Nguyễn Thanh Long
Professor Nguyễn Thanh Long | |
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| Minister of Health | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 12 November 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc |
| Preceded by | Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến |
| Minister of Health Acting | |
| In office 7 July 2020 – 12 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến Vũ Đức Đam (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Deputy Minister of Health | |
| In office 2012–2018 | |
| In office 31 January 2020 – 7 July 2020 | |
| Deputy Director of Central Propaganda Department | |
| In office October 2018 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 3, 1966 Nam Định Province |
| Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| Alma mater | Hanoi Medical University |
Nguyễn Thanh Long is a Vietnamese doctor and the current Minister of Health of Vietnam. He has been noted for being one of the chief strategists of Vietnam's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Career[]
Long graduated in Infectious Medicine from Hanoi Medical University in 1995 and received his doctors degree in 2003. He received the title of Professor in 2013.[1] Between 2005 and 2011, he oversaw HIV/AIDS prevention at the Ministry of Health and from 2011 to 2018 he served as Deputy Minister of Health, before being appointed Deputy Director of the Central Propaganda Department. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, he returned as Deputy Minister of Health and since July 2020 as acting Minister of Health.[2][3][4] He has been credited as one of the strategists behind Vietnam's widely praised success during 2020 in responding to and controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] On 12 November 2020, he officially became the Minister of Health.[6]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Thứ trưởng Bộ Y tế Nguyễn Thanh Long: người ôn hòa". TUOI TRE ONLINE. December 26, 2013.
- ^ "GS.TS.Nguyễn Thanh Long giữ chức Bí thư Ban Cán sự Đảng, Quyền Bộ trưởng Bộ Y tế - Tin nổi bật - Cổng thông tin Bộ Y tế".
- ^ "Vietnam PM appoints acting health minister". VietReader Viet Nam.
- ^ "Ông Nguyễn Thanh Long làm quyền Bộ trưởng Bộ Y tế". TUOI TRE ONLINE. July 7, 2020.
- ^ "COVID-19 pundit named Vietnam's acting health minister". Tuoi Tre News. 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Ông Nguyễn Thanh Long làm Bộ trưởng Y tế".
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