List of presidents of Vietnam

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The President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Chủ tịch nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam), known as Chairman of the Council of State (Vietnamese: Chủ tịch Hội đồng Nhà nước) from 1981 to 1992, is the head of state of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Beside, the president is also the head of government with prime minister. Since Vietnam is a single-party state, the president is generally considered to hold the second highest position in the political system, after the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The president represents Vietnam internally and externally, supervises the work as well as preserving the stability of the national governmental system and safeguards the independence and territorial integrity of the country. The president appoints prime minister, vice-presidents, ministers and other officials with the consent of the National Assembly. The head of state is the de jure commander-in-chief of the Vietnam People's Armed Forces and Chairman of the Council for Defence and Security, an organ of the National Assembly. Since Vietnam is a one-party state, with the Communist Party of Vietnam being the sole party allowed by the constitution, all the presidents of the Democratic Republic and the Socialist Republic have been members of the party while holding office. The current President is Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, since 5 April 2021. He is also the former Prime Minister of Vietnam.

The modern office of the President of the Socialist Republic traces its lineage back to Hồ Chí Minh, the first President of the Democratic Republic, and the office has no connection, or lineage, officially at least, to the head of state of the former South Vietnam (Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, a communist and the head of state of South Vietnam). Officially there have been 11 presidents, but there have, in total, been 12 presidents should the one of South Vietnam be counted.

Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–76)[]

Status

No. [note 1]		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party
Officially	In this state			Took office	Left office	Time in office
President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
1	1		Hồ Chí Minh (1890–1969)	2 September 1945	2 September 1969†	24 years	Indochinese Communist Party (until February 1951) Worker's Party of Vietnam (from February 1951)
—	—		Huỳnh Thúc Kháng (1876–1947)	29 May 1946	21 October 1946	145 days	None
—	—		Tôn Đức Thắng (1888–1980)	2 September 1969	23 September 1969	21 days	Worker's Party of Vietnam
2	2			23 September 1969	2 July 1976	6 years, 283 days

Republic of South Vietnam (1969–76)[]

No. [note 1]		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party
Officially	In the state			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Chairman of the Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam
—	1		Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910–1996)	8 June 1969	2 July 1976	7 years, 24 days	People's Revolutionary Party of Vietnam (National Liberation Front) (influenced by Worker's Party of Vietnam)

Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present)[]

Status

No. [note 1]		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party
Officially	In the state			Took office	Left office	Time in office
President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(2)	1		Tôn Đức Thắng (1888–1980)	2 July 1976	30 March 1980†	3 years, 272 days	Worker's Party of Vietnam (until December 1976) Communist Party of Vietnam (from December 1976)
—	—		Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910–1996)	30 March 1980	4 July 1981	1 year, 96 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
Chairman of the Council of State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
3	2		Trường Chinh (1907–1988)	4 July 1981	18 June 1987	5 years, 349 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
4	3		Võ Chí Công (1912–2011)	18 June 1987	22 September 1992	5 years, 96 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
5	4		Army general Lê Đức Anh (1920–2019)	23 September 1992	24 September 1997	5 years, 1 day	Communist Party of Vietnam
6	5		Trần Đức Lương (1937–)	24 September 1997	27 June 2006 resignation	8 years, 276 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
7	6		Nguyễn Minh Triết (1942–)	27 June 2006	25 July 2011	5 years, 28 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
8	7		Trương Tấn Sang (1949–)	25 July 2011	2 April 2016	4 years, 252 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
9	8		Police general Trần Đại Quang (1956–2018)	2 April 2016	21 September 2018†	2 years, 172 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
—	—		Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (1959–)	21 September 2018	23 October 2018	32 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
10	9		Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944–)	23 October 2018	5 April 2021	2 years, 164 days	Communist Party of Vietnam
11	10		Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954–)	5 April 2021	Incumbent	310 days	Communist Party of Vietnam

Timeline[]

List of presidents by length of tenure[]

See also[]

• List of prime ministers of Vietnam
• List of heads of state of Vietnam
• Leaders of South Vietnam

Notes[]

1.^ These numbers are official. The "—" denotes acting head of state. The first column shows how many presidents there have been in Vietnamese history, while the second show how many presidents there was in that state.

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