List of presidents of Vietnam
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This is a list of those who have served as president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Chủ tịch nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam) from the establishment of the position to the present. Since Vietnam is a single-party state, the president is generally considered to hold the second highest position in the political system, after the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. In its current incarnation the president is the head of state of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, as well as the head of government in tandem with prime minister. The president represents Vietnam internally and externally, supervises the work as well as preserving the stability of the national governmental system and safeguards the independence and territorial integrity of the country. The president appoints prime minister, vice-presidents, ministers and other officials with the consent of the National Assembly. The head of state is the de jure commander-in-chief of the Vietnam People's Armed Forces and chairman of the Council for Defence and Security, an organ of the National Assembly. Since Vietnam is a one-party state, with the Communist Party of Vietnam being the sole party allowed by the constitution, all the presidents of the Democratic Republic and its successor Socialist Republic have been members of the party while holding office. The current president is Lương Cường since 21 October 2024.[1][2] The modern office of the president of the Socialist Republic traces its lineage back to Hồ Chí Minh, the first president of the North Vietnam, and the office has no connection, or lineage, officially at least, to the head of state of the former Communist South Vietnam (Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, a communist and the head of state of South Vietnam). Officially there have been 14 presidents, although the count is 15 presidents should the one declared president of South Vietnam be counted. Hồ Chí Minh, the first president, became president in 1945 after Vietnam's independence. Tô Lâm is the shortest-serving president, with 152 days (from May 22, 2024 to October 21, 2024) if not counting interim people. Hồ Chí Minh had the longest time as president, with 24 years from 1945 to his death in 1969. He was also the president who served the most terms with 4 terms (1945, 1946, 1960, 1964). Meanwhile, Tôn Đức Thắng was also the president in office for 4 terms (1969, 1971, 1975, 1976). The Constitution stipulates that the term of office of the president follows the term of the National Assembly (usually 5 years) and there is no limit to the number of re-elections. However, most presidents serve for one term. The president with the longest interim term is Nguyễn Hữu Thọ with 1 year and 96 days, longer than the official President Võ Văn Thưởng with only 1 year 19 days.
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam, 1945–1976)
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| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–1975)
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| 1 | File:Ho Chi Minh 1946.jpg | Hồ Chí Minh[b] (1890–1969) |
2 September 1945 | 2 September 1969 (Died in office) |
24 years | Indochinese Communist Party (until February 1951) Worker's Party of Vietnam (from February 1951) |
| — | File:Huynh Thuc Khang.jpg | Huỳnh Thúc Kháng (1876–1947) |
29 May 1946 | 21 October 1946 | 145 days | Independent |
| — | File:Mr. Ton Duc Thang.jpg | Tôn Đức Thắng (1888–1980) |
2 September 1969 | 23 September 1969 | 21 days | Worker's Party of Vietnam |
| 2 | 23 September 1969 | 2 July 1976 | 6 years, 283 days | |||
Republic of South Vietnam (1969–1976)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| Chairman of the Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam | ||||||
| — | File:Nguyễn Hữu Thọ.jpg | Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910–1996) |
8 June 1969 | 2 July 1976 | 7 years, 24 days | People's Revolutionary Party of Vietnam (National Liberation Front) (influenced by Worker's Party of Vietnam) |
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present)
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List of presidents by length of tenure
| Rank | No. | Name | Party | Length of term |
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| 1 | 1 | Hồ Chí Minh | ICP/WPV | 24 years |
| 2 | 2 | Tôn Đức Thắng | WPV/CPV | 10 years, 210 days |
| 3 | 6 | Trần Đức Lương | CPV | 8 years, 276 days |
| 4 | 3 | Trường Chinh | CPV | 5 years, 349 days |
| 5 | 4 | Võ Chí Công | CPV | 5 years, 97 days |
| 6 | 7 | Nguyễn Minh Triết | CPV | 5 years, 28 days |
| 7 | 5 | Lê Đức Anh | CPV | 5 years |
| 8 | 8 | Trương Tấn Sang | CPV | 4 years, 252 days |
| 9 | 9 | Trần Đại Quang | CPV | 2 years, 172 days |
| 10 | 10 | Nguyễn Phú Trọng | CPV | 2 years, 164 days |
| 11 | 11 | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc | CPV | 1 year, 288 days |
| 12 | — | Nguyễn Hữu Thọ | CPV | 1 year, 96 days |
| 13 | 12 | Võ Văn Thưởng | CPV | 1 year, 18 days |
| 14 | 13 | Tô Lâm | CPV | 152 days |
| 15 | — | Huỳnh Thúc Kháng | None | 145 days |
| 16 | — | Võ Thị Ánh Xuân | CPV | 105 days |
| 17 | 14 | Lương Cường | CPV | 80 days |
| 18 | — | Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh | CPV | 32 days |
See also
- List of prime ministers of Vietnam
- List of heads of state of Vietnam
- List of spouses of Vietnamese presidents
- Leaders of South Vietnam
Notes
- a.^ These numbers are official. The "—" denotes acting head of state. The first column shows how many presidents there have been in Vietnamese history, while the second show how many presidents there was in that state.
- b.^ Concurrently serving as the Chairman of the Workers' Party of Vietnam.
- c.^ Concurrently serving as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
- d.^ Concurrently serving as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam since 3 August 2024.
References
- ↑ Trí, Dân (21 October 2024). "Ông Lương Cường giữ chức Chủ tịch nước". Báo điện tử Dân Trí (in Tiếng Việt). Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ↑ ONLINE, TUOI TRE (21 October 2024). "Đại tướng Lương Cường được bjl làm Chủ tịch nước". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Tiếng Việt). Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ↑ "Biography of Mr. Vo Van Thuong, Vietnamese State President". chinhphu.vn.
- ↑ "Tóm tắt tiểu sử Bộ trưởng Bộ Công an Tô Lâm". Chính phủ Việt Nam. 15 November 2020. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020.
- ↑ "General To Lam becomes the President of Vietnam since 22 May 2024". VnExpress. 22 May 2024.
- ↑ "Tiểu sử tân Chủ tịch nước Lương Cường". chinhphu.vn. 21 October 2024.
- ↑ "Army General Lương Cường becomes the President of Vietnam since 21 October 2024". VnExpress. 21 October 2024.
Bibliography
- Koh, David (July–August 2008). "Leadership Changes at the 10th Congress of the Vietnamese Communist Party". Asian Survey. 48 (4): 650–672. doi:10.1525/as.2008.48.4.650. JSTOR 3738744.
- Van, Canh Nguyen; Cooper, Earle (1983). Vietnam under Communism, 1975–1982. Hoover Press. ISBN 9780817978518.
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