Biography of Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh: Positions and Working History

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Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh - Photo: VGP

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's Biography

Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh was born on December 10, 1958, at Hoa Loc Commune, Hau Loc District, Thanh Hoa Province. He was trained to be a civil and industrial construction engineer, holds a doctorate in law and the Associate Professor title in security science. Pham Minh Chinh can speak Romanian.

From September 1977 – September 1984, he studied at Ha Noi University of Foreign Studies then moved to Bucharest Civil Engineering University, Romania to continue his education path. Chinh was elected as Secretary of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Committee in Romania, President of the Vietnamese Students’ Association in Romania from August 1982 to September 1984.

Pham Minh Chinh joined the Communist Party of Vietnam on December 25, 1986. He also attended courses at Hồ Chí Minh National Academy of Politics, receiving an Advanced Degree in Political Theory, Nhan Dan cited.

Short Biography of Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh

DATE OF BIRTH

December 10, 1958

NATIVE LAND

Hoa Loc Commune, Hau Loc District, Thanh Hoa Province.

DATE OF PARTY ADMISSION

December 25, 1986

EDUCATION

Civil and industrial construction engineer, Doctor of law, Associate Professor of Security Science

Photo: Nhan Dan

Awards granted for Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh

During his career, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has been granted several orders and medals. He holds the Third-Class Military Exploit Order, two Second-Class Feat Orders, a Second-Class Labor Order, a First-Class Glorious Fighter Medal, and Prime Minister’s Certificate of Merit, according to VGP.

Photo: Presidential Office

Positions & Working History

Before elected as Vietnam's Prime Minister on April 5, 2021, Pham Minh Chinh has been a member of the Party Central Committee in the 11th, 12th, and 13th tenures. He was a politburo member in the 12th, 13th tenures, Secretary of the 12th Party Central Committee, and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Organization Commission. Chinh is a Deputy to the 14th National Assembly and the President of the Viet Nam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians Group.

January 1985 – August 1987: Intelligence officer, Department of Intelligence under General Department of Security, Ministry of Public Security

July 1985 – September 1985: Undergo training on external affairs at Institute for International Relations (now Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam), Ministry of Foreign Affairs

September 1986 – July 1987: Undergo training at School of Intelligence (now International Academy, Ministry of Public Security

August 1987 – January 1989: Intelligence officer, Intelligence Unit in the Southern region, Intelligence Department under General Department of Security, Ministry of Public Security

January 1989 – January 1990: Intelligence officer, Intelligence Unit in the Southern region under General Department of Intelligence, Ministry of Public Security

January 1990 – March 1991: Intelligence officer, Department of Europe and America under General Department of Intelligence, Ministry of Public Security

March 1991 – November 1994: Officer of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 3rd Secretary, then 2nd Secretary at the Vietnamese Embassy in Romania

Photo: Thanh Tra

November 1994 – May 1999: Intelligence officer, Deputy Head of Division, Department of Europe under General Department of Intelligence, Ministry of Public Security, Staff of the Secretariat for ministry leaders, Ministry of Public Security

August 1996 – January 1997: Undergoing training at People’s Security University (now People’s Security Academy), Ministry of Public Security

September 1999 – September 2001: Undergoing training on high-level political theory at Senior Party School (now Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics)

May 1999 – May 2006: Deputy Director, Acting Director then Director of Department of Economic-Science Technology and Environment Intelligence, General Department of Intelligence, Ministry of Public Security

May 2006 – December 2009: Deputy Director-General, General Department of Intelligence, in charge of economic-science-technology-environment intelligence, Ministry of Public Security

December 2009 – August 2010: Deputy Director-General and then Director-General, General Department of Logistics-Engineering, Ministry of Public Security

August 2010 – August 2011: Member of the Central Public Security Party Committee, Deputy Minister of Public Security in charge of logistics- engineering, finance, science, technology, environment, Ministry of Public Security. Elected as a member of the Party Central Committee at the 11th National Party Congress

August 2011 – February 2015: Member of the 11th Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Quang Ninh Provincial Military Party Committee, member of the Military Zone 3 Party Committee, Ministry of National Defense

February 2015 – January 2016: Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s Organization Commission. Elected to the Party Central Committee at the 12th National Party Congress and elected as a Politburo member at the first plenum of the 12th Party Central Committee

February 2016 – April 2021: Politburo member, member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, Chairman of the 12th Party Central Committee’s Organization Commission, Head of the 12th Party Central Committee’s Sub-commission for Internal Political Security, member of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-corruption, deputy to the 14th National Assembly, President of the Viet Nam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group

Elected to the Party Central Committee at the 13th National Party Congress and elected to the Politburo at the first plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee

April 5, 2021: Elected as Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam at the 11th working session of the 14th National Assembly

Photo: VNA

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