Minister of National Defence
Bộ trưởng Bộ Quốc phòng Việt Nam | |
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Ministry of Defence | |
Style | His Excellency |
Member of | Cabinet |
Reports to | The President The Prime Minister |
Appointer | The President |
Term length | No fixed term |
Formation | 8 May 1945 |
First holder | Chu Văn Tấn |
Deputy | Vice Minister of Defence |
Website | www.mod.gov.vn |
The Minister of Defence is the Government of Vietnam member in charge of the Ministry of Defence. The Minister of Defence directs the management functions of state for defense; responsible organization, construction, management and the highest commander of the Vietnam People's Army and Militia. Moreover, the Minister of Defence is the Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, a Member of the Politburo and Member of Council for National Defense and Security. The current Vietnamese Minister of Defence is 4 star Army General Ngô Xuân Lịch, since 9 April 2016.
Chain of command
- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (de facto)
- President (nominal)
- Prime Minister
- Minister of Defence
- Chief of the General Political Department
- Chief of the General Staff
Lists of Ministers of Defence
No. [note 1] |
Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Rank [note 2] |
Prime Minister |
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Minister of Defence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–76) | ||||||
1 | —
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Chu Văn Tấn (1909–1984) |
May 8, 1945 | March 1946 | —
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Ho Chi Minh |
2 | —
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Phan Anh (1912–1989) |
March 1946 | May 11, 1946 | —
| |
3 | Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911–2013) |
May 11, 1946 | May 8, 1947 | —
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4 | Tạ Quang Bửu (1910–1986) |
May 8, 1947 | May 8, 1948 | —
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5 | Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911–2013) |
May 8, 1948 | July 2, 1976 | 5 | ||
Phạm Văn Đồng | ||||||
7 | ||||||
Minister of Defence of the Republic of South Vietnam (1969–76) | ||||||
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—
|
Trần Nam Trung (1912–2009) |
June 8, 1969 | July 2, 1976 | —
|
Huỳnh Tấn Phát |
Minister of Defence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present) | ||||||
5 | Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911–2013) |
July 2, 1976 | February 1980 | 4 | Phạm Văn Đồng | |
6 | Văn Tiến Dũng (1917–2002) |
February 1980 | February 16, 1987 | 6 | ||
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7 | Lê Đức Anh (1920–2019) |
February 16, 1987 | August 10, 1992 | 6 | Phạm Văn Đồng | |
Phạm Hùng | ||||||
Đỗ Mười | ||||||
8 | Đoàn Khuê (1922–1999) |
August 10, 1992 | December 29, 1997 | 5 | Đỗ Mười | |
Võ Văn Kiệt | ||||||
6 | ||||||
9 | Phạm Văn Trà (born 1937) |
December 29, 1997 | June 28, 2006 | 5 | Phan Văn Khải | |
11 | ||||||
10 | Phùng Quang Thanh (born 1949) |
June 28, 2006 | April 8, 2016 | 8 | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng | |
2 | ||||||
11 | Ngô Xuân Lịch (born 1954) |
April 9, 2016 | Incumbent | —
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Nguyễn Xuân Phúc | |
6 |
See also
Notes
- ^ These numbers are not official.
- ^ The Central Committee when it convenes for its first session after being elected by a National Party Congress elects the Politburo. The Politburo members are ranked in an official order of precedence every time the body is elected by the Central Committee.[1]
References
- ^ Van & Cooper 1983, p. 69.
Bibliography
- Van, Canh Nguyen; Cooper, Earle (1983). Vietnam under Communism, 1975–1982. Hoover Press. ISBN 9780817978518.