Biography of PM Dũng

VGP - Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has been re-elected by the 13th NA as the Prime Minister of Việt Nam. The following is his brief biography.

July 26, 2011 3:17 PM GMT+7

Full name: NGUYỄN TẤN DŨNG.

Date of birth: November 17, 1949

Place of birth: Cà Mau city, Cà Mau Province.

Education: Bachelor of Law, high-level political theory

Date of official admission to the Communist Party of Việt Nam: March 10, 1968.

National Assembly’s deputy of the tenures 10, 11, 12, 13

Member of the CPV Central Committee tenures 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

CPVCC Politburo member for tenures 8, 9, 10, and 11

Summary of professional career

November 1961 – September 1981	Served in the Army Senior Lieutenant – Chief Political Commissar of Infantry Battalion 207, Captain – Political Chief of Infantry Regiment 152, defending the southwestern border, Major – Head of the Personnel Board of Kiên Giang Province's Military Command.
October 1981 – December 1994	Studied at High-level Nguyễn Ái Quốc Party School. Member of the Standing Committee of the Kiên Giang Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Head of the provincial Organizational Board. Secretary of the Hà Tiên District Party Committee, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Kiên Giang provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Kiên Giang People's Committee. Member of the provincial People's Council. Secretary of the Kiên Giang Party Committee. Secretary of the provincial Military Division's Party Committee. Member of the Party Committee of the Military Zone 9.
January 1995-May 1996	Deputy Minister of Public Security. Member of the Central Police Party Committee.
June 1996-August 1997	Member of the Politburo and Politburo Standing Committee. Director of the CPV Central Committee's Economic Commission, in charge of financial affairs of the CPV.
September 1997-June 2006	Permanent Deputy Prime Minister of the Government. Member of the Politburo. Deputy Secretary of the Government’s Party Committee. Cum Chairman of the National Financial and Monetary Policy Council. Head of the Central Highlands Steering Committee. Head of the southwestern region Steering Committee. Head of the Party Central Committee Steering Board for Reorganization of State-owned Enterprises. Head of the State Steering Committee for Key National Projects. Head of the Party Central Committee for Crime Prevention and control, and others.
1998-1999	Cum Governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam and Secretary of the State Bank of Việt Nam’s Party Committee.
July 2006-present	Prime Minister. Politburo member, Secretary of the Government’s Party Committee, Cum Head of the Party Central Committee’s Anti-Corruption Steering Committee. Vice Chairman of the National Defense and Security Council. Chairman of the National Council for Emulation and Awards, Chairman of the National Council for Education, Head of the Government Steering Committee for Administrative Reform, Head of the Steering Committee for Military Industry Construction and Development, Head of the National Steering Committee for Climate Change Adaptation, Head of the Sub-committee for drafting socio-economic development strategy for 2011-2020.