Nguyễn Thiện Nhân
Nguyễn Thiện Nhân | |
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Nhân in 2010 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 20 May 2007 Dean of the Delegation from Ho Chi Minh City (10 May 2017 – 20 July 2021) | |
| Constituency | Bắc Giang (20 May 2007 – 22 May 2016) Trà Vinh (22 May 2016 – 15 May 2017) Ho Chi Minh City (since 15 May 2017) |
| Majority | 84,87% (364,988 votes) |
| Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee | |
| In office 10 May 2017 – 17 October 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Đinh La Thăng |
| Succeeded by | Nguyễn Văn Nên |
| Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front | |
| In office 5 September 2013 – 22 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Huỳnh Đảm |
| Succeeded by | Trần Thanh Mẫn |
| Member of the Politburo | |
| In office 11 May 2013 – 31 January 2021 | |
| General Secretary | Nguyễn Phú Trọng |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam | |
| In office 2 August 2007 – 11 November 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng |
| Preceded by | Phạm Gia Khiêm |
| Succeeded by | Vũ Đức Đam |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 28 June 2006 – 17 June 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng |
| Preceded by | Nguyễn Minh Hiển |
| Succeeded by | Phạm Vũ Luận |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1953 Cà Mau province, State of Vietnam |
| Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| Education | Military Medical Academy of Vietnam Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (BS, PhD) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Vietnam |
| Branch/service | Vietnam People's Army |
| Years of service | 1970–1983 |
| Rank | Senior lieutenant |
Nguyễn Thiện Nhân (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ tʰiən˧˨ʔ ɲən˧˧]; born 12 June 1953) is a Vietnamese economist, engineer, professor and politician. He is currently a member of the National Assembly representing Ho Chi Minh City, where he served as its party secretary (de facto mayor) from 2017 until his retirement in 2020. A member of the 11th and 12th Politburo of the Communist Party, he previously served as Chairman of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front from 2013 to 2017 and as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education during Nguyễn Tấn Dũng's premiership. Prior to entering national politics, he worked as a systems engineer in the military before pivoting to academia and then serving in the municipal administration of Ho Chi Minh City, where he was its deputy mayor from 2001 to 2006. He received a BS and a PhD in Cybernetics from the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg in East Germany and the Military Medical Academy of Vietnam.