On March 21, the National Election Council announced the Resolution on election results and the list of elected National Assembly Deputies (NA Deputies) of the 16th term.
Accordingly, Politburo Member, Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Duc Thang was elected as a National Assembly Deputy of the 16th term, constituency No. 3 of Can Tho City (including wards: Long Binh, Long My, Long Phu 1, Vi Tan, Vi Thanh and communes: Thanh Xuan, Tan Hoa, Vi Thanh 1, Truong Long Tay, Hoa Luu, Vinh Vien, Luong Tam, Xa Phien, Vinh Thuan Dong, Vi Thuy, Vinh Tuong, Hoa An, Phuong Binh, Phung Hiep, Tan Binh, Thanh Hoa).
Minister Tran Duc Thang, born August 11, 1973; hometown: Phu Tho province
Position:
- Member of the Politburo: XIV term
- Member of the Party Central Committee: XIII, XIV terms
- Member of the Executive Committee of the Government Party Committee (from July 2025)
- Party Secretary, Minister of Agriculture and Environment
Level of political theory: Advanced
Professional qualifications: Doctor of Economics, Master of Economics, Bachelor of Banking and Finance
SUMMARY OF THE WORKING PROCESS
From January 1995 - March 2004: Inspector, General Department, Department of Administrative and Public Service Inspection, Department of Basic Construction Inspection under the Ministry of Finance Inspectorate.
From April 2004 - September 2009: Deputy Head of Department, Head of Office of the Ministry, Assistant Secretary to the Leaders of the Ministry of Finance.
From October 2009 - September 2011: Deputy Director of the Department of Public Asset Management, Ministry of Finance.
From October 2011 - March 2013: Deputy Chief of Office of the Ministry of Finance, Secretary of the Minister of Finance.
From April 2013 - October 2018: Member of the Party Committee Executive Committee, Secretary of the Party Cell, Director of the Department of Public Asset Management, Ministry of Finance.
From October 2018 - June 2020: Member of the 12th Central Inspection Committee.
From June 2020 - January 2021: Deputy Chairman of the 12th Central Inspection Committee; concurrently Director of the Central Department I, Central Inspection Committee Agency (from October 1, 2020).
January 30, 2021: At the 13th National Party Congress, elected as a member of the 13th Party Central Committee, term 2021-2026.
From January 2021 - October 2022: Member of the 13th Party Central Committee, Deputy Chairman of the 13th Central Inspection Committee (from February 2021).
From October 2022 - June 2025: Member of the 13th Party Central Committee; Secretary of Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee, term 2020-2025.
From July 1, 2025 - July 2025: Member of the 13th Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Inspector General of the Government Inspectorate.
From July 2025: Member of the 13th Party Central Committee; Member of the Executive Committee of the Government Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term; Secretary of the Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term, Acting Minister of Agriculture and Environment.
August 14, 2025: At the 1st Party Congress of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, term 2025-2030, he was appointed to hold the position of Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, term 2025-2030.
October 25, 2025: At the 10th Session, the 15th National Assembly passed a Resolution appointing him to hold the position of Minister of Agriculture and Environment for the 2021-2026 term.
November 26, 2025: Member of the Central Steering Committee for National Target Programs for the period 2021-2025.
January 22, 2026: At the 14th National Party Congress, elected as a member of the 14th Party Central Committee for the 2026-2031 term.
January 23, 2026: The first Conference of the 14th Central Executive Committee of the Party elected the comrade as a member of the Politburo of the 14th Central Executive Committee.
March 21, 2026: Comrade elected as National Assembly Deputy of the 16th term, according to the Resolution on election results and the list of people elected as National Assembly Deputy of the 16th term announced by the National Election Council.
