Đỗ Mười
Đỗ Mười | |
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Mười in 2008 | |
| General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam | |
| In office 28 June 1991 – 26 December 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Nguyễn Văn Linh |
| Succeeded by | Lê Khả Phiêu |
| Secretary of the Central Military – Party Committee of the Communist Party | |
| In office 27 June 1991 – 29 December 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Nguyễn Văn Linh |
| Succeeded by | Lê Khả Phiêu |
| 3rd Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Vietnam | |
| In office 22 June 1988 – 8 August 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Võ Văn Kiệt |
| Succeeded by | Võ Văn Kiệt |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam | |
| In office December 1969 – 2 July 1976 | |
| Prime Minister | Phạm Văn Đồng |
| Minister of Construction | |
| In office June 1973 – November 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Trần Đại Nghĩa |
| Succeeded by | Đồng Sĩ Nguyên |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nguyễn Duy Cống 2 February 1917 Thanh Trì District, Hanoi, French Indochina |
| Died | 1 October 2018 (aged 101) Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Nationality | Vietnamese |
| Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam (1939–1997) |
Đỗ Mười (Vietnamese: [ɗǒˀ mɨ̂əj]; 2 February 1917 – 1 October 2018) was a Vietnamese communist politician. He rose in the party hierarchy in the late 1940s, became Chairman of the Council of Ministers in 1988 and was elected General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) at the 7th Congress in 1991. He continued his predecessor's policy of ruling through a collective leadership and Nguyễn Văn Linh's policy of economic reform. He was elected for two terms as General Secretary, but left office in 1997 at the 3rd plenum of the 8th Central Committee during his second term.
Đỗ Mười was an advisor to the Central Committee from 1997 until 2001, when the institution of Advisory Council of the Central Committee was abolished. He was a delegate to the 9th, 10th and 11th Congresses. While he officially retired from politics in 1997, Đỗ Mười continued to influence decision-making. He died on 1 October 2018 at Central Military Hospital 108.