Le Minh Hung unanimously elected as new Prime Minister of Viet Nam

Le Minh Hung, aged 56, will replace his predecessor Pham Minh Chinh to serve a five-year term, from 2026 to 2031.

The Government is the highest organ of State administration of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.

Below is the brief biography of Prime Minister Le Minh Hung:

Date of birth: December 11, 1970

Native land: Tu My Commune, Ha Tinh province

Ethnicity: Kinh

Date of Party admission: August 21, 2000

Education: Master's Degree in Public Policy, Bachelor's Degree in French Language

Major positions:

- Politburo member, 13th tenure (since May 2024) and 14th tenure

- Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, 13th and 14th tenures

- Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (12th, 13th, and 14th tenures)

- Chairman of the Central Organization Commission (since May 2024)

- Vice Chairman of the Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Combat of Corruption, Wastefulness, and Negative Phenomena

- Chairman of the Viet Nam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians' Group

- Deputy of the 15th and 16th National Assembly

Political career

● From October 1993 to January 1998:

Staff at the Department of International Cooperation, the State Bank of Viet Nam; study at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in China (from March 1996-June 1996) and Saitama University in Japan (from October 1996-September 1997).

● From February 1998 to February 2002:

Deputy Division Head, Division Head, Department of International Cooperation, the State Bank of Viet Nam.

● From March 2002 to December 2009:

Vice Director-General of the Department of International Cooperation, the State Bank of Viet Nam.

● From January 2010 to October 2011:

Member of the Party Committee of the State Bank of Viet Nam, Director-General of the Personnel Department, the State Bank of Viet Nam.

● From October 2011 to October 2014:

Member of the Party Committee of the State Bank of Viet Nam, Vice Governor of the State Bank of Viet Nam.

● From November 2014 to January 2016:

Vice Chairman of the Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam.

Elected to the 12^th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam at the 12^th National Party Congress.

● From January 2016 to April 2016:

Member of the 12^th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, Vice Chairman of the Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam.

● From April 2016 to October 2020:

Member of the 12^th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, Secretary of the Party Committee and Governor of the State Bank of Viet Nam.

● From October 2020 to January 2021:

Member of the 12^th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, Chairman of the Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam.

● From January 2021 to May 2024:

Secretary of the 13^th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, Chairman of the Office of the Party Central Committee, member of the Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Combat of Corruption and Negative Phenomena (since November 2021), deputy of the 15^th National Assembly (since July 2021).

● From May 2024 to June 2024:

Politburo member, Secretary of the 13^th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, Chairman of the Central Organization Commission, Chairman of the Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, deputy of the 15^th National Assembly.

● From June 2024 to June 2025:

Politburo member, Secretary of the 13^th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, Chairman of the Central Organization Commission, deputy of the 15^th National Assembly Chairman of the Viet Nam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians' Group, Vice Chairman of the Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Combat of Corruption, Wastefulness, and Negative Phenomena (since October 2024), and member of the National Election Council (since June 2025).

● On January 22, 2026: Elected as member of the 14^th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam at the 14^th National Party Congress.

● On January 23, 2026: Elected as member of the Politburo at the first plenum of the 14^th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam.

● On January 30, 2026: Assigned to join the Secretariat.

● March 2026: Elected as deputy to the 16th National Assembly.

● On April 7, 2026: Elected as Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam at the first working session of the 16th National Assembly./.