General Secretary To Lam

SUMMARY OF WORK EXPERIENCE

- 1974-1979: Student of People's Security University (now People's Security Academy).

- 1979-1988: Officer, Ministry of Interior (now Ministry of Public Security).

- 1988-1990: Deputy Head of Department, General Department of Security, Ministry of Interior (now Ministry of Public Security).

- 1990-1993: Head of Department, General Department of Security, Ministry of Interior (now Ministry of Public Security).

- 1993-1997: Deputy Director, General Department of Security, Ministry of Public Security.

- 1997-2006: Director, General Department of Security, Ministry of Public Security.

- June 2006 - December 2009: Deputy Director General of General Department of Security, Ministry of Public Security; promoted to the rank of Major General in April 2007.

- December 2009: Deputy Director General in charge of General Department of Security I, Ministry of Public Security.

- February 2010 - July 2010: Party Secretary, General Director of General Department of Security I, Member of the Central Public Security Party Committee; in July 2010, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.

- 8/2010 - 1/2011: Member of the Central Public Security Party Committee, Deputy Minister of Public Security.

- 1/2011 - 7/2011: Member of the 11th Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Public Security Party Committee, Deputy Minister of Public Security.

- August 2011 - January 2016: Member of the 11th Party Central Committee, Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Public Security Party Committee, Deputy Minister of Public Security; promoted to the rank of Senior Lieutenant General in September 2014.

- 1/2016 - 3/2016: Member of the 12th Politburo, Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Public Security Party Committee, Deputy Minister of Public Security.

- April 2016: Member of the Politburo (12th, 13th tenure); Member of the National Defense and Security Council; Member of the Government Party Committee; Secretary of the Central Public Security Party Committee, Minister of Public Security; National Assembly Delegate, 14th, 15th tenure; Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption (now the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption and Negative Action); Head of the Central Highlands Steering Committee (July 2016 - October 2017); promoted to the rank of General in January 2019.

- May 22, 2024: At the 7th Session of the 15th National Assembly, he was elected President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and at the same time the National Assembly voted to pass a Resolution approving the dismissal of the Minister of Public Security from office.

- August 3, 2024: Elected by the Party Central Committee to hold the position of General Secretary of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

- October 21, 2024: Retired as President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

- October 30, 2024: Resolution No. 1268/NQ-UBTVQH15, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly resolved that the comrade would transfer his activities from the National Assembly Delegation of the 15th term of Hung Yen province to the National Assembly Delegation of the 15th term of Hanoi city.