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Minister of Defence (Vietnam)

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Minister of National Defence
Bộ trưởng Bộ Quốc phòng
Emblem of Vietnam with the MOD's banner
since 8 April 2021
Ministry of Defence
StyleHis Excellency
Member ofCabinet
Reports toThe President
The Prime Minister
AppointerThe President
with CPV Politburo introduction, advice and consent
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation8 May 1945
First holderChu Văn Tấn
DeputyVice Minister of Defence
Websitewww.mod.gov.vn

The Minister of National Defence (Defence Minister; Vietnamese: Bộ trưởng Bộ Quốc phòng, lit. 'Minister of the Ministry of National Defence') is the Government of Vietnam member in charge of the Ministry of National Defence. The Minister is responsible for the formal executive management functions of state for defense. By Vietnamese politics' design, the assigned Defence Minister also automatically assumes the positions of Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, member of the Politburo and member of the Council for National Defense and Security, by that the Defence Minister is practically the second-highest leader of the Vietnam People’s Army as well as the Militia and Self-Defence Force, just under the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The current Defence Minister is Army General Phan Văn Giang, since 8 April 2021.

Chain of command

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Lists of Ministers of Defence

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No.
[note 1] 		Portrait Name
(birth–death) 		Took office Left office Rank
[note 2] 		Prime Minister
Minister of Defence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
(1945 – 76)
1
—
 Chu Văn Tấn
(1909–1984) 		May 8, 1945 March 1946
—
 Ho Chi Minh
2 Phan Anh
(1912–1989) 		March 1946 May 11, 1946
—
3 Võ Nguyên Giáp
(1911–2013) 		May 11, 1946 May 8, 1947
—
4 Tạ Quang Bửu
(1910–1986) 		May 8, 1947 May 8, 1948
—
3 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)
—
—
 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)
1 Võ Nguyên Giáp
(1911–2013) 		July 2, 1976 February 1980 4 Phạm Văn Đồng
2 Văn Tiến Dũng
(1917–2002) 		February 1980 February 16, 1987 6
—
3 Lê Đức Anh
(1920–2019) 		February 16, 1987 August 8, 1992 6 Phạm Văn Đồng
Phạm Hùng
Đỗ Mười
4
—
 Đoàn Khuê
(1922–1999) 		August 8, 1992 December 29, 1997 5 Đỗ Mười
Võ Văn Kiệt
6
5 Phạm Văn Trà
(born 1935) 		December 29, 1997 June 28, 2006 5 Phan Văn Khải
11
6 Phùng Quang Thanh
(1949-2021) 		June 28, 2006 April 8, 2016 8 Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
2
7 Ngô Xuân Lịch
(born 1954) 		April 9, 2016 April 7, 2021
—
 Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
6
8 Phan Văn Giang
(born 1960) 		April 8, 2021 Incumbent
—
 Phạm Minh Chính
12

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ These numbers are not official.
  2. ^ 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

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  1. ^ Van & Cooper 1983, p. 69.

Bibliography

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  • Van, Canh Nguyen; Cooper, Earle (1983). Vietnam under Communism, 1975–1982. Hoover Press. ISBN 9780817978518.
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