Senior Lieutenant General Tran Quoc To leads Ministry of Public Security
VGP - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh assigned Senior Lieutenant General Tran Quoc To, Deputy Minister of Public Security, to lead the ministry after his predecessor To Lam took office as State President.
Senior Lieutenant General Tran Quoc To
Mr. Tran was born in 1962 in the northern province of Ninh Binh. He is an Associate Professor in Security Science, holding a PhD in Criminology and Criminal Investigation.
He is a member of the 12th and 13th Central Party Committee, from January 2016 until now. He has had a long career in the police force, holding positions such as Deputy Director of the Environmental Police Department, General Department of Police for Crime Prevention and Control, Deputy Director of the Police Department for Crime Prevention and Control, and Deputy Chief of the Criminal Police Agency at the Ministry of Public Security.
In March 2014, he was appointed as Permanent Deputy Secretary of Thai Nguyen provincial Party Committee and was elected the province's Party Secretary more than a year later.
He served as Deputy Minister of Public Security from May 2020./.
