On January 23, 2026, the 14th Central Executive Committee of the Party held the First Conference to elect the Politburo, General Secretary, Secretariat, Central Inspection Committee, and Chairman of the Central Inspection Committee.
The 14th Central Executive Committee of the Party elected General Phan Van Giang as a member of the Politburo of the 14th Central Executive Committee.
General Phan Van Giang, born October 14, 1960; Hometown: Ninh Binh Province
Position:
- Politburo Member: XIII, XIV term
- Member of the Party Central Committee: XII, XIII, XIV terms
- Member of the Standing Committee of the Government Party Committee
- Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission
- General (from July 2021), Minister of National Defense (from April 2021)
- Member of the National Defense and Security Council
- National Assembly Deputy: XV term
Political theory level: Advanced
Professional qualifications: Doctor of Military Science
SUMMARY OF THE WORKING PROCESS
From August 1978 - November 1979: Soldier of Battalion 4, Regiment 677, Division 346 (Combating in Cao Bang).
From December 1979 - April 1980: Soldiers studying culture at the Culture School of Military Region 1.
From May 1980 - August 1983: Student of the Tank Technical Command Officer School.
From September 1983 - September 1984: Lieutenant, Platoon Leader of Company 3, Battalion 1037, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From October 1984 - April 1986: Member of the Party Committee, Senior Lieutenant, Deputy Technical Company Commander, Company 1, Battalion 1037, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From May 1986 - March 1989: Deputy Secretary of the Party Cell, Captain, Company Commander of Company 1, Battalion 1037, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From April 1989 - August 1990: Member of the Party Committee of the Battalion, Captain, Deputy Battalion Commander - Chief of Staff, Battalion 1037, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From September 1990 - September 1993: Major, Scholar of the Army Academy.
From October 1993 - March 1994: Major, Assistant of Armored, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From April 1994 - March 1996: Major, Operations Assistant, Staff Department, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From April 1996 - August 1997: Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Chief of Staff, Regiment 141, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From September 1997 - September 1998: Member of the Party Committee of the Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Regiment Commander - Chief of Staff, Regiment 209, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From October 1998 - June 1999: Lieutenant Colonel, Student of the University of General Studies at the Academy of Logistics.
From 7.1999 - 11.1999: Member of the Party Committee of the Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Regiment Commander - Chief of Staff, Regiment 209, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From December 1999 - July 2001: Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel, Regiment Commander of Regiment 209, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From August 2001: Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Chief of Staff of Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From September 2001 - July 2002: Senior Lieutenant Colonel, Staff Command Scholar of the Joint Gendarmerie at the Army Academy.
From August 2002 - May 2003: Senior Colonel, Deputy Chief of Staff of Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From June 2003 - October 2003: Member of the Party Committee of the Division, Senior Colonel, Deputy Division Commander - Chief of Staff, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From November 2003 - August 2006: Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Division, Colonel, Commander of Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From September 2006 - August 2007: Colonel, Student of the National Defense Academy.
From September 2007 - July 2008: Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Division, Colonel, Division Commander, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From August 2008 - January 2009: Member of the Party Committee of the Army Corps, Colonel, Deputy Commander of Military Affairs of Army Corps 1.
From February 2009 - May 2010: Member of the Party Committee of the Army Corps, Colonel, Deputy Commander cum Chief of Staff of Army Corps 1.
From June 2010 - September 2011: Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Army Corps, Major General, Commander of Army Corps 1.
From October 2011 - February 2014: Secretary of the Party Committee of the General Staff - Ministry of National Defense Agency; Lieutenant General, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army.
From March 2014 - March 2016: Member of the Central Military Commission, Lieutenant General, Commander of Military Region 1; Student of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (February 2, 2014 - June 2014); Member of the 12th Party Central Committee (from January 2016).
From April 2016: Member of the 12th Party Central Committee, Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, Lieutenant General, Deputy Minister of National Defense.
From May 2016 - January 2021: Member of the 12th Party Central Committee, Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, Senior Lieutenant General, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Deputy Minister of National Defense.
From January 2021 - March 2021: Member of the 13th Politburo, Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, Senior Lieutenant General, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Deputy Minister of National Defense.
From April 2021 - July 2021: Member of the 13th Politburo, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Senior Lieutenant General, Minister of National Defense, Member of the National Electoral Council.
From July 2021: Member of the Politburo of the XIII term, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, General, Minister of National Defense; Member of the National Defense and Security Council; National Assembly Deputy of the XV term.
From January 24, 2025: The Politburo appoints members to participate in the Executive Committee and the Standing Committee of the Government Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term.
From June 2025: Member of the National Electoral Council.
January 22, 2026: At the 14th National Party Congress, comrade was elected as a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Party.
January 23, 2026: The first meeting of the 14th Central Executive Committee of the Party elected you to the Politburo of the 14th Central Executive Committee of the Party.
