Trương Tấn Sang
Trương Tấn Sang | |
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Trương Tấn Sang in 2015 | |
| 8th President of Vietnam | |
| In office 25 July 2011 – 2 April 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng |
| Vice President | Nguyễn Thị Doan |
| Preceded by | Nguyễn Minh Triết |
| Succeeded by | Trần Đại Quang |
| Permanent Member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat | |
| In office May 2006 – 3 August 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Phan Dien |
| Succeeded by | Lê Hồng Anh |
| Head of the Party Central Economic Commission | |
| In office January 2000 – January 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng |
| Succeeded by | Vương Đình Huệ |
| Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee | |
| In office June 1997 – January 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Vo Tran Chi |
| Succeeded by | Nguyễn Minh Triết |
| Chair of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee | |
| In office March 1992 – June 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Nguyen Vinh Nghiep |
| Succeeded by | Vo Viet Thanh |
| President of the Vietnam Red Cross Society | |
| In office 5 July 2012 – 16 August 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Trần Đức Lương |
| Succeeded by | Trần Đại Quang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 January 1949 Đức Hòa District, Long An, Cochinchina,State of Vietnam |
| Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam (1969–present) |
| Spouse | Mai Thị Hạnh |
| Alma mater | National Academy of Public Administration |
Trương Tấn Sang (Vietnamese: [t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˧ tən˧˦ saːŋ˧˧]; born 21 January 1949) is a Vietnamese politician, who served as the eighth President of Vietnam from 2011 to 2016. He was one of Vietnam's top leaders, alongside prime minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng and Party general secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng. In July 2011, Trương Tấn Sang was elected state president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam by the National Assembly of Vietnam and nominated by his predecessor Nguyễn Minh Triết who retired from office.
Trương Tấn Sang was also ranked second after General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng on the party's Central Secretariat, a body which directs policy making. Sang has been a member of the Central Politburo, the executive committee of the Communist Party, since 1996. He was Communist Party secretary for Ho Chi Minh City from 1996 to 2000. He was promoted to the national party's number two slot in October 2009. There were reports of rivalry between Trương Tấn Sang and Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, and each was backed by a faction within the party.
At the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam in January 2011, Trương Tấn Sang was nominated President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and confirmed on 25 July 2011 by the National Assembly. On that day, he succeeded Nguyễn Minh Triết. On the same day he proposed Nguyễn Tấn Dũng as the new head of government.