Before entering the meeting, the Party Central Committee spent a minute commemorating General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
At the Conference, based on the Party's regulations and the Politburo's personnel introduction orientation, the Central Committee upheld the spirit of responsibility, intellectual concentration, democratic discussion, respect and unity. with a very high vote with an absolute vote of 100%, comrade To Lam, Politburo member, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, held the position of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, term XIII. . Comrade General Secretary To Lam gave a speech affirming the inheritance and promotion of the revolutionary achievements that the late General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and previous generations of leaders built; maintain solidarity and unity and together with the entire Party Central Committee, Politburo, and Secretariat, we are determined to lead and direct the entire Party, people, and army to successfully implement the goals, The tasks set out by the 13th National Party Congress were to successfully organize the 14th Congress, bringing the country firmly into development in the new period.
Brief biography of Comrade To Lam - General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Date of birth: July 10, 1957, Ethnicity: Kinh.
- Hometown: Nghia Tru commune, Van Giang district, Hung Yen province.
- Current residence: No. 64 Phan Dinh Phung, Quan Thanh ward, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi city.
- Date of joining the Party: August 22, 1981.
- Qualification: Professor, Doctor of Laws.
- Member of the Party Central Committee, terms XI, XII, XIII.
- Member of the Politburo term XII, XIII.
- Delegate to the 14th and 15th National Assembly.
- Deputy Minister of Public Security: 2010 - 2016.
- Minister of Public Security: 2016 - 2024.
- Promoted to the rank of General of the People's Public Security in January 2019.
- President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 2024.
- August 3, 2024: Elected by the Party Central Committee to hold the position of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam term XIII.
