Mr. Tran Thanh Man was introduced to be elected as Chairman of the National Assembly.

This is the content announced by the Central Party Office about the Key Leadership meeting at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 18, 2024.

Immediately after the closing of the 9th Central Conference, at the Party Central Office, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong worked with key leaders.

Also attending the meeting were Politburo member, Standing member of the Secretariat Luong Cuong; Politburo member, Head of the Central Organization Commission, Chief of the Party Central Office Le Minh Hung.

Key leaders met to hear an assessment of the country's work situation in the recent past and focused on giving directions for implementing work in the coming time according to the conclusions set forth at the 9th Central Conference.

This is the first key leadership meeting after the 9th Central Conference approved a number of important contents and introduced personnel for the 15th National Assembly to elect the positions of President and National Assembly Chairman.

At the meeting, the General Secretary congratulated the Central Committee for its high consensus in recommending: Mr. To Lam, Politburo member, Minister of Public Security, to be elected by the 15th National Assembly as President; Mr. Tran Thanh Man, Politburo member, Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, to be elected by the 15th National Assembly as Chairman of the National Assembly.

Mr. Tran Thanh Man was born in 1962, in Chau Thanh district, Hau Giang province; PhD in Economics.

He was a member of the Party Central Committee of the 10th (alternate), 11th, 12th, and 13th terms; Secretary of the Party Central Committee of the 12th term; member of the Politburo of the 13th term; and a National Assembly delegate of the 13th, 14th, and 15th terms.

Mr. Tran Thanh Man has many years of working for the Youth Union in Hau Giang and Can Tho. Since July 1994, Mr. Tran Thanh Man has been the Chief of Office, then Vice Chairman and Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee.

Mr. Tran Thanh Man served as Secretary of the Can Tho City Party Committee for more than 4 years before holding the positions of Vice Chairman and then Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front.

In April 2021, Mr. Tran Thanh Man was elected Vice Chairman of the National Assembly by the 14th National Assembly.

In July 2021, he was elected by the 15th National Assembly to hold the position of Vice Chairman of the National Assembly and was then assigned to serve as Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly until now.

On May 2, the National Assembly Standing Committee assigned Mr. Tran Thanh Man to run the activities of the National Assembly Standing Committee and the National Assembly until the position of Chairman of the 15th National Assembly is completed according to regulations.