Trần Đức Lương
Trần Đức Lương | |
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5th President of Vietnam | |
In office 24 September 1997 – 27 June 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Phan Văn Khải |
Vice President |
Nguyễn Thị Bình Trương Mỹ Hoa |
Preceded by | Lê Đức Anh |
Succeeded by | Nguyễn Minh Triết |
Chairman of the Council for National Defense and Security | |
In office 24 September 1997 – 27 June 2006 | |
Deputy | Phan Văn Khải |
Preceded by | Lê Đức Anh |
Succeeded by | Nguyễn Minh Triết |
Deputy Prime Minister | |
In office February 1987 – 29 September 1997 | |
Prime Minister |
Phạm Văn Đồng Phạm Hùng Đỗ Mười Võ Văn Kiệt Phan Văn Khải |
Personal details | |
Born |
Quảng Ngãi Province, French Indochina (now Vietnam) | May 5, 1936
Nationality | Vietnamese |
Political party |
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Spouse(s) | Nguyễn Thị Vinh |
Children | Trần Tuấn Anh |
Alma mater | Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Academy of Politics |
Trần Đức Lương (born 5 May 1936) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the fifth President of Vietnam from 1997 to 2006.[1]
Trần Đức Lương was born in Đức Phổ District in Quảng Ngãi Province, and moved to Hanoi after leaving school in 1955. He studied geology at Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, and was employed as a cartographer. He joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1959, and became a functionary of the party in the 1970s. In 1987, he became deputy prime minister. Member of the Politburo since June 1996,
Trần Đức Lương was elected state president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on September 24, 1997, and re-elected in 2002. On June 24, 2006, Lương announced his resignation (along with Prime Minister Phan Văn Khải). Nguyễn Minh Triết was named to succeed Lương as president.
His son, Trần Tuấn Anh served as Consul General of Vietnam for four years in San Francisco. Then, Trần Tuấn Anh was Vice Chairman of Cần Thơ People's Committee, in charge of investment planning, and social culture. Currently, Trần Tuấn Anh is a Member of the 12th Central Committee, and Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam.
References
- ↑ Bruce M. Lockhart, William J. Duiker Historical Dictionary of Vietnam, 2006, p. 371. entry Trần Đức Lương
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Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Lê Đức Anh |
President of Vietnam 1997–2006 |
Succeeded by Nguyễn Minh Triết |
Diplomatic posts | ||
Preceded by Banharn Silpa-archa |
Chairperson of ASEAN 1998 |
Succeeded by Hassanal Bolkiah |