The Politburo of the Central Committee Communist Party of Vietnam (Bộ Chính trị Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam), formerly the Standing Committee of the Central Committee, includes the top leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam

Communist Party of Vietnam

The Communist Party of Vietnam , formally established in 1930, is the governing party of the nation of Vietnam. It is today the only legal political party in that country. Describing itself as Marxist-Leninist, the CPV is the directing component of a broader group of organizations known as the...

. Formally, the membership of the Politburo is approved by the Central Committee.

Standing Committee of the Central Committee Communist Party of Vietnam since 1941: Trường Chinh (General Secretary), Hoàng Văn Thụ and Hoàng Quốc Việt.

Standing Committee of the Central Committee Communist Party of Vietnam since 1945: Hồ Chí Minh

Ho Chi Minh

Hồ Chí Minh , born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Marxist-Leninist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam...

 (President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam), Trường Chinh

Truong Chinh

Trường Chinh Trường Chinh Trường Chinh (pseudonym meaning “Long March”, born Đặng Xuân Khu (b. February 9, 1907 in Xuân Trường District, Nam Định Province, d. September 30, 1988 in Hanoi) was a Vietnamese communist political leader and theoretician. From 1941 to 1957, he was Vietnam's second-ranked...

 (General Secretary), Võ Nguyên Giáp, Lê Đức Thọ, Hoàng Quốc Việt, Nguyễn Lương Bằng (supplement).

2nd Politburo members (1951-1960)

Hồ Chí Minh

Ho Chi Minh

Hồ Chí Minh , born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Marxist-Leninist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam...

 (Chairman of CPV

Communist Party of Vietnam

The Communist Party of Vietnam , formally established in 1930, is the governing party of the nation of Vietnam. It is today the only legal political party in that country. Describing itself as Marxist-Leninist, the CPV is the directing component of a broader group of organizations known as the...

, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam)

Trường Chinh

Truong Chinh

Trường Chinh Trường Chinh Trường Chinh (pseudonym meaning “Long March”, born Đặng Xuân Khu (b. February 9, 1907 in Xuân Trường District, Nam Định Province, d. September 30, 1988 in Hanoi) was a Vietnamese communist political leader and theoretician. From 1941 to 1957, he was Vietnam's second-ranked...

 (General Secretary to October 1956)

Lê Duẩn

Hoàng Quốc Việt (to October 1956)

Võ Nguyên Giáp

Vo Nguyen Giap

Võ Nguyên Giáp is a retired Vietnamese officer in the Vietnam People’s Army and a politician. He was a principal commander in two wars: the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War...

Phạm Văn Đồng

Nguyễn Chí Thanh

Nguyen Chi Thanh

General Nguyễn Chí Thanh was a North Vietnamese officer who was born in Thua Thien Province in Central Vietnam to a poor peasant family. His original name was Nguyễn Văn Vịnh. He joined the Indochinese Communist Party in the mid-1930s and apparently spent most of the Second World War in a French...

Lê Đức Thọ (since 1955)

Hoàng Văn Hoan

Hoang Van Hoan

Hoang Van Hoan was a personal friend of Ho Chi Minh, a founding member of the Indochinese Communist Party, and a Politburo member of the Lao Dong Party from 1960 to 1976...

 (since 1956)

Nguyễn Duy Trinh (since 1956)

Phạm Hùng (since 1956)

Lê Thanh Nghị (since 1956)

alternate member: Lê Văn Lương (to 1956)

3rd Politburo members (1960-1976)

Hồ Chí Minh (Chairman of CPV

Communist Party of Vietnam

The Communist Party of Vietnam , formally established in 1930, is the governing party of the nation of Vietnam. It is today the only legal political party in that country. Describing itself as Marxist-Leninist, the CPV is the directing component of a broader group of organizations known as the...

President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to 1969 died)

Lê Duẩn ( First Secretary)

Trường Chinh (Chairman of the National Assembly's Standing Committee)

Phạm Văn Đồng (Prime Minister DRV

North Vietnam

The Democratic Republic of Vietnam , was a communist state that ruled the northern half of Vietnam from 1954 until 1976 following the Geneva Conference and laid claim to all of Vietnam from 1945 to 1954 during the First Indochina War, during which they controlled pockets of territory throughout...

)

Phạm Hùng (Deputy Prime Minister DRV, from 1967 Secretary Central Office for South Vietnam -COSVN)

Lê Đức Thọ

Võ Nguyên Giáp (Deputy Prime Minister, defense minister)

Nguyễn Chí Thanh (died 1967)

Nguyễn Duy Trinh (Deputy Prime Minister)

Lê Thanh Nghị (Deputy Prime Minister)

Hoàng Văn Hoan( Vice Chairman of the DRV National Assembly Standing Committee).

Alternate members : Trần Quốc Hoàn (since June 1972 is full member ), Văn Tiến Dũng (since March 1972 is full member)

4th Politburo members (1976-1982)

Lê Duẩn (General Secretary)

Trường Chinh, Chairman of the National Assembly's Standing Committee

Phạm Văn Đồng, Prime Minister

Phạm Hùng, Deputy Prime Minister

Lê Đức Thọ

Võ Nguyên Giáp, Deputy Prime Minister

Nguyễn Duy Trinh, Deputy Prime Minister

Lê Thanh Nghị, Deputy Prime Minister

Trần Quốc Hoàn

Văn Tiến Dũng

Lê Văn Lương

Nguyễn Văn Linh

Nguyen Van Linh

Nguyễn Văn Linh was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1986 to 1991 and a political leader of the Vietcong during the Vietnam War...

Võ Chí Công

Chu Huy Mân.

Alternate members:

Tố Hữu (full member from 1980)

Võ Văn Kiệt

Vo Van Kiet

Võ Văn Kiệt was a Vietnamese politician and statesman. He was a veteran fighter in the long war against French and then American military forces in South Vietnam, and lost his first wife and two children to US bombing...

Đỗ Mười

5th Politburo members (1982-1986)

Lê Duẩn (General Secretary, died July 1986)

Trường Chinh (Chairman of the Council of State, and General Secretary since July 1986)

Phạm Văn Đồng (Chairman of the Council of Ministers)

Phạm Hùng

Lê Đức Thọ

Văn Tiến Dũng

Võ Chí Công

Vo Chi Cong

Võ Chí Công was a Vietnamese Communist political figure and one-time President of Vietnam.-Early life and political activities:Võ Chí Công was born Võ Toàn in Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam, in 1912...

Chu Huy Mân

Tố Hữu

To Huu

Tố Hữu was Vietnam’s most famous revolutionary poet. He published five collections of poems, the first of which was the 1946 collection entitled Poem, which included many of his most popular and influential works that were written during the anti-French period from 1937 to 1946.Tố Hữu was born...

Võ Văn Kiệt

Vo Van Kiet

Võ Văn Kiệt was a Vietnamese politician and statesman. He was a veteran fighter in the long war against French and then American military forces in South Vietnam, and lost his first wife and two children to US bombing...

Đỗ Mười

Lê Đức Anh

Nguyễn Đức Tâm.

Nguyễn Văn Linh (since June 1985)

Alternate members : Nguyễn Cơ Thạch, Đồng Sỹ Nguyên

6th Politburo members (1986-1991)

Nguyễn Văn Linh (General Secretary)

Phạm Hùng (Chairman of the Council of Ministers, died 1988)

Võ Chí Công (Chairman of the Council of State)

Đỗ Mười (Chairman Council of Ministers from 1988)

Võ Văn Kiệt

Lê Đức Anh

Nguyễn Đức Tâm

Nguyễn Cơ Thạch

Nguyễn Cơ Thạch

Nguyễn Cơ Thạch was a Vietnamese revolutionary, diplomat, and politician. He was Foreign Minister of Vietnam from February 1980 to July 1991.Thạch was seen as pragmatic and influential ....

Đồng Sỹ Nguyên

Trần Xuân Bách (to March 1990)

Nguyễn Thanh Bình

Mai Chí Thọ

Alternate members : Đào Duy Tùng (full member since 1988).

7th Politburo members (1991-1996)

Đỗ Mười (General Secretary)

Lê Đức Anh (President of Socialist Republic of Vietnam)

Võ Văn Kiệt (Premier)

Đào Duy Tùng

Đoàn Khuê

Vũ Oanh

Lê Phước Thọ

Phan Văn Khải

Bùi Thiện Ngộ

Nông Đức Mạnh (Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam

National Assembly of Vietnam

The Constitution of Vietnam recognizes the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam as "the highest organ of state power." The National Assembly, a 493-member unicameral body elected to a five-year term, meets twice a year...

)

Phạm Thế Duyệt

Nguyễn Đức Bình

Võ Trần Chí

Since 1993: Lê Khả Phiêu, Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm, Nguyễn Hà Phan (to 1996), Đỗ Quang Thắng.

8th Politburo members (1996-2001)

Đỗ Mười (General Secretary to December 1997)

Lê Đức Anh (President of Socialist Republic of Vietnam to 1997)

Võ Văn Kiệt (Premier to 1997)

Nông Đức Mạnh ( Chairman of the National Assembly of the Viet Nam )

Lê Khả Phiêu (General Secretary since December 1997)

Đoàn Khuê (died 1998)

Phan Văn Khải (Premier from 1997)

Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm

Nguyễn Đức Bình

Nguyễn Văn An

Nguyen Van An

Nguyễn Văn An was the National Assembly Chairman of Vietnam. Appointed on 27 June, An was a proponent of government and administrative reform. He was re-elected on 23 July 2002. On 24 June 2006 he resigned, citing his age and the need for a new generation of leaders to take over.-References:...

Phạm Văn Trà

Trần Đức Lương (President of Vietnam from 1997)

Mrs.Nguyễn Thị Xuân Mỹ

Trương Tấn Sang

Truong Tan Sang

Trương Tấn Sang is the president of Vietnam and the senior member of the Politburo, the executive committee of the ruling Communist Party. He was ranked as the party's number one leader following the 11th National Congress held in Hanoi in January 2011."", BaoOnline.vn, January 20, 2011. Includes...

Lê Xuân Tùng

Lê Minh Hương

Nguyễn Đình Tứ (died 1996)

Phạm Thế Duyệt

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng

December 1997, Đỗ Mười, Lê Đức Anh, Võ Văn Kiệt to stop no on the Central Committee and Politburo of the CPV, new members of Politburo is: Phạm Thanh Ngân, Nguyễn Minh Triết, Phan Diễn, Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

9th Politburo members (2001-2006)

Nông Đức Mạnh (General Secretary)

Trần Đức Lương (President of Vietnam)

Phan Văn Khải (Premier)

Nguyễn Minh Triết

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng

Lê Minh Hương (died 2004)

Nguyễn Phú Trọng

Phan Diễn

Lê Hồng Anh

Trương Tấn Sang

Phạm Văn Trà

Nguyễn Văn An (Chairman of the National Assembly)

Trương Quang Được

Trần Đình Hoan

Nguyễn Khoa Điềm

10th Politburo members (2006-2011)

Nông Đức Mạnh (General Secretary)

Lê Hồng Anh

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (Prime Minister of Vietnam

Prime Minister of Vietnam

-Office:The Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is the head of the executive branch of the Vietnamese government. The Prime Minister presides over the Vietnamese cabinet, and is responsible for appointing and supervising ministers...

)

Nguyễn Minh Triết (President of Vietnam

President of Vietnam

The President of Vietnam is the head of state of Vietnam, although the functions of the President are often ceremonial...

)

Trương Tấn Sang

Truong Tan Sang

Trương Tấn Sang is the president of Vietnam and the senior member of the Politburo, the executive committee of the ruling Communist Party. He was ranked as the party's number one leader following the 11th National Congress held in Hanoi in January 2011."", BaoOnline.vn, January 20, 2011. Includes...

Nguyễn Phú Trọng (Chairman of the National Assembly)

Phạm Gia Khiêm

Phùng Quang Thanh

Trương Vĩnh Trọng

Lê Thanh Hải

Nguyễn Sinh Hùng

Nguyễn Văn Chi

Hồ Đức Việt

Phạm Quang Nghị

Tô Huy Rứa (since 2009)

11th Politburo members (2011-present)

1. Trương Tấn Sang, (president)
2. Sr. Lt Gen. Phùng Quang Thanh (minister of defence)
3. Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (prime minister)
4. Nguyễn Sinh Hùng (deputy prime minister)
5. General Lê Hồng Anh (minister of public security)
6. Lê Thanh Hải (party secretary for Ho Chi Minh City)
7. Tô Huy Rứa (chairman, chief of the Central Information and Education Committee)
8. Nguyễn Phú Trọng (general-secretary of the Party)
9. Phạm Quang Nghị (party secretary for Hanoi)
10. Trần Đại Quang (chief of police)
11. Tòng Thị Phóng (deputy chairwoman of the National Assembly)
12. Ngô Văn Dụ
13. Đinh Thế Huynh
14. Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (Chairman of the Government Office)

See also

• Communist Party of Vietnam
  Communist Party of Vietnam
  The Communist Party of Vietnam , formally established in 1930, is the governing party of the nation of Vietnam. It is today the only legal political party in that country. Describing itself as Marxist-Leninist, the CPV is the directing component of a broader group of organizations known as the...
  
  

• Politics of Vietnam
  Politics of Vietnam
  Notwithstanding the 1992 Constitution's affirmation of the central role of the Communist Party, the National Assembly, according to the Constitution, is the highest representative body of the people and the only organization with legislative powers. It has a broad mandate to oversee all government...
  
  

• Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
  Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
  The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam established 1930, is the highest authority within the Communist Party of Vietnam elected by the Party National Congresses...