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Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh | |
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Ngọc Thịnh in 2017 | |
| Acting President of Vietnam | |
| In office 21 September 2018 – 23 October 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc |
| Vice President | Herself |
| Preceded by | Trần Đại Quang |
| Succeeded by | Nguyễn Phú Trọng |
| 16th Vice President of Vietnam | |
| In office 8 April 2016 – 6 April 2021 | |
| President | Trần Đại Quang Herself (acting) Nguyễn Phú Trọng |
| Preceded by | Nguyễn Thị Doan |
| Succeeded by | Võ Thị Ánh Xuân |
| Secretary of theVĩnh Long Provincial Party Committee | |
| In office October 2010 – March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Trương Văn Sáu |
| Succeeded by | Trần Văn Rón |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1959-12-25)25 December 1959 (age 66) |
| Party | Communist Party of Vietnam (1979–present) |
Madam Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (Vietnamese pronunciation:[ʔɗaŋ˧˨ʔtʰi˧˨ʔŋawk͡p̚˧˨ʔtʰïŋ˧˨ʔ]; born 25 December 1959) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the actingpresident of Vietnam in 2018 and as the 16thvice president of Vietnam from 2016 to 2021. She is the first woman in Vietnamese history to hold the Vietnamese presidency and the first female head of state in a communist country sinceSoong Ching-ling ofChina.[1]
Thịnh was electedvice president of Vietnam on 8 April 2016 after winning 91.09% of the vote (450 votes) in theNational Assembly, continuing the recent norm of having a woman holding this position.[2] Thịnh assumed the acting presidency upon the death of PresidentTrần Đại Quang on 21 September 2018 until the election and swearing-in ofNguyễn Phú Trọng on 23 October 2018.
Prior to national politics, Thịnh served in the municipal bureaucracy ofHo Chi Minh City before being electedSecretary ofVĩnh Long Provincial Party Committee (de facto province's leader) in 2010.[3] She was a member of the 11th and 13th sessions of theNational Assembly.[4] Thịnh became a member of theCommunist Party of Vietnam on 19 November 1979.
Her previous works focused on promotinggender equality andwomen's empowerment by strengthening their role in all aspects of economic, political, cultural and social life.[5]
In January 2021, at the13th National Party Congress, she was not on the list of members of the newParty Central Committee. Sheretired from politics in April 2021.
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| Preceded by | Vice President of Vietnam 2016–2021 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of Vietnam Acting 2018 | Succeeded by |