Date of birth:
March 15, 1957
Native place:
Nghi Xuan Commune, Nghi Loc District, Nghe An Province
Position:
- Member of the Political Bureau in the 12th, 13th tenures
- Member of the Party Central Committee in the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th tenures
- Chairman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the 14th tenure (from March 31, 2021)
- Secretary of the Party Committee of Hanoi (from February 20-April 2021)
- Deputy to the National Assembly in the 13th and 14th tenures
Working history
September 1979 -1985: Lecturer at the University of Finance and Accountancy (now Academy of Finance)
1985-1986: Student of the European Faculty at the Hanoi Foreign Language University;
1986-1990: Postgraduate student at the Bratislava Economic University, the Slovak Republic; head of the association of Vietnamese students in Bratislava
1991-1992: Lecturer at Accounting Faculty of the University of Finance and Accountancy (now Academy of Finance)
October 1992 – May 1993: Member of the Party Committee and Deputy Dean of the Accounting Faculty of the University of Finance and Accountancy (now Academy of Finance)
June 1993 – February 1999: Member of the Party Committee and acting Dean then Dean of the Accounting Faculty of the University of Finance and Accountancy (now Academy of Finance)
March 1999 – June 2001: Vice Principal in charge of training, and member of the Party Committee of the University of Finance and Accountancy (now Academy of Finance)
July 2001 – July 2006: Member of the Party Delegation at and Deputy Auditor General of the State Audit Office; Member of the Party Committee of the Central Economic Agencies’ Bloc
April 2006: Elected to the Party Central Committee at the 10th National Party Congress
July 2006 – July 2011: Auditor General of the State Audit Office, Secretary of the Party Committee of and Party Delegation at the State Audit Office. He was re-elected as a member of the Party Central Committee at the 11th National Party Congress, and elected to the 13th National Assembly in July 2011.
August 2011 – May 2013: Secretary of the Party Delegation at the Finance Ministry and Minister of Finance, Chairman of the Management Council of Vietnam Social Insurance, Chairman of the Board of Members of the State Capital Investment Corporation; Deputy to the National Assembly in the 13th tenure
December 2012 – April 2016: Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission. Elected as member of the Party Central Committee and member of the Politburo at the 12th National Party Congress (January 2016)
April 2016 – February 2020: Member of the Party committee of the Government, Deputy Prime Minister, head of the Steering Committee for Southwestern Region (June 2016). Deputy to the National Assembly in the 14th tenure (July 2016)
February 7, 2020: Assigned by the Politburo to join the Party Committee and serve as Secretary of the Party Committee of Hanoi in the 2015-2020 tenure; Secretary of the Party Committee of the Capital High Command, head of the Delegation of National Assembly Deputies of Hanoi in the 14th tenure
June 11, 2020: Relieved from the post of Deputy Prime Minister under a resolution of the National Assembly
October 12, 2020: Re-elected as Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee in the 17th tenure, 2020-2025 term at the 17th Party Congress of Hanoi
January 2021: Elected as member of the Party Central Committee at the 13th National Party Congress. At the first meeting of the 13th Party Central Committee, he was elected to the Politburo
March 31, 2021: Elected as Chairman of the National Assembly for the 2016-2021 term at the 11th session of the 14th National Assembly, Chairman of the National Election Council