Xuân Thủy

Xuân Thủy
Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Council of State
In office
4 July 1981  28 June 1982
5 years, 155 days
PresidentTrường Chinh
Succeeded byLê Thanh Nghị
Constituency Vietnam
Head of the Central Committee for Mass Mobilization and United Front
In office
March 1976  July 1978
Preceded byPosition re-established
Succeeded byNguyễn Văn Linh
Constituency Vietnam
Chief Negotiator of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
In office
15 April 1968  27 January 1973
5 years, 142 days
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Head of the Central Committee for Foreign Liaison
Head of the Western Zone Affairs Committee
In office
April 1966  December 1979
Preceded byHoàng Văn Hoan
Succeeded byNguyễn Thành Lê
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
In office
30 April 1963  1 April 1965
5 years, 137 days
Preceded byUng Văn Khiêm
Succeeded byNguyễn Duy Trinh
Secretary General of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly
In office
19761985
PresidentTrường Chinh
Preceded byChu Văn Tấn
Succeeded byLê Thanh Nghị
Vice Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam
In office
15 July 1960  18 June 1985 (died)
5 years, 134 days
PresidentTrường Chinh
Member of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly (2nd time)
Assumed office
25 January 1957
Member of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly (1st time)
In office
2 March 1946  8 November 1946
5 years, 120 days
PresidentNguyễn Văn Tố
Member of the Member of the National Assembly for the 1st to 8th terms
In office
6 January 1946  18 June 1985
5 years, 120 days
Alternate member of the 2nd Central Committee
Member of the 3rd and 4th Central Committee
In office
12 March 1955  31 March 1982
5 years, 129 days
President of the Vietnam Journalists Association
In office
21 April 1950  17 April 1959
5 years, 124 days
Preceded byFirst
Succeeded byHoàng Tùng
Personal details
Born2 September 1912
Từ Liêm, Hanoi, Tonkin,  French Indochina
DiedJune 18, 1985(1985-06-18) (aged 72)
Hanoi, Vietnam


Xuân Thủy (September 2, 1912 June 20, 1985) was a Vietnamese political figure. He was the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1963 to 1965 and then chief negotiator at the Paris Peace talks and also Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Council of State.