Biography of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son
VGP - Below is the biography of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son
Date of birth: October 16, 1962
Native land: Tay Mo ward, Nam Tu Liem district, Ha Noi
Date of Party admission: June 11, 1986
Education background: Bachelor of Diplomacy, Master of International Relations
Member of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee (12th, 13th tenures)
Deputy to the National Assembly (14th, 15th tenures)
Career Records
| February 1985 – April 1987: | Joining the diplomatic sector in February 1985, the army from February 1985 to April 1987. |
| May 1987 – August 1991: | Admitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in May 1987, working at the Institute for International Relations from September 1987 to August 1991. |
| September 1991 – June 1993: | Obtaining Master degree in international relations in the U.S. |
| June 1993 – March 1996: | Staff, Head of Europe-America Department, Chief of Office of the Institute for International Relations. |
| March 1996 – February 2000: | Deputy Director of the Institute for International Relations. |
| March 2000 – July 2003: | Minister Counselor at the Embassy of Viet Nam to the Republic of Singapore. |
| August 2003 – August 2007: | Deputy Director off the Department off Foreign Policy Planning. |
| August 2007 – September 2008: | Director General of the Department of Foreign Policy Planning. |
| September 2008 – November 2009: | Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director General of the Department of Foreign Policy Planning. |
| November 2009 – January 2016: | Deputy Foreign Minister. |
| January 2016 – April 2021: | Member of the 12th Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee Deputy to the National Assembly from July 2016; First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 2016. |
| April 2021- August 2024 | Member of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam. Deputy to the National Assembly from June 2021. Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| From August 26, 2024 present: | Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. |
