Nguyễn Xuân Phúc

His Excellency Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
7th Prime Minister of Vietnam
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 April 2016
President	Trần Đại Quang
Deputy	Trương Hòa Bình
General Secretary	Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Preceded by	Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
In office 2 August 2011 – 7 April 2016
Prime Minister	Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Preceded by	Nguyễn Sinh Hùng
Succeeded by	Trương Hòa Bình
Member of the Politburo
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 January 2011
General secretary	Nguyễn Phú Trọng
In office 3 August 2011 – 13 June 2016
Prime Minister	Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Succeeded by	Trương Hòa Bình
Head of the National Traffic Safety Committee
In office 3 August 2011 – 13 June 2016
President	Trương Tấn Sang Trần Đại Quang
Succeeded by	Trương Hòa Bình
Minister of Government Office
In office 2 August 2007 – 3 August 2011
Prime Minister	Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Preceded by	Đoàn Mạnh Giao
Succeeded by	Vũ Đức Đam
Personal details
Born	(1954-07-20) 20 July 1954 Quảng Nam Province, State of Vietnam
Nationality	Vietnamese
Political party	Communist Party
Spouse(s)	Trần Thị Nguyệt Thu
Relations	Nguyễn Quốc Dũng (brother) Nguyễn Thị Thuyền (sister)
Children	Nguyễn Thị Xuân Trang Nguyễn Xuân Hiếu

Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (born 20 July 1954, in Quảng Nam Province) is a Vietnamese politician. He is the 7th (current) Prime Minister of Vietnam. He is the 3rd ranked member of the 12th Politburo.^[1] As a tradition in Vietnamese politics, Phúc is also a full member of the National Assembly, serving at its 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th terms.

Life and career

He was born on 20 July 1954, at the commune of Quế Phú, district of Quế Sơn, Quảng Nam province. He took economic management at Hanoi National Economic University from 1973 to 1978. He was accepted to join the Communist Party of Vietnam on 12 May 1982, officially becoming a member of this party on 12 November 1983.^[2] From 1978 to 1979 he was among personnel at the Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng Economic Board. From 1980–1993: Phúc was an employee, then deputy, rising to Chief of Office of the Quảng Nam – Đà Nẵng People's Committee. He studied administrative management at Vietnam National Administrative Academy.

From 1993 – 1996: he was the Director of Department of Planning and Investment of Quang Nam-Da Nang Province. He studied economic management at the National University of Singapore. However, there is no related document about Nguyễn Xuân Phúc as NUS's alumnus.

From 1997 – 2001: He became a permanent member of the Provincial party committee (17th, 18th session); Vice Chairman, then the first Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee of Quang Nam Province and Director of Industrial Zones Management Board of Quang Nam Province. He was a member of the provincial People's Council (6th session).

From 2001 – 2004: Vice Secretary of provincial party committee of Quang Nam Province, Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Nam Province (term from 1999 – 2004). He was a member of Vietnam's National Assembly (11th session), head of Quang Nam Province's members of the National Assembly, and a member of the Committee for Economy and Budget of the National Assembly (11th session).

From March 2006 to May 2006: Deputy Inspector General

From June 2006 to August 2007: Permanent Vice Minister of the Office of Government, member of the 11th National Assembly’s Economic and Budgetary Commission

From August 2007 to January 2011: Minister of the Office of Government, Head of the Prime Minister’s Task Force for Administrative Procedure Reform

From January 2011 to July 2011: Member of the Politburo of the 11th CPV Central Committee, Minister of the Office of Government

From August 2, 2011 to April 7, 2016: Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam

From April 7, 2016: He became the Prime Minister at the 11th working session of the 13th National Assembly

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