Nguyễn Phú Trọng

Nguyễn Phú Trọng (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ fu˧˦ t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]; born 14 April 1944) is a Vietnamese politician who has served as general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam since 2011. As the head of the party's Secretariat, Politburo and Central Military Commission, Trọng is Vietnam's paramount leader.^[1] He also previously served as president of Vietnam from 2018 to 2021.

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Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Trọng in 2023
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 January 2011
Preceded by	Nông Đức Mạnh
Secretary of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 January 2011
Deputy	Phùng Quang Thanh Ngô Xuân Lịch Phan Văn Giang
Preceded by	Nông Đức Mạnh
10th President of Vietnam
In office 23 October 2018 – 5 April 2021
Prime Minister	Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Vice President	Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh
Preceded by	Trần Đại Quang Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (acting)
Succeeded by	Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam
In office 26 June 2006 – 23 July 2011
Preceded by	Nguyễn Văn An
Succeeded by	Nguyễn Sinh Hùng
Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee
In office January 2000 – 26 June 2006
Preceded by	Lê Xuân Tùng
Succeeded by	Phạm Quang Nghị
Personal details
Born	(1944-04-14) 14 April 1944 (age 80) Đông Hội, Đông Anh, French Indochina (now Hanoi, Vietnam)
Political party	Communist Party of Vietnam (1968–present)
Spouse	Ngô Thị Mân
Children	2
Residence(s)	5 Thiền Quang street, Nguyễn Du, Hai Bà Trưng, Hanoi
Alma mater	University of Hanoi National Academy of Public Administration Russian Academy of Sciences
Occupation	Politician professor
Website	dangcongsan.org.vn

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Trọng joined the Communist Party in 1968, and rose through the section devoted to political work. He later joined the party's Central Committee in 1994, its Politburo in 1997 and Vietnam's National Assembly in 2002. Between 2000 and 2006, he was the Party committee secretary of Hanoi, effectively the city's highest-ranking position. He was then chairman of the National Assembly from 2006 to 2011.

He was elected general secretary at the party's 11th National Congress in 2011 and re-elected at the 12th National Congress in 2016. During his leadership, he has pursued a wide anti-corruption campaign, implicating numerous senior officials. He became president in 2018 following the death of President Trần Đại Quang, becoming the third person to simultaneously head the party and state after Hồ Chí Minh (in North Vietnam only) and Trường Chinh. At the 13th National Congress in 2021, he was reelected as general secretary becoming the third leader of Vietnam to secure a third term (after Hồ Chí Minh and Lê Duẩn), and was succeeded by Nguyễn Xuân Phúc as president.