To express their grief and honor the memory of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the Party Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the State President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front have decided to hold a state funeral for General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Party Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

The Party Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the State President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and his family announce with profound sorrow:

Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Military Commission, was born on April 14, 1944; his hometown was Dong Hoi Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi. His permanent residence was at No. 5 Thien Quang Street, Nguyen Du Ward, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi. He began his career in 1967 and joined the Communist Party of Vietnam on December 19, 1967. He was a member of the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Party Central Committees; a member of the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Politburos; a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th Politburo; Chairman of the 11th and 12th National Assemblies of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; General Secretary of the 11th, 12th, and 13th Party Central Committees of the Communist Party of Vietnam; State President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for the 2016–2021 term and Chairman of the Council for National Defense and Security; Secretary of the Central Military Commission; a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Public Security Party Committee; and Head of the Central Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Practices. He was a deputy to the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th National Assemblies.

After a period of serious illness, despite the devoted efforts of the Party, the State, and a team of leading professors, doctors, and medical staff to provide treatment, and the wholehearted care of his family, he passed away due to advanced age and severe illness at 1:38 p.m. on July 19, 2024 (the 14th day of the sixth lunar month of the Year of the Dragon), at 108 Military Central Hospital, Hanoi, at the age of 80.

Over nearly 60 years of service, he made many great and exceptionally outstanding contributions to the glorious revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation. The Party and the State awarded him the Gold Star Order, the 55-year Party Membership Badge, and many other distinguished Vietnamese and international orders and medals.

His passing is an immense loss to the Party, the State, our people, and his family. To express their grief and honor the memory of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the Party Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the State President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front have decided to hold a state funeral for General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

STATE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE VIETNAM FATHERLAND FRONT

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Brief Biography of Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Party Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam

Nguyen Phu Trong was born on April 14, 1944; his hometown was Dong Hoi Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi. His permanent residence was at No. 5 Thien Quang Street, Nguyen Du Ward, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi. He began his career on December 5, 1967, and joined the Party on December 19, 1967.

Career History

December 1967: He worked in the Documentation Department of Hoc Tap (Study) Journal (now Communist Review); on December 19, 1967, he was admitted to the Communist Party of Vietnam.

August 1968 – August 1973: He worked as an editor at Communist Review; undertook fieldwork in Thanh Oai District, Ha Tay Province (now Hanoi); and served as Youth Union branch secretary at Communist Review.

September 1973 – April 1976: He was a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Political Economy at Nguyen Ai Quoc Advanced Party School (now Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics).

May 1976 – August 1980: He worked as an editor in the Party Building Department of Communist Review and served as Deputy Secretary of the Party cell.

September 1980 – August 1981: He studied Russian at Nguyen Ai Quoc Advanced Party School.

September 1981 – July 1983: He was a research trainee and defended his Candidate of Sciences dissertation (now equivalent to a doctoral dissertation) in Historical Sciences, specializing in Party Building, at the Soviet Academy of Social Sciences under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

August 1983 – August 1987: He served as Deputy Head of the Party Building Department of Communist Review.

September 1987 – February 1989: He served as Head of the Party Building Department; Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee (July 1985 – December 1988), and Secretary of the Party Committee of Communist Review (December 1988 – December 1991).

March 1989 – April 1990: He served as a member of the Editorial Board of Communist Review.

May 1990 – July 1991: He served as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Communist Review.

August 1991 – August 1996: He served as Editor-in-Chief of Communist Review.

At the Party’s Midterm National Conference of Delegates for its 7th term (January 1994), he was elected to the Party Central Committee. He was a member of the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Party Central Committees of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

August 1996 – February 1998: He served as Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, concurrently serving as Head of the University Party Affairs Committee and directly overseeing the Hanoi Party Committee’s Department of Publicity and Education.

At the fourth Plenum of the 8th Party Central Committee (December 1997), he was elected to the Politburo. He was a member of the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Politburos.

February 1998 – January 2000: He oversaw the Party’s ideological, cultural, scientific, and educational affairs.

March 1998 – November 2006: He served as Vice Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council and as Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, overseeing the Party’s theoretical work (November 2001 – August 2006).

August 1999 – April 2001: He served on the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Party Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

January 2000 – June 2006: He served as Secretary of the 12th, 13th, and 14th Hanoi Party Committees.

May 2002 – present: He served as a deputy to the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th National Assemblies.

June 2006 – July 2011: He served as Chairman of the 11th and 12th National Assemblies of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Secretary of the National Assembly Party Delegation, and a member of the Council for National Defense and Security.

January 2011 – present: He served as General Secretary of the 11th, 12th, and 13th Party Central Committees of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Secretary of the Central Military Commission.

February 2013 – present: He served as Head of the Central Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Practices.

August 2016 – present: He served on the Standing Committee of the Central Public Security Party Committee for the 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 terms.

October 2018 – April 2021: He served as General Secretary and State President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for the 2016–2021 term, and as Chairman of the Council for National Defense and Security.

April 2021 – present: He served as General Secretary of the Party Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Public Security Party Committee, and Head of the Central Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Practices.

For his many great and exceptionally outstanding contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation, he was awarded the Gold Star Order, the 55-year Party Membership Badge, and many other distinguished Vietnamese and international orders and medals by the Party and State: the “National Gold Order” from the President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the “Friendship Order” from the Party and State of the People’s Republic of China, the “Lenin Prize”, the highest award of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation; the “José Marti Order” from the Party and State of the Republic of Cuba, and many other distinguished honors.

Source: Nhan Dan Newspaper

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