Đinh La Thăng

Đinh La Thăng
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee
In office
5 February 2016  10 May 2017
Preceded byLê Thanh Hải
Succeeded byNguyễn Thiện Nhân
Minister of Transport
In office
8 August 2011  8 April 2016
Prime MinisterNguyễn Tấn Dũng
Preceded byHồ Nghĩa Dũng
Succeeded byTrương Quang Nghĩa
Chairman of Petrovietnam
In office
5 October 2006  3 August 2011
Prime MinisterNguyen Tan Dung
Member of the Politburo
In office
27 January 2016  7 May 2017
Personal details
Born (1960-04-10) 10 April 1960
Yên Bình, Ý Yên, Nam Định Province, North Vietnam
Political partyCommunist Party of Vietnam (1985–2018)
Alma materAcademy 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.