Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Vietnamese

Vietnamese language

Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam...

: Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam ) established 1930, is the highest authority within the Communist Party of Vietnam

Communist Party of Vietnam

The Communist Party of Vietnam , formally established in 1930, is the governing party of the nation of Vietnam. It is today the only legal political party in that country. Describing itself as Marxist-Leninist, the CPV is the directing component of a broader group of organizations known as the...

elected by the Party National Congresses. The Central Committee (current) has about 175 full members and 25 alternate members and nominally appoints the Politburo

Politburo

Politburo , literally "Political Bureau [of the Central Committee]," is the executive committee for a number of communist political parties.-Marxist-Leninist states:...

of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

History and members

The Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

conference (held in Kowloon City) in February 1930 found Communist Party of Vietnam elected a nine-member Provisional Central Committee, consisting of 3 members from Tonkin

Tonkin

Tonkin , also spelled Tongkin, Tonquin or Tongking, is the northernmost part of Vietnam, south of China's Yunnan and Guangxi Provinces, east of northern Laos, and west of the Gulf of Tonkin. Locally, it is known as Bắc Kỳ, meaning "Northern Region"...

, 2 from Annam, 2 from Cochinchina

Cochinchina

Cochinchina is a region encompassing the southern third of Vietnam whose principal city is Saigon. It was a French colony from 1862 to 1954. The later state of South Vietnam was created in 1954 by combining Cochinchina with southern Annam. In Vietnamese, the region is called Nam Bộ...

, and 2 from the Overseas Chinese

Overseas Chinese

Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside the Greater China Area . People of partial Chinese ancestry living outside the Greater China Area may also consider themselves Overseas Chinese....

community http://www.asianartmall.com/Ho%20Chi%20Minh.html.

October 1930, at its first plenum the party changed its name to the Indochinese Communist Party (Đảng Cộng Sản Đông Dương). Central Committee was elected comprising 6 members. Trần Phú

Trần Phú

Trần Phú was the first general secretary of the Indochinese Communist Party, later renamed to Communist Party of Vietnam. He was born on May 1, 1904, at the village an An Tho, now part of An Dan Commune, Tuy An District, where his father, Tran Van Pho, was as teacher...

was elected Party General Secretary. Trần Phú sacrificed in 1932.

The first Congress of the Indochinese Communist Party was held at Guangong street, Macao

Mação

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, China, from March 27–31, 1935 in the presence of 13 delegates from domestic and overseas Party committees.
The Congress elected a 13-member Party Central Committee and a five-member Standing Board.
Comrade Lê Hồng Phong was elected General Secretary. The Party Central Committee appointed Comrade Nguyen Ai Quoc as representative of the Indochinese Communist Party to the Communist International.

The General Secretaries of the Party in this period were Lê Hồng Phong (March 1935-1936) ; Hà Huy Tập (1936–1938); Nguyễn Văn Cừ

Nguyen Van Cu

Nguyễn Văn Cử was a lieutenant in the Vietnam Air Force, best known for being one of two mutinous pilots involved in the 1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing on 27 February 1962, which aimed to assassinate South Vietnam's President Ngô Đình Diệm and his immediate family, who were his...

(March 1938-January 1940); and Trường Chinh

Truong Chinh

Trường Chinh Trường Chinh Trường Chinh (pseudonym meaning “Long March”, born Đặng Xuân Khu (b. February 9, 1907 in Xuân Trường District, Nam Định Province, d. September 30, 1988 in Hanoi) was a Vietnamese communist political leader and theoretician. From 1941 to 1957, he was Vietnam's second-ranked...

(May 1941-November 1956).

The Party Central Committee meetings from the first Party Congress to the second Party Congress were held in July, 1936; on March 13–14, 1937;
September 3–5, 1937; March 29–30, 1938; November, 1939; November, 1940; May, 1941; February 1943; March 9, 1945; August 13, 1945; November, 1945; December 18–19, 1946; January, 1948; January 1949; and January, 1950.http://www.vietnamembassy-usa.org/news/story.php?d=20010413011408 http://222.255.31.179:8080/tiengviet/tulieuvankien/tulieuvedang/?topic=168&subtopic=293&leader_topic=741. On January 28, 1941, Hồ Chí Minh returned Vietnam and chaired the Party Central Committee conference in May 1941. He gave priority to the task of national liberation and established the Viet Minh

Viet Minh

Việt Minh was a national independence coalition formed at Pac Bo on May 19, 1941. The Việt Minh initially formed to seek independence for Vietnam from the French Empire. When the Japanese occupation began, the Việt Minh opposed Japan with support from the United States and the Republic of China...

(Viet Minh Front). Trường Chinh was elected the Party General Secretary.
On August 13, 1945, the Party National Conference presided over by Hồ Chí Minh

Ho Chi Minh

Hồ Chí Minh , born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Marxist-Leninist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam...

was held in northern Tuyen Quang

Tuyen Quang

-History:The French post at Tuyen Quang was defended for four months against 12,000 troops of the Yunnan Army and the Black Flag Army by two companies of the French Foreign Legion during the Sino-French War...

Province, launching the general national uprising to seize power from the French colonialists and Japanese fascists. The national uprising was successful and increased the ground swell of the Party.http://vietnamnews.vnanet.vn/showarticle.php?num=01POL140406

Important members of Central Committee: Lê Hồng Phong (sacrificed 1942), Hà Huy Tập (sacrificed 1941), Nguyễn Văn Cừ (sacrificed 1941), Phùng Chí Kiên (sacrificed 1941), Lê Duẩn (since 1939 is member Standing Committee), Phan Đăng Lưu (since 1938) sacrificed 1941), Võ Văn Tần (since 1937) sacrificed 1941), Trường Chinh

Truong Chinh

(since 1940, is member Standing Committee, since 1940 Acting General Secretary), Hoàng Văn Thụ (since 1940, is member Standing Committee, sacrificed 1944), Hoàng Quốc Việt (since 1940), Nguyễn Ái Quốc (Hồ Chí Minh

Ho Chi Minh

, since 1941), Hoàng Văn Hoan

Hoang Van Hoan

Hoang Van Hoan was a personal friend of Ho Chi Minh, a founding member of the Indochinese Communist Party, and a Politburo member of the Lao Dong Party from 1960 to 1976...

(since 1941), Trần Đăng Ninh (since 1941), Vũ Anh (since 1941), Nguyễn Lương Bằng (since 1943), Lê Đức Thọ (since 1944), Nguyễn Chí Thanh

Nguyen Chi Thanh

General Nguyễn Chí Thanh was a North Vietnamese officer who was born in Thua Thien Province in Central Vietnam to a poor peasant family. His original name was Nguyễn Văn Vịnh. He joined the Indochinese Communist Party in the mid-1930s and apparently spent most of the Second World War in a French...

(since August 1945), Chu Văn Tấn (since August 1945), Võ Nguyên Giáp

Vo Nguyen Giap

Võ Nguyên Giáp is a retired Vietnamese officer in the Vietnam People’s Army and a politician. He was a principal commander in two wars: the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War...

(since August 1945), Tôn Đức Thắng (since 1947), Phạm Văn Đồng (since 1947).

Standing Committee since 1941: Trường Chinh (General Secretary), Hoàng Văn Thụ and Hoàng Quốc Việt. Standing Committee since 1945 (behind August Revolution

August Revolution

On August 19, 1945, the Việt Minh under Hồ Chí Minh began the August General Uprising Tổng Khởi Nghĩa, which was soon renamed the August Revolution . Whether or not this series of events should be called a "revolution" is disputable; what is clear is that, from August 19 onwards, demonstrations and...

): Hồ Chí Minh

Ho Chi Minh

(President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam), Trường Chinh

Truong Chinh

(General Secretary), Võ Nguyên Giáp

Vo Nguyen Giap

Võ Nguyên Giáp is a retired Vietnamese officer in the Vietnam People’s Army and a politician. He was a principal commander in two wars: the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War...

, Lê Đức Thọ (to 1948), Hoàng Quốc Việt, Nguyễn Lương Bằng (supplement 1948).

The second National Party Congress and 2nd Central Committee members (1951-1960)

The second National Party Congress was held in Vinh Quang commune, Chiem Hoa district, the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang

Tuyen Quang

, from February 11–19, 1951.

The congress decided the Party should publicly operate under the new name of the Vietnam Labour Party. The congress elected a Party Central Committee comprising 19 official members and 10 alternative members. Hồ Chí Minh was elected as the Party President and Trường Chinh, the General Secretary.http://222.255.31.179:8080/tiengviet/tulieuvankien/details.asp?topic=105&subtopic=211&leader_topic=505&id=BT20120660876

Full members: Hồ Chí Minh

Ho Chi Minh

, Trường Chinh, Nguyễn Chí Thanh

Nguyen Chi Thanh

, Lê Duẩn, Võ Nguyên Giáp

Vo Nguyen Giap

Võ Nguyên Giáp is a retired Vietnamese officer in the Vietnam People’s Army and a politician. He was a principal commander in two wars: the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War...

, Phạm Văn Đồng, Lê Đức Thọ (Phan Đình Khải), Nguyễn Lương Bằng, Hoàng Quốc Việt, Chu Văn Tấn, Tôn Đức Thắng, Lê Văn Lương, Trần Đăng Ninh (died 1955), Hoàng Văn Hoan

Hoang Van Hoan

Hoang Van Hoan was a personal friend of Ho Chi Minh, a founding member of the Indochinese Communist Party, and a Politburo member of the Lao Dong Party from 1960 to 1976...

, Trần Quốc Hoàn, Lê Thanh Nghị, Nguyễn Duy Trinh, Phạm Hùng, Ung Văn Khiêm .

Alternative members: Văn Tiến Dũng, Tố Hữu

To Huu

Tố Hữu was Vietnam’s most famous revolutionary poet. He published five collections of poems, the first of which was the 1946 collection entitled Poem, which included many of his most popular and influential works that were written during the anti-French period from 1937 to 1946.Tố Hữu was born...

(full member 1955), Hồ Tùng Mậu (sacrificed 1951), Xuân Thủy

Xuan Thuy

Xuân Thuỷ was a North Vietnamese political figure. He was the Foreign Minister of North Vietnam from 1963 to 1965 and then chief negotiator of the North Vietnamese at the Paris Peace talks, which ended the Vietnam War in 1973....

(full member 1955), Trần Nam Trung (full member 1955), Nguyễn Thị Thập (full member 1955), Đỗ Mười (full member 1955),...

Members Politburo of Central Committee: Hồ Chí Minh (Chairman of CPV), Trường Chinh (General Secretary to 1956), Lê Duẩn (Secretary COSVN

COSVN

COSVN, pronounced "CŎS-vĭn" and standing for Central Office for South Vietnam , was the American term for People's Army of Vietnam political and military headquarters during the Vietnam War...

, from 1957 Acting General Secretary), Hoàng Quốc Việt (to October 1956), Võ Nguyên Giáp, Phạm Văn Đồng, Nguyễn Chí Thanh (Chairman of the Political General Department of Army), Lê Đức Thọ (supplement 1955), Hoàng Văn Hoan

Hoang Van Hoan

Hoang Van Hoan was a personal friend of Ho Chi Minh, a founding member of the Indochinese Communist Party, and a Politburo member of the Lao Dong Party from 1960 to 1976...

(since 1956), Nguyễn Duy Trinh (since 1956), Phạm Hùng (since 1956) Lê Thanh Nghị (since 1956). 1 alternative member : Lê Văn Lương (to 1956)

Members Secretariat of Central Committee: Trường Chinh (to 1958), Lê Duẩn (1951-1956, Acting General Secretary since 1957), Phạm Văn Đồng (to 1958), Lê Văn Lương (to 1956), Nguyễn Duy Trinh (from 1955), Hồ Chí Minh (supplement 1956, to 1958), Võ Nguyên Giáp (supplement 1956, to 1958), Phạm Hùng (from 1958), Tố Hữu

To Huu

(from 1958), Hoàng Anh (from 1958).

The third National Party Congress and 3rd Central Committee members (1960-1976)

The third National Party Congress in Hanoi

Hanoi

Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...

from September 5–10, 1960 elected a Party Central Committee with 47 official members and 31 alternative members.http://222.255.31.179:8080/tiengviet/tulieuvankien/details.asp?topic=105&subtopic=211&leader_topic=505&id=BT2440459898

Hồ Chí Minh was re-elected as the Party’s President. Lê Duẩn was elected as the first secretary of the Party Central Committee. Members Politburo: Hồ Chí Minh (Chairman Central Committee, died 1969), Lê Duẩn, Trường Chinh

Truong Chinh

, Phạm Văn Đồng, Phạm Hùng, Lê Đức Thọ, General Võ Nguyên Giáp

Vo Nguyen Giap

Võ Nguyên Giáp is a retired Vietnamese officer in the Vietnam People’s Army and a politician. He was a principal commander in two wars: the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War...

, Nguyễn Chí Thanh (died 1967), Nguyễn Duy Trinh, Lê Thanh Nghị, Hoàng Văn Hoan. 2 alternative members: Trần Quốc Hoàn (full member June 1972), Văn Tiến Dũng (full member March 1972.)

Members Secretariat: Lê Duẩn, Phạm Hùng, Lê Đức Thọ, Nguyễn Chí Thanh, Hoàng Anh, Tố Hữu, Lê Văn Lương, Nguyễn Văn Trân (from 1961), Xuân Thủy (from 1968).

Other Members of Central Committee: Nguyễn Lương Bằng, Võ Chí Công

Vo Chi Cong

Võ Chí Công was a Vietnamese Communist political figure and one-time President of Vietnam.-Early life and political activities:Võ Chí Công was born Võ Toàn in Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam, in 1912...

, Phan Văn Đáng, General Song Hào, Nguyễn Văn Linh

Nguyen Van Linh

Nguyễn Văn Linh was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1986 to 1991 and a political leader of the Vietcong during the Vietnam War...

, General Trần Lương (Trần Nam Trung), General Chu Huy Mân, Đỗ Mười, General Chu Văn Tấn, General Hoàng Văn Thái, Tôn Đức Thắng (Vice State President, since 1969 is State President), Hoàng Quốc Việt,...Alternative members: Lê Quang Đạo

Lê Quang Đạo

Lê Quang Đạo was born Ha Bac Province, north Vietnam. He member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1960 to 1991, chairman of the National Assembly and also one of the Vice Chairmen of the State Council of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 1987 to 1992....

, General Trần Độ (full member since 1972), Võ Văn Kiệt

Vo Van Kiet

Võ Văn Kiệt was a Vietnamese politician and statesman. He was a veteran fighter in the long war against French and then American military forces in South Vietnam, and lost his first wife and two children to US bombing...

(full member since 1972), Đinh Đức Thiện, General Trần Văn Trà

Tran Van Tra

Trần Văn Trà was a commander in the Vietcong; a member of the Central Committee of the Lao Dong Party from 1960 to 1982; a lieutenant general in the army of the North Vietnam; chairman of Military Affairs Committee of the Central Office of South Vietnam .The son of a bricklayer, Tra was born in...

,...

The fourth National Party Congress and 4th Central Committee members (1976-1982)

The fourth National Party Congress (fourth Congress) was held in Hanoi

Hanoi

from December 14–20, 1976.
The Congress renamed the Party as "the Communist Party of Vietnam" and the Party's leader as General Secretary instead of First Secretary.
The Congress elected a Party Central Committee comprising 101 members and 32 alternative members. Lê Duẩn was elected Party General Secretary.
Members Politburo:
1.Lê Duẩn
2.Trường Chinh

Truong Chinh

,
3.Phạm Văn Đồng,
4.Phạm Hùng,
5.Lê Đức Thọ,
6.Võ Nguyên Giáp

Vo Nguyen Giap

Võ Nguyên Giáp is a retired Vietnamese officer in the Vietnam People’s Army and a politician. He was a principal commander in two wars: the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War...

,
7.Nguyễn Duy Trinh,
8.Lê Thanh Nghị,
9.Trần Quốc Hoàn,
10.Văn Tiến Dũng,
11.Lê Văn Lương,
12.Nguyễn Văn Linh,
13.Võ Chí Công,
14.Chu Huy Mân.
Alternative members of Politburo:
1.Tố Hữu (full member 1980),
2.Võ Văn Kiệt,
3.Đỗ Mười.

Members Secretariat: Lê Duẩn, Lê Đức Thọ, Nguyễn Duy Trinh, Nguyễn Văn Linh, Tố Hữu, Xuân Thủy, Nguyễn Lam, Song Hào, Lê Quang Đạo, Trần Quốc Hoàn (since 1980), Lê Thanh Nghị (since 1980), Hoàng Tùng (since 1980).

Other members of central Committee: General Lê Đức Anh, Nguyễn Lương Bằng (vice State President, died 1979), General Hoàng Cầm, Phan Văn Đáng (vice president National Assembly), Nguyễn Thị Định, General Trần Độ, General Đoàn Khuê, General Đồng Sỹ Nguyên, General Lê Trọng Tấn

Lê Trọng Tấn

General Lê Trọng Tấn was an officer of the Vietnam People's Army who held several senior positions of the Army during his military career from 1945 to 1986...

(vice minister of defense), General Hoàng Văn Thái

Hoàng Văn Thái

Hoàng Văn Thái , born Hoàng Văn Xiêm, was a Vietnamese communist military and political figure. His hometown was Tây An, Tiền Hải District, Thái Bình Province. During the Tết Offensive, he was the most senior North Vietnamese Officer in South Vietnam...

(vice minister of defense) , Nguyễn Cơ Thạch, Tôn Đức Thắng (State President, died 1980), General Đinh Đức Thiện, Mai Chí Thọ, General Trần Văn Trà

Tran Van Tra

, Hoàng Quốc Việt (Chairman of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front

Vietnamese Fatherland Front

The Vietnamese Fatherland Front founded February 1977 , is an umbrella group of pro-government "mass movements" in Vietnam, and has close links to the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Vietnamese...

since 1977)...

The fifth National Party Congress and 5th Central Committee members (1982-1986)

The fifth National Party Congress (fifth Party Congress) took place in Hanoi on March 27–31, 1982 elected a new Party Central Committee comprising 116 members and 36 alternative members http://www.vietnamembassy.us/news/story.php?d=20010415151909. Comrade Le Duan was re-elected General Secretary (he held this position till his decease on July 10, 1986).

Members Politburo: Lê Duẩn (died 1986), Trường Chinh

Truong Chinh

, Phạm Văn Đồng, Phạm Hùng, Lê Đức Thọ, Văn Tiến Dũng, Võ Chí Công

Vo Chi Cong

, Chu Huy Mân, Tố Hữu

To Huu

, Võ Văn Kiệt

Vo Van Kiet

, Đỗ Mười, Lê Đức Anh, Nguyễn Đức Tâm, Nguyễn Văn Linh

Nguyen Van Linh

(supplement 1985). Alternative member: Nguyễn Cơ Thạch

Nguyễn Cơ Thạch

Nguyễn Cơ Thạch was a Vietnamese revolutionary, diplomat, and politician. He was Foreign Minister of Vietnam from February 1980 to July 1991.Thạch was seen as pragmatic and influential ....

, Đồng Sĩ Nguyên.

Members Secretariat: Lê Duẩn, Lê Đức Thọ, Võ Chí Công, Nguyễn Đức Tâm, Nguyễn Lam, Lê Quang Đạo

Lê Quang Đạo

, Hoàng Tùng, Nguyễn Thanh Bình, Trần Kiên, Trần Xuân Bách, Nguyễn Văn Linh (from June 1986).

Other members of Central Committee: Võ Nguyên Giáp

Vo Nguyen Giap

Võ Nguyên Giáp is a retired Vietnamese officer in the Vietnam People’s Army and a politician. He was a principal commander in two wars: the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War...

(deputy prime minister), Nguyễn Văn Linh (member Politburo 1985), Nguyễn Thị Định, Trần Độ, General Hoàng Cầm, General Đặng Vũ Hiệp, Song Hào, Đồng Sĩ Nguyên, Đào Duy Tùng, Nguyễn Đức Bình, Trần Quốc Hương, Nguyễn Thị Bình

Nguyen Thi Binh

Nguyễn Thị Bình, , was a Vietnamese communist leader who negotiated at the Paris Peace Conference on behalf of the Vietcong, or National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam....

, Mai Chí Thọ, General Đoàn Khuê, General Nguyễn Quyết, General Lê Trọng Tấn

Lê Trọng Tấn

General Lê Trọng Tấn was an officer of the Vietnam People's Army who held several senior positions of the Army during his military career from 1945 to 1986...

, General Hoàng Văn Thái

Hoàng Văn Thái

, General Đàm Quang Trung , General Nguyễn Minh Châu

Nguyễn Minh Châu

Nguyễn Minh Châu is a Vietnamese football player who plays in the midfield and is playing for Xi Măng Hải Phòng FC and a member of Vietnam national football team since 2008.-Career:...

, General Nguyễn Nam Khánh,...Alternative members: Trần Đức Lương, Nguyễn Văn An

Nguyen Van An

Nguyễn Văn An was the National Assembly Chairman of Vietnam. Appointed on 27 June, An was a proponent of government and administrative reform. He was re-elected on 23 July 2002. On 24 June 2006 he resigned, citing his age and the need for a new generation of leaders to take over.-References:...

, Phan Văn Khải (full member from 1984),...

Party General Secretary Lê Duẩn died in July 1986 and was replaced by Trường Chinh

Truong Chinh

after a vote was taken by the Party Central Committee.

The sixth National Party Congress and 6th Central Committee members (1986-1991)

The sixth Party Congress was held in Hanoi

Hanoi

from December 15–18, 1986 and elected a new Party Central Committee comprising 124 members and 49 alternative members.

Nguyễn Văn Linh was elected Party General Secretary while Trường Chinh

Truong Chinh

, Phạm Văn Đồng and Lê Đức Thọ were elected Advisors to the Party Central Committee http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/life/75nam/cacdaihoidang.htm. Members Politburo: Nguyễn Văn Linh

Nguyen Van Linh

, Phạm Hùng (died 1988), Võ Chí Công

Vo Chi Cong

, Đỗ Mười, Võ Văn Kiệt

Vo Van Kiet

, Lê Đức Anh, Nguyễn Đức Tâm, Nguyễn Cơ Thạch, Đồng Sĩ Nguyên, Trần Xuân Bách (to March 1990), Nguyễn Thanh Bình, Mai Chí Thọ.
1 Alternative member: Đào Duy Tùng (full member May 1988).

Members Secretariat: Nguyễn Văn Linh, Đỗ Mười , Nguyễn Đức Tâm, Trần Xuân Bách, Đào Duy Tùng, Trần Kiên, Lê Phước Thọ, Nguyễn Quyết, Đàm Quang Trung, Vũ Oanh, Nguyễn Khánh, Trần Quyết, Trần Quốc Hương, Phạm Thế Duyệt, Nguyễn Thanh Bình (since 1988).

Other members of Central Committee: Nguyễn Văn An

Nguyen Van An

, General Hoàng Cầm, Phan Văn Khải, General Đào Đình Luyện, Trần Đức Lương, Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm, Lê Quang Đạo (President of the National Assembly since 1987), Võ Nguyên Giáp

Vo Nguyen Giap

Võ Nguyên Giáp is a retired Vietnamese officer in the Vietnam People’s Army and a politician. He was a principal commander in two wars: the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War...

(Deputy Prime minister), Nguyễn Thị Định ,Trần Độ... Alternative members: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Nông Đức Mạnh, Trương Mỹ Hoa

Trương Mỹ Hoa

Trương Mỹ Hoa is a Vietnamese politician from Tiền Giang Province and a member of Communist Party of Vietnam since 1963. She was vice president from 2002 to 2007 after holding various party and government positions in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and being involved in the Vietnam War.Ms Hoa was...

(full member 1989),...

The seventh National Party Congress and 7th Central Committee members (1991-1996)

The Party held the seventh Congress in Hanoi on June 24–27, 1991.
The Congress elected a new Party Central Committee comprising 146 members.http://www.vietnamembassy.us/news/story.php?d=20010415152515

Đỗ Mười was elected Party General Secretary. Nguyễn Văn Linh

Nguyen Van Linh

, Phạm Văn Đồng and Võ Chí Công

Vo Chi Cong

were elected Advisors to the Party Central Committee.

13 full members of Politburo: Đỗ Mười , Lê Đức Anh, Võ Văn Kiệt

Vo Van Kiet

, Đào Duy Tùng, Đoàn Khuê, Vũ Oanh, Lê Phước Thọ, Phan Văn Khải, Bùi Thiện Ngộ, Nông Đức Mạnh, Phạm Thế Duyệt, Nguyễn Đức Bình, Võ Trần Chí.
Since 1993 supplement: Lê Khả Phiêu, Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm, Nguyễn Hà Phan (to 1996), Đỗ Quang Thắng.

Members Secretariat: Đỗ Mười, Lê Đức Anh, Đào Duy Tùng, Lê Phước Thọ, Nguyễn Hà Phan, Hồng Hà, Nguyễn Đình Tứ, Trương Mỹ Hoa, Đỗ Quang Thắng, Lê Khả Phiêu (since 1993).

Other members of Central Committee: Nguyễn Văn An

Nguyen Van An

, Vũ Khoan

Vu Khoan

Vu Khoan is a former Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.-References:...

, Nguyễn Dy Niên, Phạm Văn Trà

Pham Van Tra

Phạm Văn Trà was Minister of Defense of Vietnam. He was previously Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnamese Army and Vice-Minister of Defense , and a four-star General. He replaced Doan Khue as minister of defense in September 1997.-References:...

, Đào Đình Luyện, Nguyễn Minh Triết, Nguyễn Phú Trọng (since 1994),...

The eighth National Party Congress and 8th Central Committee members (1996-2001)

The eighth National Party Congress met in Hanoi from June 28-July 1, 1996.
The congress elected a Party Central Committee with 170 members http://222.255.31.179:8080/tiengviet/tulieuvankien/details.asp?topic=105&subtopic=211&leader_topic=505&id=BT20120661062. Đỗ Mười was re-elected as General Secretary of the Party, and Nguyễn Văn Linh

Nguyen Van Linh

, Phạm Văn Đồng and Võ Chí Công

Vo Chi Cong

were elected Advisors to the Party Central Committee.
Members Politburo: Đỗ Mười (General Secretary to December 1997), Lê Đức Anh, Võ Văn Kiệt

Vo Van Kiet

, Nông Đức Mạnh, Lê Khả Phiêu (General Secretary since December 1997), Đoàn Khuê (died 1998), Phan Văn Khải, Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm, Nguyễn Đức Bình, Nguyễn Văn An, Phạm Văn Trà, Trần Đức Lương, Nguyễn Thị Xuân Mỹ (Mrs), Trương Tấn Sang, Lê Xuân Tùng, Lê Minh Hương, Nguyễn Đình Tứ (died 1996), Phạm Thế Duyệt, Nguyễn Tấn Dũng.

Members of Politburo Standing Committee (to December 1997): Đỗ Mười (General Secretary to December 1997), Lê Đức Anh, Võ Văn Kiệt

Vo Van Kiet

, Lê Khả Phiêu(Standing Member of Politburo), Nguyễn Tấn Dũng.

Other Members of Central Committee: Nguyễn Văn Chi, Lê Văn Dũng, Nguyễn Khoa Điềm, Nguyễn Sinh Hùng, Phạm Gia Khiêm, Hà Thị Khiết, Vũ Khoan

Vu Khoan

Vu Khoan is a former Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.-References:...

, Trương Tấn Sang

Truong Tan Sang

Trương Tấn Sang is the president of Vietnam and the senior member of the Politburo, the executive committee of the ruling Communist Party. He was ranked as the party's number one leader following the 11th National Congress held in Hanoi in January 2011."", BaoOnline.vn, January 20, 2011. Includes...

, Trương Quang Được, Phan Diễn, Trần Đình Hoan, Trương Mỹ Hoa

Trương Mỹ Hoa

,...

On December 27, 1997, at the fourth plenum of the Central Committee, Lê Khả Phiêu was elected secretary-general of the Party. Đỗ Mười, Lê Đức Anh, Võ Văn Kiệt to stop no on the Central Committee and Politburo of the CPV, elected Advisors to the Party Central Committee (replaced Nguyễn Văn Linh

Nguyen Van Linh

, Phạm Văn Đồng and Võ Chí Công

Vo Chi Cong

retired), new members of Politburo elected is: Phạm Thanh Ngân, Nguyễn Minh Triết, Phan Diễn, Nguyễn Phú Trọng (supplement is Standing Member of Politburo, since August 1999). Members of Politburo Standing Committee: Lê Khả Phiêu, Trần Đức Lương, Phan Văn Khải, Nông Đức Mạnh, Phạm Thế Duyệt (Standing Member of Politburo).

The Ninth National Party Congress and 9th Central Committee members (2001-2006)

The ninth National Congress of the Party was convened in Hanoi from April 19–22, 2001.
The Congress elected the 9th Party Central Committee comprising 150 members. At its first plenary session, the Party Central Committee elected Mr. Nông Đức Mạnh as General Secretary, a 15 Political Bureau members, four secretaries of the CPV Central Committee to form a nine-member CPV Central Committee's Secretariat, which includes five Political Bureau members.

Members Politburo:

Nông Đức Mạnh (General Secretary), Trần Đức Lương, Phan Văn Khải, Nguyễn Minh Triết, Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Lê Minh Hương (died 2004), Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Phan Diễn, Lê Hồng Anh

Le Hong Anh

Lê Hồng Anh is the Minister of Public Security of Vietnam. He was conferred general by the president of Vietnam on January 9, 2005....

, Trương Tấn Sang

Truong Tan Sang

, Phạm Văn Trà

Pham Van Tra

, Nguyễn Văn An

Nguyen Van An

, Trương Quang Được, Trần Đình Hoan, Nguyễn Khoa Điềm.

Members Secretariat:
Nông Đức Mạnh, Phan Diễn (Standing Member of the Central Committee's Secretariat), Nguyễn Văn An (March - June, 2001), Trần Đình Hoan, Lê Hồng Anh (to 2002), Nguyễn Khoa Điềm, Lê Văn Dũng, Tòng Thị Phóng, Trương Vĩnh Trọng, Vũ Khoan, Nguyễn Văn Chi (since January 2003).

Members other of Central Committee: Lê Hồng Anh

Le Hong Anh

Lê Hồng Anh is the Minister of Public Security of Vietnam. He was conferred general by the president of Vietnam on January 9, 2005....

, Tô Huy Rứa, Phùng Quang Thanh

Phùng Quang Thanh

Phùng Quang Thanh is currently Vietnam's minister of defense and is ranked as the No. 2 leader in the country's Communist Party."", BaoOnline.vn, January 20, 2011. Includes pictures of the entire leadership. He is an officer of the Vietnam People's Army and a member of the Politburo of the...

, Hồ Đức Việt, Trương Mỹ Hoa

Trương Mỹ Hoa

(vice state President from 2002), Uông Chu Lưu, Nguyễn Đức Kiên, Phan Trung Kiên, Nguyễn Khánh Toàn, Trương Đình Tuyển, Nguyễn Sinh Hùng, Nguyễn Văn Yểu, Nguyễn Phúc Thanh, Phạm Gia Khiêm, Nguyễn Dy Niên,...

The Tenth National Party Congress and 10th Central Committee members (2006-2011)

The Tenth National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam April 18 and April 25, 2006, in Ba Ðình Hall, Hanoi. The 160-member official and 21 alternate delegates Central Committee http://www.thanhniennews.com/print.php?catid=1&newsid=14796, which is elected by the Party Congress. The incumbent General Secretary Nông Đức Mạnh was elected to a second term.

Members Politburo:
Nông Đức Mạnh (General Secretary of the Central Committee), Lê Hồng Anh

Le Hong Anh

Lê Hồng Anh is the Minister of Public Security of Vietnam. He was conferred general by the president of Vietnam on January 9, 2005....

(Minister of Public Security) , Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (Prime Minister) , Nguyễn Minh Triết (President), Trương Tấn Sang

Truong Tan Sang

(Standing Member of the Secretariat of the Party) , Nguyễn Phú Trọng (Chairman of the National Assembly), Phạm Gia Khiêm (Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs) , Phùng Quang Thanh

Phùng Quang Thanh

(Minister of Defense) , Trương Vĩnh Trọng (Deputy Prime Minister) , Lê Thanh Hải (Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Municipal Party Committee), Nguyễn Sinh Hùng (Standing Deputy Prime Minister) , Nguyễn Văn Chi (Head of the Party's Central Committee's Commission of Inspection), Hồ Đức Việt (Head of the Party's Central Committee's Commission of Organisational Affairs), Phạm Quang Nghị (Secretary of Ha Noi Municipal Party Committee ), Tô Huy Rứa (Chief of the Central Committee for Propaganda and Education, supplemented at the ninth conference of the Party Central Committee 2009)http://222.255.31.179:8080/tiengviet/tulieuvankien/details.asp?topic=105&subtopic=211&leader_topic=505&id=BT2540635207.

Members Secretariat:

Nông Đức Mạnh, Trương Tấn Sang (Standing Member), Trương Vĩnh Trọng, Nguyễn Văn Chi, Hồ Đức Việt (since August 2006 replaced Phạm Quang Nghị), Lê Văn Dũng (Chairman of the Political General Department of the Vietnam People's Army) , Tòng Thị Phóng (Deputy Chairwoman of the National Assembly), Tô Huy Rứa, Ngô Văn Dụ (Chief of the Central Communist Party Committee Office, supplemented 2009), Hà Thị Khiết (Chief of the Central Committee for People Campaigning, supplemented 2009)http://222.255.31.179:8080/tiengviet/tulieuvankien/details.asp?topic=105&subtopic=211&leader_topic=505&id=BT26120659178.

Other members: General Trương Hoà Bình (Chief Justice the Supreme Peoples Court), Hà Hùng Cường (Minister of Justice) , Nguyễn Thị Doan

Nguyễn Thị Doan

Nguyễn Thị Doan is a Vietnamese educator, legislator and politician, and currently the Vice President of Vietnam ....

(Vice State President), Huỳnh Đảm (Chairman of the Presidium of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front

Vietnamese Fatherland Front

The Vietnamese Fatherland Front founded February 1977 , is an umbrella group of pro-government "mass movements" in Vietnam, and has close links to the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Vietnamese...

), Hoàng Trung Hải

Hoang Trung Hai

Hoàng Trung Hải is the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam. Before taking this post, he had been the Minister of Industry of Vietnam. Hoàng Trung Hải graduated from Hanoi University of Technology with a university degree in power systems. He also gained an MBA in Dublin University, Ireland.-References:...

(Deputy Prime Minister), Hoàng Bình Quân (Head of Party’s National External Relations Committee, replaced Trần Văn Hằng), General Nguyễn Huy Hiệu (Deputy Minister of National Defence), Vũ Huy Hoàng (Minister of Industry and Trade),
Lê Doãn Hợp (Minister of Information and Communications), Nguyễn Đức Kiên (vice president of the National Assembly), General Phan Trung Kiên (Deputy Minister of National Defence), Uông Chu Lưu (vice president National Assembly), General Nguyễn Khắc Nghiên (Chief of the General Staff of the Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence), Vũ Văn Ninh (Minister of Finance), Nguyễn Thiện Nhân

Nguyen Thien Nhan

Nguyễn Thiện Nhân , is a Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam and Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam. He had been the 1st vice mayor of Ho Chi Minh City before being appointed Minister of Education on June 28, 2006, by Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng...

(Deputy Prime Minister), Cao Đức Phát (Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development) , Võ Hồng Phúc (Minister of Planning and Investment) , Lê Hoàng Quân (Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...

), General Huỳnh Ngọc Sơn (vice president of the National Assembly), Nguyễn Thế Thảo (Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hanoi

Hanoi

), Trần Văn Tuấn (Minister of Home Affairs), Trần Quốc Vượng (Head of the Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam),
etc.http://222.255.31.179:8080/tiengviet/tulieuvankien/details.asp?topic=105&subtopic=211&leader_topic=505&id=BT26120663758

11th CPV Central Committee (since 2011)

11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam since 12 to 19 January 2011.

On January 19, the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) announced the list of the members of the Politburo, the General Secretary of the Party, the Secretariat; the Party Central Committee (PCC) Commission of Inspection, Head of the PCC Commission of Inspection Term XI.

The Politburo includes 14 membershttp://www.cpv.org.vn/cpv/Modules/News_English/News_Detail_E.aspx?CN_ID=443477&CO_ID=30180:

Le Hong Anh, Politburo member, General, Minister of Public Security, now Standing Member of the Secretariat

Ngo Van Du, PCC Secretary, Head of the Office of the PCC, now chairman, CPV Inspectorate Commission

Nguyen Tan Dung, Politburo member, Prime Minister

Le Thanh Hai, Politburo member, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee

Nguyen Sinh Hung, Politburo member, Standing Deputy Prime Minister, now Chairman of the National Assembly

Dinh The Huynh, PCC member, Editor-in-Chief of the Nhan Dan Newspaper, now Chief of the Party’s Committee for Propaganda and Education

Pham Quang Nghi, Politburo member, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee

Tong Thi Phong, PCC Secretary, Deputy Chairwoman of the National Assembly

Nguyen Xuan Phuc, PCC member, Minister, Chairman of the Office of the Government, now Deputy Prime Minister

Tran Dai Quang, PCC member, Lieutenant-general, Deputy Minister of Public Security, now Minister of Public Security

To Huy Rua, Politburo member, PCC Secretary, Head of the PCC Commission for Propaganda and Training, now Chief of Organisation Department of the Central Communist Party

Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and standing member of the Secretariat, now State President

Phung Quang Thanh, Politburo Member, General, Minister of National Defence

Nguyen Phu Trong, Politburo member, Chairman of the National Assembly, now General Secretary

The newly-elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam: Nguyen Phu Trong, Politburo member, Chairman of the National Assembly

The Secretariat including the Secretary General, some Members of the Politburo assigned by the Politburo (Trương Tấn Sang, Lê Hồng Anh, Tô Huy Rứa, Ngô Văn Dụ, Đinh Thế Huynh) and includes 4 members:

Truong Hoa Binh, PCC member, President of the People’s Supreme Court

Ha Thi Khiet, PCC Secretary, PCC Commission for Mass Mobilization

Ngo Xuan Lich, PCC member, Lieutenant-general, Deputy Chairman of General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army, now Chairman of General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army

Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, PCC member, Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, now Deputy Chairwoman of the National Assembly

Other members of Central Committee (175 official members, 25 alternate members): Nguyen Thi Doan (Vice State President), Hoang Trung Hai (Deputy Prime Minister, Uong Chu Luu (vice president National Assembly), Nguyen Thien Nhan (Deputy Prime Minister), Huynh Ngoc Son (vice president National Assembly), Do Ba Ty (Chief of the General Staff of the Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence), Tran Quoc Vuong (Chairman of the Central Communist Party Committee Office), Vu Van Ninh (Deputy Prime Minister), Nguyen Hoa Binh (President of the Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam), Pham Binh Minh (Minister of Foreign Affairs)...

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History and members

The second National Party Congress and 2nd Central Committee members (1951-1960)

The third National Party Congress and 3rd Central Committee members (1960-1976)

The fourth National Party Congress and 4th Central Committee members (1976-1982)

The fifth National Party Congress and 5th Central Committee members (1982-1986)

The sixth National Party Congress and 6th Central Committee members (1986-1991)

The seventh National Party Congress and 7th Central Committee members (1991-1996)

The eighth National Party Congress and 8th Central Committee members (1996-2001)

The Ninth National Party Congress and 9th Central Committee members (2001-2006)

The Tenth National Party Congress and 10th Central Committee members (2006-2011)

11th CPV Central Committee (since 2011)

See also

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