State President To Lam elected Vietnam's Party chief
Vietnam's Party Central Committee has elected State President To Lam as the country's Party General Secretary for the 2021-2026 term at an extraordinary conference on Saturday morning.
Newly-elected Party General Secretary of Vietnam To Lam. Photo courtesy of the National Assembly's news portal.
Lam replaced Nguyen Phu Trong, who passed away on July 19 due to old age and serious illness. He was elected with an absolute majority of votes, said deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education Lai Xuan Mon at a press briefing following the conference.
Earlier, on July 18, Lam was assigned to temporarily preside over the tasks of the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, and the Party Central Committee's Secretariat.
To Lam, born in 1957, is a Party Central Committee member for its 11th-13th tenures and a Politburo member for the 12th-13th tenures. He is also a National Assembly member for its 14th-15th terms.
He was Deputy Minister of Public Security from 2010-2016; and Minister of Public Security from April 2016 to May 22, 2024, when he was elected by the National Assembly, the highest legislative body of Vietnam, as the country's State President.
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