The National Assembly (NA) elected Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politburo member of the 13th tenure and a deputy of the 14th legislature, as State President for the 2016-2021 term on April 5 morning, during the 14th legislature’s 11th sitting.
Nguyen Xuan Phuc was elected as State President during the 14th legislature’s 11th sitting, with 468 approval votes or 97.5 percent of the total NA deputies. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The National Assembly (NA)
elected Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politburo member of the 13th tenure and a
deputy of the 14th legislature, as State President for the 2016-2021
term on April 5 morning, during the 14th legislature’s 11th sitting.
With 468 approval votes or 97.5 percent of the total
NA deputies, the legislature passed a resolution on the election.
The resolution came into force right after it won
the approval of the NA.
President Phuc was born on July 20, 1954 in the
central province of Quang Nam. He was Politburo member of the 11th,
12th and 13th tenures, member of the Party Central
Committee of the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th tenures, and NA deputy of the 11th, 13th and 14th tenures./.