Summary of the biography of former President Tran Duc Luong

Comrade Tran Duc Luong, born on May 5, 1937; hometown: Pho Khanh commune, Duc Pho district (now Duc Pho town), Quang Ngai province. Permanent residence at 298, Van Phuc Street, Lieu Giai Ward, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi City. Participated in the February Revolution in 1955; joined the Communist Party of Vietnam on December 19, 1959.

WORKING PROCESS

February 1955 to September 1955: He gathered in the North to study elementary geological engineering at the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

October 1955 to August 1959: Comrade worked as a technical staff member in the Teams and teams for geological exploration and search; studied for 8 months of Geological Intermediate Volunteer.

September 1959 to March 1964: Comrade became Captain of Geological Team 4, Geological Team 20, Secretary of the Party Cell of Geological Team 4, Executive Committee member of the Labor Youth Union, Department of Geology, Party Cell Member.

April 1964 to August 1966: Comrade was Deputy Technical Group Secretary of the Geological Group; Party Cell Secretary, Party Cell Member.

September 1966 to January 1970: Comrade is a student, Head of the exploration class (K11) of the University of Mining and Geology; Member of the school's Party Committee, Secretary of the School Youth Union (1969).

February 1970 to August 1975: Comrade Deputy Director of the Department of Geological Mapping; Party Committee member, Standing Committee member of the Party Committee of the Department of Geological Mapping.

September 1975 to September 1977: studied at Nguyen Ai Quoc Central School; worked as a Party Cell Secretary.

August 1977 to July 1979: Comrade as Deputy Federation Head, Acting Federation Head of the Geological Mapping Federation, General Department of Geology; Secretary of the Federation Party Committee, Member of the Executive Committee of the Trade Union of the General Department of Geology; Member of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor.

August 1979 to January 1987: Comrade became Director General of the General Department of Geology, Secretary of the General Department's Party Committee; studied a 4-month economic management class at the National Academy of Economics of the Soviet Union (in 1981). Member of the 7th National Assembly, Vice Chairman, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Science and Technology; Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam - Soviet Friendship Association.

At the 5th National Congress of the Party (March 1982), he was elected as an alternate member of the Party Central Committee. At the 6th National Congress of the Party (December 1986), he was elected as a member of the Party Central Committee.

February 1987 to August 1992: He was Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers; National Assembly delegate of the 8th tenure; Permanent representative of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at the Economic Assistance Council (SEV). At the 7th National Congress of the Party (June 1991), he continued to be elected as a member of the Party Central Committee.

From September 1992 to August 1997: He was Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. At the 8th National Congress of the Party, he was elected to the Party Central Committee and elected by the Party Central Committee to the Politburo (June 1996).

August 1997 to November 2007: President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Chairman of the National Defense and Security Council (September 1997); Standing Committee member of the Politburo (January 1998). At the 9th National Congress of the Party, he was re-elected to the Party Central Committee and was elected by the Party Central Committee to the Politburo (April 2001).

He was a member of the Party Central Committee for the terms V, VI, VII, VIII, IX; Politburo member for the terms VIII, IX; Standing member of the Politburo for the terms VIII; Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers from February 1987 to September 1992; Deputy Prime Minister from October 1992 to August 1997; President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Chairman of the National Defense and Security Council for the terms X, XI; National Assembly delegates for the terms VII, VIII, X, XI.

He was given a pension by the Party and State under the regime from January 1, 2008.

For his outstanding contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation, he was awarded the Gold Star Medal, the 65-year Party membership badge and many other noble medals, medals, awards and titles by the Party and the State.

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