General Nguyen Trong Nghia was elected as a member of the 14th Politburo

On the morning of January 23, 2026, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, the 14th Party Central Committee held its first meeting to elect the Politburo, General Secretary, Secretariat and Central Inspection Committee.

According to the published list, General Nguyen Trong Nghia - Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army - was elected as a member of the Politburo of the 14th Central Executive Committee.

General Nguyen Trong Nghia was born on March 6, 1962. Hometown: Dong Thap Province.

Position:

- Politburo member: 13th and 14th terms

- Secretary of the Party Central Committee: 13th and 14th terms

- Member of the Party Central Committee: Term XII, XIII, XIV

- Member of the Central Military Commission Standing Committee

- General, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army (from 11.2025)

- Member of the National Election Council (from June 2025)

- National Assembly delegates: 14th and 15th terms

Political theory qualification: Senior

Professional qualifications: Bachelor of Social Sciences and Humanities

SUMMARY OF WORK PROCESS

4.79 - 6.79: Soldier of Company 2, Bac Arms Battalion, Military Command of Giang Province, Military Region 9.

7.79 - 10.79: Soldier of Battalion 4, Division 441, Military Region 4.

11.1979 - 3. 1980: Soldier of Battalion 5, Regiment 5, Division 320, Army Corps 3.

4. 1980 - 7.1982: Academic year of the 3rd Corps Cultural School.

8.1982 - 6.1985: Academic year of the Command and Technical Information Officer School.

7.1985 - 2.1986: Lieutenant, Political Assistant of the Training Battalion, Brigade 596, Information Corps.

3.1986 - 11.1986: Lieutenant, Academic major of the Information Corps Party School.

12.1986 - 9.1987: Lieutenant, Senior Lieutenant, Teacher of the Information Technology and Command and Technical Officers' School.

10.1987 - 9.1988: Senior Lieutenant, Training Assistant; Deputy Battalion Commander in charge of Politics, Battalion 40, Information Regiment 23, Military Region 7.

10.1988 - 8.1995: Senior Lieutenant, Captain, Major in Political Affairs, Information Corps 23, Military Region 7; studied at the University of Economics and Technology (Central Propaganda University (3.1989 - 1.1993).

9. 1995 - 8.2000: Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Regiment Commander in charge of Politics, Information Corps 23, Military Region 7; Secretary of the Party Committee of Regiment 23. studying at the International Studies major at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (7.1995 - 1.1999); student of the Academy of Politics, majoring in Party building and State government (11. 1999 - 10.2000).

9.2000 - 10.2007: Lieutenant Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel; Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of the Political Department, Military Region 7; Academic of the Academy of Politics (10. 2003 - 10.2004).

11. 2007 - 4.2008: Colonel, Deputy Political Commissar of Division 5, Military Region 7; Party Committee member of Division 5.

5. 2008 - 9.2009: Colonel, Political Commissar of Division 5, Military Region 7; Secretary of the Party Committee of Division 5.

10. 2009 - 7.2020: Colonel, Deputy Chief of Political Affairs, Military Region 7; Standing Member of the Party Committee of the Political Department.

8. 2010 - 8.2012: Major General, Political Commissar of the 4th Army Corps; Secretary of the 4th Army Corps Party Committee.

9. 2012 - 8.2017: Lieutenant General, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; Member of the 12th Party Central Committee (1.2016); Member of the 14th National Assembly; Member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Member of the Central Military Commission; Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the General Department of Politics;

9.2017 - 1.2021: Member of the 12th Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Military Commission; Senior Lieutenant General, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; Member of the Central Theoretical Council; Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the General Department of Politics; Delegate of the 14th National Assembly.

January 2021: At the 13th National Congress of the Party, he was elected to the Central Executive Committee and elected by the Central Executive Committee to the Secretariat.

February 2021 - May 2024: Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department.

7.2021: Member of the 15th National Assembly.

5.2024 - 2.2025: Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department.

February 2025 - November 2025: Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission; Member of the National Election Council (June 2025).

11.2025: Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee, Standing Member of the Central Military Commission, General, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; Member of the National Election Council.

January 22, 2026: At the 14th National Congress of the Party, he was elected as a member of the 14th Party Central Committee, term 2026-2031.

January 23, 2026: At the first meeting of the 14th Party Central Committee, he was elected as a member of the Politburo of the 14th Party Central Committee.

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