Đinh Thế Huynh
His Excellency Đinh Thế Huynh | |
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Huynh at the U.S. Department of State in 2016 | |
| Permanent Member of the Secretariat | |
| In office 4 February 2016 – 2 March 2018 | |
| General Secretary | Nguyễn Phú Trọng |
| Preceded by | Lê Hồng Anh |
| Succeeded by | Trần Quốc Vượng |
| Head of the Party's Central Propaganda Commission | |
| In office 8 February 2011 – 4 February 2016 | |
| General Secretary | Nguyễn Phú Trọng |
| Preceded by | Tô Huy Rứa |
| Succeeded by | Võ Văn Thưởng |
| Chairman of the Party's Central Theoretical Council | |
| In office 28 March 2011 – 2 March 2018 | |
| General Secretary | Nguyễn Phú Trọng |
| Preceded by | Tô Huy Rứa |
| Succeeded by | Nguyễn Xuân Thắng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 May 1953 Nam Định Province, French Indochina |
| Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam (1974–2021) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Đinh Thế Huynh (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ʔɗïŋ˧˧ tʰe˧˦ hwïŋ̟˧˧]; born 15 May 1953 in Nam Định Province) is a Vietnamese politician and journalist who served as the Permanent Member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam, one of the country's five key leaders along with the General Secretary, President, Prime Minister, and the Chairman of the National Assembly. Once rumored to become the next Party's General Secretary, he stepped down in 2018 due to illness.
Đinh Thế Huynh is a member of the 11th and 12th Politburo and the former chairman of the Party's Central Theoretical Council. He also served as Head of the Party's Propaganda Department between 2011 and 2016. A former editor-in-chief of state newspaper Nhân Dân, Đinh Thế Huynh became a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam on 8 August 1974. He represented the city of Da Nang in Vietnam's 14th National Assembly.