13th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam

The 13th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), formally the 13th Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Bộ Chính trị Ban Chấp hành trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam Khoá XIII), was elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee (CC) in the immediate aftermath of the 13th National Congress. Nguyễn Phú Trọng was re-elected for his third term as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, a position he has held since 2011.^[1]

On 30 December 2022, at the 13th CC's 2nd Extraordinary Plenary Session, Phạm Bình Minh offered his resignation as a member of the 13th Politburo; the plenum approved the resignation, and he was removed from the 13th CC as well.^[2] Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, the President of Vietnam and the second-ranked member of the 13th Politburo, voluntarily resigned from all state and party offices at the 3rd Extraordinary Plenary Session on 17 January 2023.^[3] Vũ Đức Đam also resigned from his position of Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam. ^[4] Võ Văn Thưởng was elected as President thereafter. ^[5]

Members

Members of the 13th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam
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Rank	Name	12th POL		Birth	PM	Birthplace	Education	Ethnicity	Gender	Ref.
Rank	Name	New	Rank	Birth	PM	Birthplace	Education	Ethnicity	Gender	Ref.
1	Nguyễn Phú Trọng	Old	1	1944	1968	Hà Nội City	Graduate	Kinh	Male	^[8]
	~~Nguyễn Xuân Phúc~~	Old	6	1954	1982	Quảng Nam province	Undergraduate	Kinh	Male	^[9]
	~~Võ Văn Thưởng~~	Old	17	1970	1993	Vĩnh Long province	Graduate	Kinh	Male	^[10]
2	Phạm Minh Chính	Old	9	1958	1986	Thanh Hoá province	Graduate	Kinh	Male	^[11]
	~~Vương Đình Huệ~~	Old	11	1957	1984	Nghệ An province	Graduate	Kinh	Male	^[12]
3	Trương Thị Mai	Old	14	1958	1985	Quảng Bình province	Graduate	Kinh	Female	^[13]
4	Tô Lâm	Old	5	1957	—	Hưng Yên province	Graduate	Kinh	Male	^[14]
	~~Phạm Bình Minh~~	Old	13	1959	1984	Nam Định province	Graduate	Kinh	Male	^[15]
5	Nguyễn Văn Nên	New	—	1957	1978	Tây Ninh province	Undergraduate	Kinh	Male	^[16]
6	Phan Đình Trạc	New	—	1958	1980	Nghệ An province	Undergraduate	Kinh	Male	^[17]
7	Trần Cẩm Tú	New	—	1961	1990	Hà Tĩnh province	Graduate	Kinh	Male	^[18]
8	Phan Văn Giang	New	—	1960	—	Nam Định province	Graduate	Kinh	Male	^[19]
9	Nguyễn Hòa Bình	New	—	1958	1981	Quảng Ngãi province	Graduate	Kinh	Male	^[20]
10	Trần Thanh Mẫn	New	—	1962	1982	Hậu Giang province	Graduate	Kinh	Male	^[21]
11	Nguyễn Xuân Thắng	New	—	1957	1983	Nghệ An province	Graduate	Kinh	Male	^[22]
12	Lương Cường	New	—	1957	1978	Phú Thọ province	Undergraduate	Kinh	Male	^[23]
13	Trần Tuấn Anh	New	—	1964	1996	Quảng Ngãi province	Graduate	Kinh	Male	^[24]
14	Đinh Tiến Dũng	New	—	1961	1987	Ninh Bình province	Graduate	Kinh	Male	^[25]

References

Bibliography

Truong, Mai (2022). "Declining opportunities for speaking out: The impact of Vietnam's new leadership on grassroots collective action". Asian Journal of Comparative Politics. OnlineFirst. doi:10.1177/20578911221139764. S2CID 254009559.

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