Mr. Le Minh Hung elected Prime Minister

On April 7, continuing the First Session, under the direction of Politburo Member, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, the 16th National Assembly held a separate meeting on personnel work.

At the meeting, the President presented the list of nominations for the National Assembly to elect the Prime Minister. The National Assembly discussed and voted to approve the list to elect the Prime Minister by electronic voting system.

After that, the National Assembly elects the Prime Minister by secret ballot. The National Assembly Standing Committee submits to the National Assembly a draft Resolution to elect the Prime Minister.

With 495/495 National Assembly deputies (NA deputies) participating in the vote in favor, the National Assembly passed the Resolution to elect Mr. Le Minh Hung to the position of Prime Minister.

New Prime Minister Le Minh Hung was born on December 11, 1970; native of Tu My commune, Ha Tinh province.

Position:

- Member of the Politburo: XIII term (from 5/2024), XIV

- Secretary of the Party Central Committee: XIII, XIV terms

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

- Head of the Central Organization Committee (from May 2024)

- Head of the Internal Political Protection Sub-committee

- Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption, Wastefulness and Negative Phenomena

- Chairman of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentary Group

15th, 16th terms

- Political theory level: Advanced

- Professional qualifications: Master of Public Policy; University majoring in Public Policy, Bachelor of French

SUMMARY OF THE WORKING PROCESS

From October 1993 - January 1998: Specialist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Department, Department of International Relations, State Bank of Vietnam (SBV); Attended the course on Market Economy and Financial Analysis of the IMF at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China (March 1996 - June 1996); Master of Economics at Saitama University, Japan (October 1996 - September 1997).

February 1998 - February 2002: Deputy Head of Department, Head of Department of Asian Development Bank (ADB), Department of International Cooperation, SBV.

March 2002 - December 2009: Deputy Director, Director of the International Cooperation Department, SBV.

January 2010 - October 2011: Member of the Party Personnel Committee, Director of the Department of Organization and Personnel, SBV.

October 2011 - October 2014: Member of the Party Personnel Committee, Deputy Governor of the SBV.

November 2014 - January 2016: Deputy Chief of the Party Central Committee Office. At the 12th National Party Congress, elected to the Party Central Committee.

January 2016 - April 2016: Member of the 12th Party Central Committee, Deputy Chief of the Central Office of the Party.

April 2016 - October 2020: Member of the 12th Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Personnel Committee, Governor of the SBV.

October 2020 - January 2021: Member of the 12th Party Central Committee, Chief of the Central Party Office.

January 2021 - May 2024: Secretary of the Party Central Committee of the XIII term, Chief of the Party Central Committee Office; Member of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption and Negative Phenomena (from November 2021); NA Deputy of the XV term (from July 2021).

May 2024 - June 2024: Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee of the XIII term, Head of the Central Organization Committee, Chief of the Party Central Committee Office; National Assembly Deputy of the XV term.

June 2024: Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee of the XIII term, Head of the Party Central Committee's Organization Committee; National Assembly Deputy of the XV term; Chairman of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentary Group.

October 2024: Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption, Wastefulness, and Negative Phenomena.

June 2025: Member of the National Election Council.

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

January 23, 2026: At the first Conference of the 14th Party Central Committee, elected to the Politburo.

January 30, 2026: Assigned to participate in the Secretariat of the 14th Party Central Committee (according to Decision No. 05-QDNS/TW).

March 2026: National Assembly Deputy of the 16th term.

April 7, 2026: At the First Session, the 16th National Assembly elected Mr. Le Minh Hung to hold the position of Prime Minister for the term 2026-2031.

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