General Secretary To Lam
General Secretary of the Party from August 2024 to present
SUMMARY OF WORK EXPERIENCE
- 1974-1979: Student at the People's Security University (now the People's Security Academy).
- 1979-1988: Official, 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 of the General Department of Security, Ministry of Public Security.
- 1997-2006: Director General of the General Department of Security, Ministry of Public Security.
- June 2006 - December 2009: Deputy Director General of the General Department of Security, Ministry of Public Security; promoted to Major General in April 2007.
- December 2009: Deputy Director General in charge of the General Department of Security I, Ministry of Public Security.
- February 2010 - July 2010: Secretary of the Party Committee, Director General of the General Department of Security I, Member of the Party Committee of the Central Public Security Ministry; promoted to Lieutenant General in July 2010.
- August 2010 - January 2011: Member of the Central Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security, Deputy Minister of Public Security.
- January 2011 - July 2011: Member of the Central Committee of the 11th Party Congress, Member of the Party Committee of the Central Public Security Ministry, Deputy Minister of Public Security.
- August 2011 - January 2016: Member of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Central Public Security Ministry, Deputy Minister of Public Security; promoted to the rank of General in September 2014.
- January 2016 - March 2016: Member of the Politburo of the 12th Party Congress, Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security, Deputy Minister of Public Security.
- April 2016: Member of the Politburo (12th and 13th terms); 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; Member of the National Assembly (14th and 15th terms); Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption (now the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption and Negative Phenomena); 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 the National Assembly simultaneously voted to approve the resolution to relieve him of his duties as Minister of Public Security.
- August 3, 2024: Elected by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam to the position of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, 13th term.
- October 21, 2024: Relinquished the position of 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 should transfer his membership from the 15th National Assembly Delegation of Hung Yen province to the 15th National Assembly Delegation of Hanoi city.
