Nguyen Phu Trong
President of Vietnam
Died when: 80 years 96 days (963 months)Star Sign: Aries
Nguy?n Phú Tr?ng (born 14 April 1944) was a Vietnamese politician who has served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam — the highest political position in Vietnam — since 2011.
In addition, Nguy?n Phú Tr?ng served as president of Vietnam from 2018 to 2021.As general secretary, Nguy?n Phú Tr?ng heads the party's secretariat and is the Secretary of the Central Military Commission in addition to being the de facto head of the politburo, the highest decision-making body in Vietnam, which currently makes him the most powerful person in Vietnam.
He was Chairman of the National Assembly from 2006 to 2011, representing Hanoi, was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam at the party's 11th National Congress in 2011 and re-elected twice at the 12th National Congress in 2016 and the 13th National Congress in 2021.
On 3 October 2018, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam formally nominated Nguy?n Phú Tr?ng for President of Vietnam, which was voted on at a subsequent session of the National Assembly, where the party holds an overwhelming majority.
This made him the third person to simultaneously head the party and state after Ho Chi Minh (in North Vietnam only) and Tru?ng Chinh.
On 23 October 2018, he was elected as the ninth President of Vietnam in a meeting of the sixth session of the National Assembly.
Nguy?n Phú Tr?ng stepped down as President in 2021 but remained as General Secretary of the Communist Party.
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