Minister of Defence (Vietnam)
| Minister of National Defence
Bộ trưởng Bộ Quốc phòng Việt Nam | |
|---|---|
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| Ministry of Defence | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Member of | Cabinet |
| Reports to | The President The Prime Minister |
| Appointer | The President |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Formation | 8 May 1945 |
| First holder | Chu Văn Tấn |
| Deputy | Vice Minister of Defence |
| Website | www.mod.gov.vn |
The Minister of Defence is the Government of Vietnam member in charge of the Ministry of Defence. The Minister directs the management functions of state for defense, and is responsible for and is the highest commander of the Vietnam People's Army and Militia. The Minister is also Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, a Member of the Politburo and a Member of the Council for National Defense and Security. The current Minister of Defence is Army General Phan Văn Giang, since 8 April 2021.
Chain of command[]
- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (de facto)
- President (nominal)
- Prime Minister
- Minister of Defence
- Chief of the General Political Department
- Chief of the General Staff
Lists of Ministers of Defence[]
| No. [note 1] |
Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Rank [note 2] |
Prime Minister |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Defence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–76) | ||||||
| 1 | —
|
Chu Văn Tấn (1909–1984) |
May 8, 1945 | March 1946 | —
|
Ho Chi Minh |
| 2 | —
|
Phan Anh (1912–1989) |
March 1946 | May 11, 1946 | —
| |
| 3 | 
|
Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911–2013) |
May 11, 1946 | May 8, 1947 | —
| |
| 4 | 
|
Tạ Quang Bửu (1910–1986) |
May 8, 1947 | May 8, 1948 | —
| |
| 5 |
|
Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911–2013) |
May 8, 1948 | July 2, 1976 | 5 | |
| Phạm Văn Đồng | ||||||
| 7 | ||||||
| Minister of Defence of the Republic of South Vietnam (1969–76) | ||||||
—
|
—
|
Trần Nam Trung (1912–2009) |
June 8, 1969 | July 2, 1976 | —
|
Huỳnh Tấn Phát |
| Minister of Defence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present) | ||||||
| 5 |
|
Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911–2013) |
July 2, 1976 | February 1980 | 4 | Phạm Văn Đồng |
| 6 | 
|
Văn Tiến Dũng (1917–2002) |
February 1980 | February 16, 1987 | 6 | |
—
| ||||||
| 7 | 
|
Lê Đức Anh (1920–2019) |
February 16, 1987 | August 10, 1992 | 6 | Phạm Văn Đồng |
| Phạm Hùng | ||||||
| Đỗ Mười | ||||||
| 8 | 
|
Đoàn Khuê (1922–1999) |
August 10, 1992 | December 29, 1997 | 5 | Đỗ Mười |
| Võ Văn Kiệt | ||||||
| 6 | ||||||
| 9 | 
|
Phạm Văn Trà (born 1937) |
December 29, 1997 | June 28, 2006 | 5 | Phan Văn Khải |
| 11 | ||||||
| 10 | 
|
Phùng Quang Thanh (1949-2021) |
June 28, 2006 | April 8, 2016 | 8 | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng |
| 2 | ||||||
| 11 | 
|
Ngô Xuân Lịch (born 1954) |
April 9, 2016 | April 7, 2021 | —
|
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc |
| 6 | ||||||
| 12 | 
|
Phan Văn Giang (born 1960) |
April 8, 2021 | Incumbent | —
|
Phạm Minh Chính |
| 12 | ||||||
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ These numbers are not official.
- ^ The Central Committee when it convenes for its first session after being elected by a National Party Congress elects the Politburo. The Politburo members are ranked in an official order of precedence every time the body is elected by the Central Committee.[1]
References[]
- ^ Van & Cooper 1983, p. 69.
Bibliography[]
- Van, Canh Nguyen; Cooper, Earle (1983). Vietnam under Communism, 1975–1982. Hoover Press. ISBN 9780817978518.
Categories:
- Ministers of Defence of Vietnam
- Lists of political office-holders in Vietnam