The Government presents new personnel for the Minister of Transport and the Inspector General.

Mr. Nguyen Van The was nominated to hold the position of Minister of Transport and Mr. Le Minh Khai to be the Government Inspector General.

On the afternoon of October 25, the National Assembly dismissed Mr. Truong Quang Nghia from the position of Minister of Transport (465 delegates present agreed) and Mr. Phan Van Sau from the position of Government Inspector General (463/465).

Next, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented the National Assembly with a new personnel plan. Mr. Nguyen Van The - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Soc Trang Provincial Party Committee was introduced to hold the position of Minister of Transport; Mr. Le Minh Khai - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Bac Lieu Provincial Party Committee held the position of Government Inspector General.

Tomorrow morning, October 26, the National Assembly will approve the appointment of two new members of the Government by secret ballot.

Previously, Mr. Truong Quang Nghia was assigned by the Politburo to be Secretary of the Da Nang City Party Committee; Mr. Phan Van Sau will replace Mr. The as Secretary of the Soc Trang Provincial Party Committee.

Soc Trang Party Secretary Nguyen Van The was introduced to the National Assembly for approval as Minister of Transport. Photo: Vo Hai

Mr. Nguyen Van The, 51 years old, from Thap Muoi, Dong Thap province; PhD in transportation; currently a member of the 12th Party Central Committee, Secretary of Soc Trang Provincial Party Committee.

Graduated from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, then studied at Moscow University of Road Transport (former Soviet Union), after returning to Vietnam in 1989, Mr. The worked at the Traffic Equipment and Materials Service Company - Irrigation of Thap Muoi district and transferred to the Traffic and Public Works Department of Thap Muoi district in 1992.

He successively held positions such as Deputy Director of Dong Thap Province Traffic Design Survey Enterprise; Deputy Director of Dong Thap Province Department of Transport; Secretary of Tan Hong District Party Committee; Vice Chairman of Dong Thap Provincial People's Committee.

In June 2013, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Transport.

In October 2015, the Politburo appointed Mr. Nguyen Van The to hold the position of Secretary of the Soc Trang Provincial Party Committee for the 2015-2020 term.

Bac Lieu Provincial Party Secretary Le Minh Khai was introduced to the National Assembly for approval as the Government Inspector General. Photo: Contributor

Mr. Le Minh Khai, 53 years old, from Vinh Phu Tay commune, Phuoc Long district, Bac Lieu; Master of Accounting and Auditing, senior political officer.

Mr. Khai worked at the State Audit when this agency was first established. Since March 2007, he has held the position of Deputy State Auditor General.

In 2014, he was transferred to the Executive Committee of the Bac Lieu Provincial Party Committee and held the position of Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee. On June 9, 2014, the Bac Lieu Provincial People's Council held an extraordinary session to elect Mr. Khai as Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, because more than a month earlier, former Chairman of the Bac Lieu Provincial People's Committee Pham Hoang Be passed away at the age of 59 due to a serious illness.

On October 2, 2015, Mr. Khai was elected to hold the position of Secretary of Bac Lieu Provincial Party Committee for the 2010-2015 term, replacing Mr. Vo Van Dung, who was transferred by the Politburo to work in the Central Government.

On October 29, 2015, at the Congress of Bac Lieu Provincial Party Committee for the 2015-2020 term, he was re-elected as Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee.

At the 12th Party Congress, he was elected to the Central Executive Committee./.

According to VNE