Nguyễn Tấn Dũng

Infobox Prime Minister
name = Nguyễn Tấn Dũng

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order = Prime Minister of Vietnam
president = Nguyễn Minh Triết
deputy =
term_start = 27 June 2006
term_end =
predecessor = Phan Văn Khải
successor =
birth_date = birth date and age|1949|11|17|df=y
birth_place = Cà Mau, Vietnam
death_date =
death_place =
party = ĐCSVN

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng [also known as Ba Dũng, "Dũng the Third", as a result of a South Vietnamese manner of addressing, in which people consider the order of a person with respect to his siblings in his family hierarchy to decide how to call him; in this case, Dũng is the second child of his parents] (born November 17, 1949 in Cà 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 Văn Khải, who retired from office. Dũng is currently ranked fourth in the hierarchy of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng was born in Cà Mau province in Southern Vietnam. Precisely on his 12th birthday (November, 17 1961), the young Nguyễn Tấn Dũng voluntarily joined the military arm of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, later part of the Vietnam People's Army, doing first-aid, and communication tasks; he also worked as a nurse, and a physician. Dũng was four times wounded in the Vietnam War, and was later ranked as a level 2/4 wounded soldier. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in law following the end of the war.

Dũng previously served as First Deputy Prime Minister from September 29, 1997. 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. ["Nhan Dan", [http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/news/270606/domestic_tandung.htm "Nguyen Tan Dung elected new Prime Minister"] , June 27, 2006.]

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). He is also a native southerner and remained in the southern region throughout the Vietnam War.

He was reelected on July 25, 2007. [ [http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/86437.html Vietnam's prime minister confirmed for new five-year term : Asia World ] ]

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