General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam facts for kids
Quick facts for kids General Secretary of theCentral Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam |
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Style | Comrade (Đồng chí) (Formal) |
Member of | Central Committee Political Bureau Central Military Commission Secretariat |
Appointer | Central Committee |
Term length | Five years renewable once |
Precursor | First Secretary |
Inaugural holder | Trần Phú |
Formation | 27 October 1930 |
The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Tổng Bí thư Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam), known as First Secretary (Vietnamese: Bí thư Thứ nhất) from 1951 to 1976, is the highest office within the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Officeholders
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Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Rank |
Central Committee |
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Trần Phú (1904–1931) |
27 October 1930 | 6 September 1931 | 1 | Provisional Central Committee (1930–35) |
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Lê Hồng Phong (1902–1942) |
27 October 1931 | 26 July 1936 | 1 | 1st Central Committee (1935–51) |
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Hà Huy Tập (1906–1941) |
26 July 1936 | 30 March 1938 | 1 | |
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Nguyễn Văn Cừ (1912–1941) |
30 March 1938 | 9 November 1940 | 1 | |
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Trường Chinh (1907–1988) |
9 November 1940 | 5 October 1956 | 1 |
1st Central Committee (1935–51) |
2 | 2nd Central Committee (1951–60) | |||||
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Hồ Chí Minh (1890–1969) |
5 October 1956 | 10 September 1960 | 1 | 2nd Central Committee (1951–60) |
3rd Central Committee (1960–76) | ||||||
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Lê Duẩn (1907–1986) |
10 September 1960 | 10 July 1986 | 2 |
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1 | 4th Central Committee (1976–82) | |||||
5th Central Committee (1982–86) | ||||||
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Trường Chinh (1907–1988) |
14 July 1986 | 18 December 1986 | 1 | 5th Central Committee (1982–86) |
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Nguyễn Văn Linh (1915–1998) |
18 December 1986 | 28 June 1991 | 1 | 6th Central Committee (1986–91) |
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Đỗ Mười (1917–2018) |
28 June 1991 | 26 December 1997 | 1 | 7th Central Committee (1991–96) |
8th Central Committee (1996–2001) | ||||||
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Lê Khả Phiêu (1931–2020) |
26 December 1997 | 22 April 2001 | 1 | |
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Nông Đức Mạnh (1940–) |
22 April 2001 | 19 January 2011 | 1 | 9th Central Committee (2001–06) |
10th Central Committee (2006–11) | ||||||
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Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944–) |
19 January 2011 | Incumbent | 1 | 11th Central Committee (2011–16) |
12th Central Committee (2016–21) |

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