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, General Nguyen Trong Nghia - Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) was elected as a National Assembly Deputy of the XVI term, constituency No. 3 of Tay Ninh province.
Voting unit No. 3 of Tay Ninh province includes wards: Long An, Tan An, Khanh Hau, Kien Tuong and communes: Tan Hung, Hung Dien, Vinh Thanh, Vinh Chau, Vinh Hung, Khanh Hung, Tuyen Binh, Thanh Hoa, Nhon Hoa Lap, Tan Tay, Tan Thanh, Hau Thanh, Nhon Ninh, Thanh Phuoc, Binh Hiep, Tuyen Thanh, Moc Hoa, Binh Hoa, Binh Thanh, My An.
General Nguyen Trong Nghia was born on March 6, 1962. Hometown: Dong Thap province.
Position:
- Member of the Politburo: XIII, XIV terms
- Secretary of the Party Central Committee: XIII term
- Member of the Party Central Committee: XII, XIII, XIV terms
- Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission
- General, Head of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army (from November 2025)
- Member of the National Election Council (from June 6, 2025)
XIV, XV terms
- Political theory level: Advanced
- Professional qualifications: Bachelor of Social Sciences and Humanities
SUMMARY OF THE WORKING PROCESS
From April 1979 - June 1979: Soldier of Company 2, Ap Bac Battalion, Tien Giang Provincial Military Command, Military Region 9.
From July 1979 - October 1979: Soldier of Battalion 4, Division 441, Military Region 4.
From November 1979 - March 1980: Soldier of Battalion 5, Regiment 5, Division 320, Army Corps 3.
From 4. 1980 - 7. 1982: Student of the Culture School of Army Corps 3.
From August 1982 - June 1985: Student of the School of Command Officers - Information Technology.
From July 1985 - February 1986: Lieutenant, Political Assistant of Training Battalion, Brigade 596, Information Corps.
From March 1986 - November 1986: Lieutenant, Academy of Party School, Information Corps.
From December 1986 - September 1987: Lieutenant, Senior Lieutenant, Teacher of the School of Command Officers - Information Technology.
From October 1987 - September 1988: Senior Lieutenant, Training Assistant; Deputy Battalion Commander for Politics, Battalion 40, Information Regiment 23, Military Region 7.
From October 1988 - August 1995: Senior Lieutenant, Captain, Major in charge of politics, Information Regiment 23, Military Region 7; studied Philosophy in-service at the Central Propaganda University (March 1989 - January 1993).
From September 1995 - August 2000: Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Regiment Commander for Politics, Information Regiment 23, Military Region 7; Secretary of the Party Committee of Regiment 23; in-service study of International Studies at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (July 1996 - January 1999); student of the Academy of Politics, majoring in Party Building and State Administration (October 1999 - October 2000).
From September 2000 - October 2007: Lieutenant Colonel, Senior Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel; Deputy Head of Department, Head of Propaganda Department of the Political Department, Military Region 7; Academy of Politics Student (October 2003 - October 2004).
From November 2007 - April 2008: Colonel, Deputy Political Commissar of Division 5, Military Region 7; Member of the Party Committee of Division 5.
From May 2008 - September 2009: Colonel, Political Commissar of Division 5, Military Region 7; Secretary of the Party Committee of Division 5.
From October 2009 - July 2010: Colonel, Deputy Head of Political Department, Military Region 7; Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Political Department.
From August 2010 - August 2012: Major General, Political Commissar of Army Corps 4; Secretary of the Party Committee of Army Corps 4.
From September 2012 - August 2017: Lieutenant General, Deputy Head of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; Member of the 12th Party Central Committee (January 2016); National Assembly Deputy of the 14th term; Member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Member of the Central Military Commission; Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the General Department of Politics;
From September 2017 - January 2021: Member of the 12th Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Military Commission; Senior Lieutenant General, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; Member of the Central Theoretical Council; Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the General Department of Politics; National Assembly Deputy of the 14th term.
January 2021: At the 13th National Party Congress, elected to the Central Executive Committee and elected to the Secretariat by the Central Executive Committee.
From February 2021 - May 2024: Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Training Commission.
July 2021: NA Deputy of the XV term.
From May 2024 - February 2025: Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Training Commission.
From February 2025 - November 2025: Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission; Member of the National Election Council (June 2025).
November 2025: Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee, Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, General, Head of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; Member of the National Election Council.
January 22, 2026: At the 14th National Party Congress, elected as a member of the 14th Party Central Committee, term 2026-2031.
January 23, 2026: At the first Conference of the 14th Party Central Committee, comrade was elected as a member of the Politburo of the 14th Party Central Committee.
January 30, 2026: Assigned to participate in the Secretariat of the 14th Party Central Committee (according to Decision No. 05-QDNS/TW).
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.
