General Phan Van Giang was elected as a member of the 14th Politburo

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

The 14th Party Central Committee elected General Phan Van Giang as a member of the Politburo of the 14th Party Central Committee.

General Phan Van Giang, born on October 14, 1960; Hometown: Ninh Binh Province

Position:

- Politburo member: 13th and 14th terms

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

- Member of the Standing Committee of the Government Party Committee

- Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission

- General (from July 2021), Minister of National Defense (from April 2021)

- Member of the National Defense and Security Council

- National Assembly delegate: 15th tenure

Political theory qualification: Senior

Professional qualification: Doctor of Military Science

SUMMARY OF WORK PROCESS

From August 1978 - November 1979, Soldier of Battalion 4, Regiment 677, Division 346 (Fighting in Cao Bang).

From December 1979 - April 1980: Soldier studying culture at the Military Region 1 Cultural School.

From 5. 1980 - 8.1983: Actress at the Artillery Command and Technical Command.

From September 1983 - September 1984: Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander of Company 3, Battalion 1037, Division 312, Army Corps 1.

From October 1984 - April 1986: Party cell member, Senior Lieutenant, Deputy Technical Company Commander, Company 1, Battalion 1037, Division 312, Army Corps 1.

From 5.1986 - 3.1989: Deputy Secretary of the Party Cell, Captain, Company Commander of Company 1, Battalion 1037, Division 312, Army Corps 1.

From 4.1989 - 8. 1990: Party Committee member of the Battalion, Captain, Deputy Battalion Commander - Chief of Staff, Battalion 1037, Division 312, Army Corps 1.

From 9. 1990 - 9.1993: Major, Academic of the Military Academy.

From October 1993 - March 1994: Major, Assistant to the Armor, Division 312, Army Corps 1.

From 4. 1994 - 3.1996: Major, combat assistant, Staff room, Division 312, Army Corps 1.

From 4.1997 - 8.1997: Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Chief of Staff, Regiment 141, Division 312, Army Corps 1.

From 9. 1997 - 9.1998: Party Committee member of the Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Regiment Commander - Chief of Staff, Regiment 209, Division 312, Army Corps 1.

From 10. 1998 - 6.1999: Lieutenant Colonel, Academic of Dai Dai Dai hoc at the Trieu Thien Academy.

From 7. 1999 - 11. 1999: Party Committee member of the Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Regiment Commander - Chief of Staff, Regiment 209, Division 312, Army Corps 1.

From December 1999 - July 2001: Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel, Regiment Commander of Regiment 209, Division 312, Army Corps 1.

From August 2001: Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Chief of Staff of Division 312, Corps 1.

From 9. 2001 - 7.2002: Lieutenant Colonel, Commander of the Joint Stock Corps at the Military Academy.

From August 2002 - May 2003: Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Chief of Staff of Division 312, Corps 1.

From 6. 2003 - 10.2003: Party Committee member of the Division, Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Division Commander-in-Chief, Division 312, Army Corps 1.

From 11. 2003 - 8.2006: Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Division, Colonel, Division Commander of Division 312, Corps 1.

From 9. 2006 - 8.2007: Colonel, Academic of the National Defense Academy.

From 9. 2007 - 7.2008: Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Division, Colonel, Division Commander, Division 312, Army Corps 1.

From 8. 2008 - 1.2009: Party Committee member of the Corps, Colonel, Deputy Commander of the Military Corps 1.

From 2.12.2009 - 5.2020: Party Committee member of the Corps, Colonel, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the 1st Corps.

From 6. 2010 - 9.2011: Deputy Secretary of the Army Party Committee, Major General, Commander of the 1st Army Corps.

From October 2011 - February 2014: Secretary of the Party Committee of the General Staff - Ministry of National Defense; Lieutenant General, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army.

From 3.2014 - 3.2016: Member of the Central Military Commission, Lieutenant General, Commander of Military Region 1; Actress of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (2.2014 - 6.2014); Member of the 12th Party Central Committee (from January 2016).

From 4.2016: Member of the 12th Party Central Committee, Standing Member of the Central Military Commission, Lieutenant General, Deputy Minister of National Defense.

From 5. 2016 - 1.2021: Member of the 12th Party Central Committee, Standing Member of the Central Military Commission, Senior Lieutenant General, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Deputy Minister of National Defense.

From January 2021 - March 2021: Member of the 13th Politburo, Member of the Central Military Commission, Senior Lieutenant General, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Deputy Minister of National Defense.

From 4.2021 - 7.2021: Member of the 13th Politburo, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Senior Lieutenant General, Minister of National Defense, Member of the National Election Council.

From July 2021: Member of the 13th Politburo, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, General, Minister of National Defense; Member of the National Defense and Security Council; Delegate of the 15th National Assembly.

From January 24, 2025: The Politburo appoints to join the Executive Committee, the Standing Committee of the Government Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term.

From June 2025: 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.

January 23, 2026: The 14th Party Central Committee Conference elected him for the first time to join the Politburo of the 14th Party Central Committee.

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