8th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam

Politburo of Vietnam's Communist Party

The 8th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), formally the 8th Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Bộ Chính trị Ban Chấp hành trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam Khoá VIII), was elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee in the immediate aftermath of the 8th National Congress.

## Members

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### 1st Plenary Session (1996–97)

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Members of the 8th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam  Rank | Name  | 7th POL | 4th PLE | Birth | PM | Birthplace | Education | Ethnicity  | Gender  | Ref.

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1  | Đỗ Mười | Old | 1  | Resigned | — | 1917  | 1939  | Hà Nội City | None  | Kinh | Male  | [1]
2  | Lê Đức Anh | Old | 2  | Resigned | — | 1920  | 1938  | Thừa Thiên Huế province | Military science | Kinh | Male  | [2]
3  | Võ Văn Kiệt | Old | 3  | Resigned | — | 1922  | 1939  | Vĩnh Long province | None  | Kinh | Male  | [3]
4  | Nông Đức Mạnh | Old | 10  | Renewed | 4  | 1940  | 1963  | Bắc Kạn Province | Economics & carpentry | Tày | Male  | [4]
5  | Lê Khả Phiêu | Old | 14  | Renewed | 1  | 1931  | 1949  | Thanh Hóa province | Military science | Kinh | Male  | [5]
6  | Đoàn Khuê | Old | 5  | Renewed | 6  | 1923  | — | Quảng Trị province | Military science | Kinh | Male  | [6]
7  | Phan Văn Khải | Old | 8  | Renewed | 3  | 1933  | 1959  | Hồ Chí Minh City | Economics | Kinh | Male  | [7]
8  | Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm | Old | 16  | Renewed | 7  | 1929  | — | Nghệ An province | Russian studies | Kinh | Male  | [8]
9  | Nguyễn Đức Bình | Old | 12  | Renewed | 8  | 1927  | 1945  | Hà Tĩnh province | Philosophy | Kinh | Male  | [9]
10  | Nguyễn Văn An | New | — | Renewed | 9  | 1937  | 1959  | Nam Định province | Electrical engineering | Kinh | Male  | [10]
11  | Phạm Văn Trà | New | — | Renewed | 5  | 1935  | — | Bắc Ninh province | Military science | Kinh | Male  | [11]
12  | Trần Đức Lương | New | — | Renewed | 2  | 1937  | 1961  | Quảng Ngãi province | Geological engineering | Kinh | Male  | [12]
13  | Nguyễn Thị Xuân Mỹ | New | — | Renewed | 10  | 1940  | — | Hải Dương province | Law & economics | Kinh | Female  | [13]
14  | Trương Tấn Sang | New | — | Renewed | 11  | 1949  | 1969  | Long An province | Law | Kinh | Male  | [14]
15  | Lê Xuân Tùng | New | — | Renewed | 12  | 1936  | — | Hà Tĩnh province | Economics | Kinh | Male  | [15]
16  | Lê Minh Hương | New | — | Renewed | 13  | 1936  | — | Hà Tĩnh province | Military science | Kinh | Male  | [16]
17  | Nguyễn Đình Tứ | New | — | Not | — | 1932  | — | Nghệ Tĩnh province | Mathematics & physics | Kinh | Male  | [17]
18  | Phạm Thế Duyệt | New | — | Renewed | 14  | 1936  | — | Hải Dương province | Mining engineering & economic management | Kinh | Male  | [18]
19  | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng | New | — | Renewed | 15  | 1949  | 1967  | Cà Mau province | Law | Kinh | Male  | [19]

### 4th Plenary Session (1997–01)

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Members of the 8th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam  Rank | Name  | 4th PLE | 9th POL | Birth | PM | Birthplace | Education | Ethnicity  | Gender  | Ref.

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1  | Lê Khả Phiêu | Old | 5  | Not | — | 1931  | 1949  | Thanh Hóa province | Military science | Kinh | Male  | [5]
2  | Trần Đức Lương | Old | 12  | Reelected | 2  | 1937  | 1961  | Quảng Ngãi province | Geological engineering | Kinh | Male  | [12]
3  | Phan Văn Khải | Old | 7  | Reelected | 3  | 1933  | 1959  | Hồ Chí Minh City | Economics | Kinh | Male  | [7]
4  | Nông Đức Mạnh | Old | 4  | Reelected | 1  | 1940  | 1963  | Bắc Kạn Province | Economics & carpentry | Tày | Male  | [4]
5  | Phạm Văn Trà | Old | 11  | Reelected | 11  | 1935  | — | Bắc Ninh province | Military science | Kinh | Male  | [11]
6  | Đoàn Khuê | Old | 6  | Not | — | 1923  | — | Quảng Trị province | Military science | Kinh | Male  | [6]
7  | Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm | Old | 8  | Not | — | 1929  | — | Nghệ An province | Russian studies | Kinh | Male  | [8]
8  | Nguyễn Đức Bình | Old | 9  | Not | — | 1927  | 1945  | Hà Tĩnh province | Philosophy | Kinh | Male  | [9]
9  | Nguyễn Văn An | Old | 10  | Reelected | 12  | 1937  | 1959  | Nam Định province | Electrical engineering | Kinh | Male  | [10]
10  | Nguyễn Thị Xuân Mỹ | Old | 13  | Not | — | 1940  | — | Hải Dương province | Law & economics | Kinh | Female  | [13]
11  | Trương Tấn Sang | Old | 14  | Reelected | 10  | 1949  | 1969  | Long An province | Law | Kinh | Male  | [14]
12  | Lê Xuân Tùng | Old | 15  | Not | — | 1936  | — | Hà Tĩnh province | Economics | Kinh | Male  | [15]
13  | Lê Minh Hương | Old | 16  | Reelected | 6  | 1936  | — | Hà Tĩnh province | Military science | Kinh | Male  | [16]
14  | Phạm Thế Duyệt | Old | 18  | Not | — | 1936  | — | Hải Dương province | Mining engineering & economic management | Kinh | Male  | [18]
15  | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng | Old | 19  | Reelected | 5  | 1949  | 1967  | Cà Mau province | Law | Kinh | Male  | [19]
16  | Phạm Thanh Ngân | New | — | Not | — | 1939  | 1961  | Thái Nguyên province | Military science | Kinh | Male  | [20]
17  | Phan Diễn | New | — | Reelected | 8  | 1937  | 1962  | Quảng Nam province | — | Kinh | Male  | [21]
18  | Nguyễn Minh Triết | New | — | Reelected | 4  | 1942  | 1965  | Bình Dương province | Mathematics & political science | Kinh | Male  | [22]
19  | Nguyễn Phú Trọng | New | — | Reelected | 7  | 1944  | 1968  | Hà Nội City | Political science & philology | Kinh | Male  | [23]

## References

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1. ^ "Nguyên Tổng Bí thư Đỗ Mười từ trần" [Former General Secretary Đỗ Mười dies]. Nhân Dân (in Vietnamese). 2 February 2018. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
"Thông cáo đặc biệt" [Special Communique]. Nhân Dân (in Vietnamese). 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
2. ^ "Nguyên Chủ tịch nước Lê Đức Anh qua đời ở tuổi 99" [Former President Lê Đức Anh dies at 99]. Workers (in Vietnamese). 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
3. ^ "Tóm tắt tiểu sử đồng chí Võ Văn Kiệt" [Brief biography of Comrade Võ Văn Kiệt]. Workers (in Vietnamese). 12 June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
4. ^ a b "Nông Đức Mạnh" [Nông Đức Mạnh] (in Vietnamese). National Assembly of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
5. ^ a b "[Infographic] Nguyên Tổng Bí thư Lê Khả Phiêu (1931–2020)" [[Infographic] Former General Secretary Le Kha Phieu (1931–2020)]. Nhân Dân (in Vietnamese). 13 August 2020. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
6. ^ a b "Đoàn Khuê" [Đoàn Khuê] (in Vietnamese). National Assembly of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
7. ^ a b "óm tắt tiểu sử đồng chí Phan Văn Khải, nguyên Ủy viên Bộ Chính trị, nguyên Thủ tướng Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam" [Brief biography of Comrade Phan Văn Khải, former member of the Politburo, former Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam]. Nhân Dân (in Vietnamese). 17 March 2018. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
8. ^ a b "Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm" [Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm] (in Vietnamese). National Assembly of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
9. ^ a b "Nguyên Ủy viên Bộ Chính trị Nguyễn Đức Bình qua đời ở tuổi 92" [Former Politburo member Nguyễn Đức Bình dies at 92]. Workers (in Vietnamese). 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
10. ^ a b "Nguyễn Văn An" [Nguyễn Văn An] (in Vietnamese). National Assembly of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
11. ^ a b "Phạm Văn Trà" [Phạm Văn Trà] (in Vietnamese). National Assembly of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
12. ^ a b "Đồng chí Trần Đức Lương" [Comrade Trần Đức Lương] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. 16 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
13. ^ a b "Nguyễn Thị Xuân Mỹ" [Nguyễn Thị Xuân Mỹ] (in Vietnamese). National Assembly of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
14. ^ a b "Trương Tấn Sang" [Trương Tấn Sang] (in Vietnamese). National Assembly of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
15. ^ a b "Lê Xuân Tùng" [Lê Xuân Tùng] (in Vietnamese). National Assembly of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
16. ^ a b "Lê Minh Hương" [Lê Minh Hương] (in Vietnamese). National Assembly of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
17. ^ "Nguyễn Đình Tứ" [Nguyễn Đình Tứ] (in Vietnamese). National Assembly of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
18. ^ a b "Phạm Thế Duyệt" [Phạm Thế Duyệt] (in Vietnamese). National Assembly of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
19. ^ a b "Nguyễn Tấn Dũng" [Nguyễn Tấn Dũng] (in Vietnamese). National Assembly of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
20. ^ "Phạm Thanh Ngân" [Phạm Thanh Ngân] (in Vietnamese). National Assembly of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
21. ^ "Phan Diễn" [Phan Diễn] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
"Trao tặng Huy hiệu 60 năm tuổi Đảng cho đồng chí Phan Diễn" [Awarding the 60-year-old Party Badge to Comrade Phan Diễn] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. 17 December 2022. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
22. ^ "Nguyễn Minh Triết" [Nguyễn Minh Triết] (in Vietnamese). National Assembly of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
23. ^ "Đồng chí Nguyễn Phú Trọng" [Comrade Nguyễn Phú Trọng] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. 5 July 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

## Bibliography

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* Chân dung 19 ủy viên Bộ Chính trị khóa XII

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Communist Party of Vietnam

Central Committee|

| General Secretary|

* Trần Phú (1930–31)
* Lê Hồng Phong (1931–36)
* Hà Huy Tập (1936–38)
* Nguyễn Văn Cừ (1938–40)
* Trường Chinh (1940–56)
* Hồ Chí Minh (1956–1960)
* Lê Duẩn (1960–86)
* Trường Chinh (Jul.–Dec. 1986)
* Nguyễn Văn Linh (1986–91)
* Đỗ Mười (1991–97)
* Lê Khả Phiêu (1997–01)
* Nông Đức Mạnh (2001–11)
* Nguyễn Phú Trọng (2011–2024)
* Tô Lâm (2024–present)

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Permanent Member|

* Nguyễn Duy Trinh (1976–82)
* Lê Đức Thọ (1980–82)
* Lê Thanh Nghị (1980–82)
* Võ Chí Công (1982–86)
* Nguyễn Văn Linh (June–Dec. 1986)
* Đỗ Mười (1986–88)
* Nguyễn Thanh Bình (1988–91)
* Lê Đức Anh (1991–92)
* Đào Duy Tùng (1991–96)
* Lê Khả Phiêu (1996–97)
* Phạm Thế Duyệt (1998–01)
* Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1999–01)
* Trần Đình Hoan (Apr.–Jul. 2001)
* Phan Diễn (2002–06)
* Trương Tấn Sang (2006–11)
* Lê Hồng Anh (2011–16)
* Đinh Thế Huynh (2016–18)
* Trần Quốc Vượng (2018–21)
* Võ Văn Thưởng (2021–2023)
* Trương Thị Mai (2023–2024)
* Lương Cường (2024–present)

Decision-making bodies|

* Politburo
* Secretariat
* Central Military Commission
* Central Inspection Commission

Apparatus|

* Commission for External Relations
* Central Office
* Mass Mobilization Commission
* Commission for Information and Education
* Organisation Commission
* Theoretical Council
* Hồ Chí Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administration
* National Political Publishing House – The Truth
* Nhân Dân
* The Communist Newspaper

Steering committees|

* Anti-corruption
* Central Highlands
* Judicial Reform
* Northwest
* Southwest

National meetings|

| National Congress|

* 1st (1935)
* 2nd (1951)
* 3rd (1960)
* 4th (1976)
* 5th (1982)
* 6th (1986)
* 7th (1991)
* 8th (1996)
* 9th (2001)
* 10th (2006)
* 11th (2011)
* 12th (2016)
* 13th (2021)

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Leadership sittings|

| Elected by the
Central Committee|

| Politburo|

* 1st: 1935–51
* 2nd: 1951–60
* 3rd: 1960–76
* 4th: 1976–82
* 5th: 1982–86
* 6th: 1986–91
* 7th: 1991–96
* 8th: 1996–01 (Enlarged & Standing)
* 9th: 2001–06
* 10th: 2006–11
* 11th: 2011–16
* 12th: 2016–21
* 13th: 2021–present

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Secretariat|

* 2nd: 1951–60
* 3rd: 1960–76
* 4th: 1976–82
* 5th: 1982–86
* 6th: 1986–91
* 7th: 1991–96
* 9th: 2001–06
* 10th: 2006–11
* 11th: 2011–16
* 12th: 2016–21
* 13th: 2021–

Military Commission|

* 1946–48
* 1952–60
* 1960–76
* 1976–82
* 1980–85
* 1985–90
* 1990–95
* 1995–00
* 2000–05
* 2005–10
* 2010–15
* 2015–20
* 2020–25

Inspection Commission|

* 1st: 1948–51
* 2nd: 1951–60
* 3rd: 1960–76
* 4th: 1976–82
* 5th: 1982–86
* 6th: 1986–91
* 7th: 1991–96
* 8th: 1996–01
* 9th: 2001–06
* 10th: 2006–11
* 11th: 2011–16
* 12th: 2016–21
* 13th: 2021–present

Elected by
Congress|

| Central Committee|

* Provisional: 1930–35
* 1st: 1935–51
* 2nd: 1951–60
* 3rd: 1960–76
* 4th: 1976–82
* 5th: 1982–86
* 6th: 1986–91
* 7th: 1991–96
* 8th: 1996–01
* 9th: 2001–06
* 10th: 2006–11
* 11th: 2011–16
* 12th: 2016–21 (Members
* Alternates
* Apparatus)
* 13th: 2021–present

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Wider organisation|

| Other organs|

* Constitution
* Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union
* Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organization
* Vietnam People's Armed Forces

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Ideology|

* Ho Chi Minh Thought
* Marxism–Leninism
* Socialist-oriented market economy
* Đổi Mới

*[Rank]: The official numbering of the Politburo as announced by the 9th Central Committee.
*[4th PLE]: 4th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee
*[Birth]: The year of birth of the person in question.
*[PM]: Party membership—when the person in question joined the party.
*[Birthplace]: Birthplace—in which large city or province the person in question was born in.
*[Education]: Educational attainment.
*[Ref.]: References.
*[New]: Not a Member of the 7th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
*[Old]: Member of the 8th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam elected at the 1st Plenary Session.
*[Resigned]: Voluntarily resigned as a member of the 8th Central Committee at the 4th Plenary Session on 22–29 December 1997.
*[—]: Not a member of the 8th Politburo elected by the 1st Plenary Session.
*[Renewed]: Membership renewed at the 4th Plenary Session.
*[Not]: Not elected to the 9th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
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