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Minister of National Defence
Vietnam Ministry of National Defence emblem.svg
Emblem of Vietnam with the MOD's banner
Phanvangiang2023.jpg
Incumbent
Phan Văn Giang

since 8 April 2021
Ministry of Defence
Style His Excellency
Member of Cabinet
Reports to The President
The Prime Minister
Appointer The President
Term length No fixed term
Formation 8 May 1945
First holder Chu Văn Tấn
Deputy Vice Minister of Defence
Website www.mod.gov.vn

The Minister of National Defence (Defence Minister; Vietnamese: Bộ trưởng Bộ Quốc phòng, lit.'Minister of the Ministry of National Defence') is the Government of Vietnam member in charge of the Ministry of National Defence. The Minister is responsible for the formal executive management functions of state for defense. By Vietnamese politics' design, the assigned Defence Minister also automatically assumes the positions of Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, member of the Politburo and member of the Council for National Defense and Security, by that the Defence Minister is practically the second-highest leader of the Vietnam People’s Army as well as the Militia and Self-Defence Force, just under the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The current Defence Minister is Army General Phan Văn Giang, since 8 April 2021.

Chain of command

Lists of Ministers of Defence

No.
Portrait Name
(birth–death)
Took office Left office Rank
Prime Minister
Minister of Defence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
(1945 – 76)
1
Chu Văn Tấn
(1909–1984)
May 8, 1945 March 1946
Ho Chi Minh
2 Portrait of Minister Phan-Anh.jpg Phan Anh
(1912–1989)
March 1946 May 11, 1946
3 Mr. Vo Nguyen Giap.jpg Võ Nguyên Giáp
(1911–2013)
May 11, 1946 May 8, 1947
4 Ta Quang Buu.jpg Tạ Quang Bửu
(1910–1986)
May 8, 1947 May 8, 1948
3 Mr. Vo Nguyen Giap.jpg Võ Nguyên Giáp
(1911–2013)
May 8, 1948 July 2, 1976 5
Phạm Văn Đồng
7
Minister of Defence of the Republic of South Vietnam
(1969 – 76)
Trần Nam Trung
(1912–2009)
June 8, 1969 July 2, 1976
Huỳnh Tấn Phát
Minister of Defence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(1976 – present)
1 Mr. Vo Nguyen Giap.jpg Võ Nguyên Giáp
(1911–2013)
July 2, 1976 February 1980 4 Phạm Văn Đồng
2 Van Tien Dung 1954.jpg Văn Tiến Dũng
(1917–2002)
February 1980 February 16, 1987 6
3 Leducanh2.jpg Lê Đức Anh
(1920–2019)
February 16, 1987 August 9, 1991 6 Phạm Văn Đồng
Phạm Hùng
Đỗ Mười
4 Đoàn Khuê.jpg Đoàn Khuê
(1922–1999)
August 9, 1991 December 29, 1997 5 Đỗ Mười
Võ Văn Kiệt
6
5 031110-D-9880W-005.jpg Phạm Văn Trà
(born 1937)
December 29, 1997 June 28, 2006 5 Phan Văn Khải
11
6 Phung Quang Thanh 2010.JPG Phùng Quang Thanh
(1949-2021)
June 28, 2006 April 8, 2016 8 Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
2
7 Mr. Ngo Xuan Lich.jpg Ngô Xuân Lịch
(born 1954)
April 9, 2016 April 7, 2021
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
6
8 Phanvangiang2023.jpg Phan Văn Giang
(born 1960)
April 8, 2021 Incumbent
Phạm Minh Chính
12

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