Nông Đức Mạnh

Nông Đức Mạnh
Mạnh in 2010
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
In office
22 April 2001  19 January 2011
Preceded byLê Khả Phiêu
Succeeded byNguyễn Phú Trọng
Secretary of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party
In office
22 April 2001  19 January 2011
Preceded byLê Khả Phiêu
Succeeded byNguyễn Phú Trọng
Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam
In office
23 September 1992  27 June 2001
Preceded byLê Quang Đạo
Succeeded byNguyễn Văn An
Personal details
Born (1940-09-11) 11 September 1940
Na Rì, Bắc Kạn Province, Tonkin, French Indochina
Political partyCommunist Party of Vietnam
Spouses
  • Lý Thị Bang
    (m. 1962; died 2010)
  • Đỗ Thị Huyền Tâm
    (m. 2012)
Alma mater

Nông Đức Mạnh (Vietnamese: [nəwŋm ɗɨ́k mâjŋ̟ˀ] ; born 11 September 1940) is a Vietnamese politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the most powerful position in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, from 22 April 2001 to 19 January 2011. His parents were Tày peasants. Nông Đức Mạnh was born in Cường Lợi, Na Rì District, Bắc Kạn Province. He is father to Nông Quốc Tuấn, party secretary for Bắc Giang Province.