General Secretary (13th and 14th Party Central Committee)
Member of the Politburo (12th, 13th, 14th Party Central Committee)
Member of the Party Central Committee (11th, 12th, 13th, 14th Party Central Committee)
President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Chairman of the National Defense and Security Council (2024)
Secretary of the Central Military Commission (since August 2024)
Head of the Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Combat of Corruption, Wastefulness, and Negative Phenomena
Member of the National Assembly: (14th, 15th, 16th legislatures) Career Summary:
1974 – 1979: Student, the People’s Security University (now the People’s Security Academy).
1979 – 2010: Officer, the Ministry of Public Security.
2010 – 2016: Deputy Minister of Public Security.
2016 – 2024: Secretary of the Central Public Security Party Committee, Minister of Public Security.
January 2019: Promoted to General of the People’s Public Security. – May – October 2024: President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. – 03 August 2024: Elected General Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee
22 January 2026: Elected member of the 14th Party Central Committee (2026- 2031 term) at the 14th National Party Congress.
23 January 2026: Re-elected General Secretary of the 14th Party Central Committee at the first Session of the 14th Party Central Committee
07 April 2026: Elected President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam at the first session of the 16th National Assembly.
