
In July 1950, the Political Department was elevated to the General Department of Politics, directly under the General Command of the National Army and the Vietnamese militia in the spirit of Ordinance 121-SL of July 11, 1950. It was not until later. In 1975, when the General Command of the Vietnam People's Army ceased its operation, the General Department of Politics was transformed into an agency directly under the Ministry of National Defense.
On July 20, 2005, the Politburo passed Resolution No. 51-NQ/TW on continuing to improve the Party's leadership mechanism to implement the one-leader regime in association with the implementation of the political commissar and regime. member of the Vietnam People's Army. Accordingly, in addition to the head of a unit, there are also political commissars and politicians (formerly political deputy).
Accordingly, on November 21, 2011, the Secretariat issued Regulation No. 50-QD/TW on the organization of political agencies in the Vietnam People's Army in order to properly define roles, functions and perfect the implementation mechanism. implemented in accordance with Resolution 51/2005/Politburo.
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