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Phạm Bình Minh | |
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 Minh during a visit to Japan in 2019 | |
| Permanent Deputy Prime Minister | |
| In office 6 September 2021 – 5 January 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Phạm Minh Chính |
| Preceded by | Trương Hòa Bình |
| Succeeded by | Nguyễn Hòa Bình |
| Deputy Prime Minister | |
| In office 13 November 2013 – 6 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Phạm Minh Chính |
| Preceded by | Phạm Gia Khiêm |
| Succeeded by | Trần Lưu Quang (2023) |
| Minister ofForeign Affairs | |
| In office 3 August 2011 – 8 April 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc |
| Preceded by | Phạm Gia Khiêm |
| Succeeded by | Bùi Thanh Sơn |
| Deputy Minister ofForeign Affairs | |
| In office 29 August 2007 – 2 August 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Lê Công Phụng |
| Succeeded by | Nguyen Phuong Nga |
| Director General of the Department for International Organizations,Foreign Affairs | |
| In office March 2003 – September 2006 | |
| Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Vietnam in theUnited States | |
| In office 2001–2003 | |
| Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to theUnited Nations | |
| In office 1999–2001 | |
| Member of thePolitburo | |
| In office 27 January 2016 – 30 December 2022 | |
| General Secretary | Nguyễn Phú Trọng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1959-03-26)26 March 1959 (age 66) |
| Party | Communist Party of Vietnam (1981–present) |
| Spouse | Nguyễn Nguyệt Nga (died 2025) |
| Children | Phạm Bình Anh Phạm Bình Nam |
| Parent(s) | Nguyễn Cơ Thạch (father) Phan Thị Phúc (mother) |
| Alma mater | Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy |
| Awards | Labor Order |
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Phạm Bình Minh (Vietnamese pronunciation:[faːm˧˨ʔʔɓïŋ˨˩mïŋ˧˧]; born 26 March 1959) is a Vietnamese diplomat and politician who served as theMinister of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2021 and asDeputy Prime Minister of Vietnam from 2013 to 2023. Between September 2021 and his dismissal in January 2023, he also served as thePermanent Deputy Prime Minister, the most senior among the deputy prime ministers, in the Cabinet ofPhạm Minh Chính. Minh was also a member of thePolitburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the country's highest decision-making body, headed byGeneral SecretaryNguyễn Phú Trọng.[1]
Born inNam Định Province, Minh was educated at theDiplomatic Academy of Vietnam and atTufts University. He is the son ofNguyễn Cơ Thạch, who also served as vice premier and foreign minister of Vietnam.
On December 30, 2022, he was voted out of both theCentral Committee and thePolitburo of theCommunist Party of Vietnam and stepped down from his position on January 5, 2023, after theNational Assembly selected a successor.[2] His dismissal was announced without specific reasons, but the moves come after he was accused of being involved in a scheme to extort fees fromrepatriate Vietnamese citizens stuck abroad during theCOVID-19 pandemic with his ministerial assistant being arrested earlier in September 2022.[3][4]
Phạm Bình Minh graduated in 1981 from the University of Diplomacy (now the Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam). He obtained a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy at Fletcher School, Tufts University, United States of America.
He is fluent in Vietnamese and English.[5]
Minh began his diplomatic career in 1981 as a Desk Officer at the Department of Training in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam. From 1982 to 1985, he held the position of an Attaché at the Embassy of Viet Nam to the United Kingdom. Before assuming the position of Deputy Director General of the Department for International Organizations from 1991 to 1999, he worked as a Desk Officer at the Department for General Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1986 to 1990.[6]
In the period of 1999 - January 2003, he served as Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to theUnited Nations inNew York City, and Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Viet Nam to the United States of America. Back in Viet Nam in 2003, he worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Acting Director General and Director General of the Department for International Organizations, Head of Delegation for Dialogue on Human Rights with other countries.[6]
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He was elected as an alternate member of the 10th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam in April 2006, and became a member of the 10th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam in January 2009. Currently, he is a member of the11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. He was elected as a member of the 13th National Assembly in November 2008.[6]
He was appointed Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs in September 2006 and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in November 2007, then Permanent Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam until August 2011. On 13 November 2013, he was designated as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam by the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. Prior to that time, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam on 3 August 2011 and since then has served as the 12th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam.[6]
On January, 5th, 2023, Vietnamese National Assembly has officially relieved his position of Deputy Prime Minister. The dismissal and retirement are said to be according to his wishes.[7]
He has been conferred with many awards of high distinction, namely the Third-Class Labour Order in 2009 for excellent performance from 2002 to 2008; the National Emulation Fighter in 2010 for excellent performance in the national emulation campaign and contribution to the cause of socialist building and national defence; the Prime Minister’s Certificate of Merit in 2011 for excellent performance and contribution during Viet Nam’s Non-Permanent Membership of the United Nations Security Council, contributing to the cause of socialist building and national defence; the Prime Minister’s Certificate of Merit in 2006 for excellent performance from 2001 to 2006; and the Medal for the Diplomatic Cause in 2003 for valuable contribution to the development of Viet Nam’s diplomacy.[8]
