National Assembly delegates vote to elect the new National Assembly Chairman
National Assembly deputies conducted secret ballots to elect the National Assembly Chairman, four Vice Chairmen of the National Assembly and 13 members of the National Assembly Standing Committee.
Opening the working session this afternoon (July 21), Chairwoman of the 13th National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, on behalf of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Assembly, reported the results of discussions at the Delegation and explained and accepted the opinions of National Assembly deputies on the expected personnel to elect the Chairman of the National Assembly, Vice Chairmen of the National Assembly, and members of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly.
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National Assembly deputies vote to approve the proposed personnel to elect the National Assembly Chairman, Vice Chairman, and members of the National Assembly Standing Committee. (Photo: Hoang Long) |
Next, the National Assembly voted to approve the list of candidates for Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan to be elected as Chairwoman of the 14th National Assembly (480/482 delegates voted in favor, accounting for 97.17% of the total number of delegates).
478/482 delegates (accounting for 96.76% of the total number of National Assembly delegates) also agreed to introduce Mr. Phung Quoc Hien, Mr. Uong Chu Luu, Ms. Tong Thi Phong and Mr. Do Ba Ty to be elected by the National Assembly as Vice Presidents of the National Assembly.
The remaining 13 people were also approved by the National Assembly to be elected to the position of member of the National Assembly Standing Committee with 95.55% of the votes in favor.
The National Assembly voted to establish a 25-member Ballot Counting Committee, headed by Mr. Bui Van Cuong (National Assembly delegate of Gia Lai province).
After listening to Head of the Vote Counting Committee Bui Van Cuong announce the voting rules, National Assembly deputies conducted secret ballots to elect the National Assembly Chairman, Vice Chairman, and members of the National Assembly Standing Committee.
The vote counting results will be announced tomorrow morning (July 22) before the National Assembly discusses and votes to pass the Resolution to elect the above positions.
According to regulations, after being elected, the Chairman of the National Assembly must swear allegiance to the Fatherland, the People and the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
18 people were recommended to take up the position:
The National Assembly has approved the proposed personnel for the National Assembly to elect the Chairman of the National Assembly, 4 Vice Chairmen of the National Assembly, and 13 members of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Assembly.
Accordingly, Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan - Politburo member - Secretary of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Chairwoman of the 13th National Assembly was introduced for the National Assembly to consider and elect to hold the position of Chairwoman of the 14th National Assembly.
Four Vice Chairmen of the 13th National Assembly were also introduced to continue holding positions in the new term, including:
Mr. Phung Quoc Hien - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Vice Chairman of the 13th National Assembly.
Mr. Uong Chu Luu - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Vice Chairman of the 13th National Assembly;
Ms. Tong Thi Phong - Member of the Politburo, Deputy Secretary of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Deputy Vice President of the 13th National Assembly
Mr. Do Ba Ty - General, Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Vice Chairman of the 13th National Assembly;
13 people were introduced to the National Assembly to elect to hold the position of member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Assembly, including:
Ms. Nguyen Thuy Anh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairwoman of the Committee on Social Affairs of the 13th National Assembly, is expected to hold the position of Chairwoman of the Committee on Social Affairs of the 14th National Assembly.
Mr. Phan Thanh Binh - Member of the Party Central Committee - Director of Ho Chi Minh City National University is expected to hold the position of Chairman of the Committee on Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children of the 14th National Assembly.
Mr. Ha Ngoc Chien - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the Nationalities Council of the 13th National Assembly, is expected to hold the position of Chairman of the Nationalities Council of the 14th National Assembly.
Mr. Phan Xuan Dung - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Chairman of the Committee on Science, Technology and Environment of the 13th National Assembly, is expected to hold the position of Chairman of the Committee on Science, Technology and Environment of the 14th National Assembly.
Mr. Nguyen Khac Dinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Deputy Head of the Government Office is expected to hold the position of Chairman of the Law Committee of the 14th National Assembly.
Mr. Nguyen Van Giau - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the Economic Committee of the 13th National Assembly, is expected to hold the position of Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 14th National Assembly.
Mr. Nguyen Duc Hai - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee of the 13th National Assembly, is expected to hold the position of Chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee of the 14th National Assembly.
Ms. Nguyen Thanh Hai - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairwoman of the Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children, is expected to hold the position of Head of the People's Aspirations Committee (under the 14th National Assembly Standing Committee).
Ms. Le Thi Nga - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairwoman of the National Assembly's Committee on Justice, 13th tenure, is expected to hold the position of Chairwoman of the National Assembly's Committee on Justice, 14th tenure.
Mr. Nguyen Hanh Phuc - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, General Secretary of the 13th National Assembly - Head of the National Assembly Office, is expected to hold the position of General Secretary of the 14th National Assembly.
Mr. Vu Hong Thanh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of Quang Ninh is expected to hold the position of Chairman of the Economic Committee of the 14th National Assembly.
Mr. Tran Van Tuy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Head of the Delegation Affairs Committee (under the 13th National Assembly Standing Committee), Deputy Head of the Central Organization Committee is expected to hold the position of Head of the Delegation Affairs Committee (under the 14th National Assembly Standing Committee)
Mr. Vo Trong Viet - Senior Lieutenant General, Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the National Assembly Party Delegation, Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee of the 13th National Assembly, is expected to hold the position of Chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee of the 14th National Assembly.
Delegates discussed at the Delegation about the expected personnel. This afternoon, the National Assembly Chairman, on behalf of the 13th National Assembly Standing Committee, reported the results of the discussion at the Delegation and explained and accepted the opinions of National Assembly deputies about the expected personnel before the National Assembly discussed and voted to approve the list to elect the above positions.
Next, after the Vote Counting Committee was established, the National Assembly proceeded to elect the National Assembly Chairman, Vice Chairman, and members of the National Assembly Standing Committee by secret ballot./.
According to VOV