Đinh La Thăng
Đinh La Thăng | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee | |
| In office 5 February 2016 – 10 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Lê Thanh Hải |
| Succeeded by | Nguyễn Thiện Nhân |
| Minister of Transport | |
| In office 8 August 2011 – 8 April 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng |
| Preceded by | Hồ Nghĩa Dũng |
| Succeeded by | Trương Quang Nghĩa |
| Chairman of Petrovietnam | |
| In office 5 October 2006 – 3 August 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Nguyen Tan Dung |
| Member of the Politburo | |
| In office 27 January 2016 – 7 May 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 April 1960 Yên Bình, Ý Yên, Nam Định Province, North Vietnam |
| Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam (1985–2018) |
| Alma mater | Academy of Finance |
Đinh La Thăng (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ʔɗïŋ˧˧ laː˧˧ tʰaŋ˧˧]; 10 September 1960) is a Vietnamese former politician who served as Minister of Transport, Communist Party Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City, and member of the Politburo. On 22 January 2018 he became the first top Party official in several decades to be tried and sentenced to prison for political corruption.