Minister of Defence (Vietnam)
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The Minister of Defense is the Government of Vietnam member in charge of the Ministry of Defense. The current Vietnamese Minister of Defense is Ngo Xuan Lich
Chain of command
- President
- The Central Military Commission
- Prime Minister
- Minister of Defense
- The General Staff
- The General Political Department
Lists of Ministers of Defense
| No. [note 1] |
Rank [note 2] |
Name (birth–death) |
Portrait | Took office | Left office | Prime Minister |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Defence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–76) | ||||||
| 1 | —
|
Chu Văn Tấn (1909–84) |
8 May 1945 | March 1946 | Ho Chi Minh | |
| 2 | —
|
Phan Anh (1912–90) |
—
|
March 1946 | 11 May 1946 | |
| 3 | —
|
Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911–2013) |
File:Vo Nguyen Giap3.jpg | 11 May 1946 | 8 May 1947 | |
| 4 | —
|
Ta Quang Buu (1910–86) |
|
8 May 1947 | 8 May 1948 | |
| 5 | 5 | Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911–2013) |
File:Vo Nguyen Giap3.jpg | 8 May 1948 | 2 July 1976 | |
| Phạm Văn Đồng | ||||||
| 7 | ||||||
| Minister of Defence of the Republic of South Vietnam (1969–76) | ||||||
—
|
—
|
Tran Nam Trung (1912–2009) |
—
|
8 June 1969 | 2 July 1976 | Huỳnh Tấn Phát |
| Minister of Defence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present) | ||||||
| 5 | 4 | Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911–2013) |
File:Vo Nguyen Giap3.jpg | 2 July 1976 | February 1980 | Phạm Văn Đồng |
| 6 | 6 | Văn Tiến Dũng (1917–2002) |
|
February 1980 | February 1987 | |
—
| ||||||
| 7 | 6 | Lê Đức Anh (born 1920) |
File:Lê Đức Anh.jpg | February 1987 | August 1991 | Phạm Văn Đồng |
| Phạm Hùng | ||||||
| Đỗ Mười | ||||||
| 8 | 5 | Đoàn Khuê (1923–99) |
File:General Doan Khue.jpg | August 1991 | 29 December 1997 | Đỗ Mười |
| Võ Văn Kiệt | ||||||
| 6 | ||||||
| 9 | 5 | Phạm Văn Trà (born 1935) |
|
29 December 1997 | 28 June 2006 | Phan Văn Khải |
| 11 | ||||||
| 10 | 8 | Phùng Quang Thanh (born 1949) |
|
28 June 2006 | 8 April 2016 | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng |
| 2 | ||||||
| 11 | —
|
Ngô Xuân Lịch (born 1954) |
File:General Ngo Xuan Lich.jpg | 9 April 2016 | Incumbent | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc |
| 6 | ||||||
See also
Notes
- ^ These numbers are not official.
- ^ The Central Committee when it convenes for its first session after being elected by a National Party Congress elects the Politburo. The Politburo members are ranked in an official order of precedence every time the body is elected by the Central Committee.[1]
References
- ^ Van & Cooper 1983, p. 69.
Bibliography
- Van, Canh Nguyen; Cooper, Earle (1983). Vietnam under Communism, 1975–1982. Hoover Press. ISBN 9780817978518.