Nguyen Tan Dung

In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyen. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Dung.

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Prime Minister of Vietnam
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 June 2006
President	Nguyen Minh Triet Truong Tan Sang
Deputy	Nguyen Sinh Hung
Preceded by	Phan Van Khai
Personal details
Born	17 November 1949 (1949-11-17) (age 61) Cà Mau, Vietnam
Political party	Communist Party

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng^[1] (born November 17, 1949 in Ca Mau province) is the Prime minister of Vietnam. He was confirmed by the National Assembly on June 27, 2006, having been nominated by his predecessor, Phan Van Khai, who retired from office. Since a party congress in January 2011, Dung has been ranked fourth in the hierarchy of the Communist Party of Vietnam, under the Party General secretary, President and the Minister of Defense.^[2]

Biography

Dung was born in Ca Mau Province in southern Vietnam. On his 12th birthday, the young Dung is said to have voluntarily joined the Vietcong, doing first-aid, and communication tasks; he also worked as a nurse, and a physician. Dung was four times wounded in the Vietnam War, and was later ranked as a level 2/4 wounded veteran. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in law (doctor of jurisprudence) in the forest university following the end of the war.

Dung previously served as first deputy prime minister from September 29, 1997. He was also the governor of the State Bank of Vietnam between 1998 and 1999. He was admitted to the Communist Party of Vietnam on June 10, 1967, then joined the army as a full-fledged fighter and was subsequently elected a member of the Party’s Politburo at the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth National Party Congresses.^[3]

He is the first senior Vietnamese communist leader who was born after the August Revolution in 1945 and the youngest Vietnamese prime minister (57 years old when he assumed the office). He is also a native southerner and remained in the southern region throughout the Vietnam War (he was only 5 when the country was divided in 1954).

He was reelected by the Communist Party on July 25, 2007.^[4]

In 2009, Dung made a two day visit to Russia where he signed a multi-billion dollar arms deal.^[5] In 2010, one deputy called for a no confidence motion against Dung in response to a financial scandal at the Vinashin shipbuilding group.^[6] At a party congress in January 2011, he was nominated for another term as prime minister.^{[citation needed]} But lost out to Truong Tan Sang in the competition to lead the party's Politburo, or executive committee.

References

1. ^ Dung's name is given in this style here.
2. ^ Bao Dien tu Dang Cong san Viet Nam
3. ^ Nhan Dan, "Nguyen Tan Dung elected new Prime Minister", June 27, 2006.
4. ^ Vietnam's prime minister confirmed for new five-year term : Asia World
5. ^ "Russia And Vietnam Sign Arms Deal"
6. ^ "No confidence' in Vietnam's PM"

Political offices
Preceded by Phan Van Khai	Prime Minister of Vietnam 2006–present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Nguyen Tan Dung
Alternative names
Short description	Prime minister of Vietnam
Date of birth	November 17, 1949
Place of birth	Ca Mau, Vietnam
Date of death
Place of death