Brief biography of Prime Minister:
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung
-Born on November 17, 1949.
-Native land: Ca Mau city, Ca Mau Province
-Admitted to the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) on June 10, 1967.
- Education: Bachelor of Law, high-level political theory.
- Member of the 6th , 7th , 8th , 9th and 10th CPV Central Committee, Member of the Politburo of the 8th, 9th, 10th CPV Central Committee, Secretary of the Government Party Organisation, Prime Minister, deputy to the 10th, 11th and 12th National Assembly.
Summary of professional career:
November 1961 – September 1981: Served in the Army and the Military Medical Company in the southern province of Rach Gia
Senior Lieutenant – Chief Political Commissar of Infantry Battalion 207, Captain – Political Chief of Infantry Regiment 152, defending the southwestern border, Major – Head of the Personnel Board of Kien Giang Province’s Military Command.
October 1981 – December 1994: Enrolled at the High-level Nguyen Ai Quoc Party School. Member of the Standing Committee of the Kien Giang Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Head of the provincial Organisational Board. Secretary of the Ha Tien District Party Committee, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Kien Giang provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Kien Giang People’s Committee. Member of the provincial People’s Council. Secretary of the Kien Giang Party Committee. Secretary of the provincial Military Division’s Party Committee. Member of the Military Zone 9 Party Committee.
January 1995-May 1996: Deputy Minister for Home Affairs. Member of the Central Police Party Committee.
June 1996-August 1997: Member of the Politburo and Politburo Standing Committee. Director of the CPV Central Committee’s Economic Commission, in charge of financial affairs of the CPV.
September 1997-June 2006: Member of the Politburo. Deputy Secretary of the Government Party Organisation.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister of the government. Governor of the State Bank of Viet Nam and Secretary of the State Bank of Viet Nam Party Organisation.
Chairman of the National Financial and Monetary Council. Head of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) Steering Committee. Head of the southwestern region Steering Committee. Head of the Party Central Committee Steering Board for Reorganisation of State-owned Enterprises. Head of the State Steering Committee for Key National Projects. Head of the Party Central Committee for Crime Prevention and control and others.
July 2006 – now: Politburo member of the Party Central Committee. Secretary of the Government Party Organisation, Prime Minister, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Anti-Corruption Steering Committee. Vice Chairman of the National Defence and Security Council.
(Source: VNA)
(Theo website Nguyễn Tấn Dũng)
