On March 21, the National Election Council announced the Resolution on election results and the list of elected National Assembly Deputies of the 16th term.
Accordingly, General Phan Van Giang - Member of the Politburo, Minister of National Defense, was elected as a National Assembly Deputy (NA Deputy) of the 16th term, electoral unit No. 1 of Thai Nguyen province.
The No. 1 constituency of Thai Nguyen province includes wards: Phan Dinh Phung, Linh Son, Quan Trieu, Tich Luong, Gia Sang, Quyet Thang and communes: Tan Cuong, Dong Hy, Quang Son, Van Lang, Trai Cau, Nam Hoa, Van Han, Vo Nhai, Dan Tien, Trang Xa, Nghinh Tuong, Than Sa, La Hien, Sang Moc.
General Phan Van Giang, born October 14, 1960; Hometown: Ninh Binh Province
Position:
- Member of the Politburo: XIII, XIV terms
- 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
15th, 16th terms
- 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 (Fighting in Cao Bang).
From December 1979 - April 1980: Soldier reviewing culture at Military Region 1 Cultural School.
From May 1980 - August 1983: Student of Tank Technical Command Officer School.
From September 1983 - September 1984: Lieutenant, Platoon Leader, Company 3, Battalion 1037, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From October 1984 - April 1986: Party Committee member, Senior Lieutenant, Deputy Company Commander of Engineering, 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: Battalion Party Committee Member, Captain, Deputy Battalion Commander - Chief of Staff, Battalion 1037, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From September 1990 - September 1993: Major, Academy Member of the Army Academy.
From October 1993 - March 1994: Major, Armored Assistant, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From April 1994 - March 1996: Major, Operations Assistant, Staff Department, Division 312, 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 Regiment Party Committee, Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Regiment Commander - Chief of Staff, Regiment 209, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From October 1998 - June 1999: Lieutenant Colonel, Academy of General Studies at the Academy of Logistics.
From July 1999 - November 1999: Member of the Regiment Party Committee, Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Regiment Commander - Chief of Staff, Regiment 209, Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From December 1999 - July 2001: Deputy Secretary of the Regiment Party Committee, 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 Colonel, Command and Staff Academy of the Joint Forces at the Army Academy.
From 8. 2002 - 5. 2003: Senior Colonel, Deputy Chief of Staff of Division 312, Army Corps 1.
From June 2003 - October 2003: Member of the Division Party Committee, Lieutenant 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: Party Committee member 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 (VPA).
From March 2014 - March 2016: Member of the Central Military Commission, Lieutenant General, Commander of Military Region 1; Student of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (February 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 Politburo of the XIII term, 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 Politburo of the XIII term, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Senior Lieutenant General, Minister of National Defense, Member of the National Election 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, Standing Committee of the Government Party Committee for the term 2020-2025.
From June 6, 2025: Member of the National Election Council.
January 22, 2026: At the 14th National Party Congress, comrade was elected as a member of the 14th Party Central Committee.
January 23, 2026: The 1st Conference of the 14th Party Central Committee elected the comrade as a member of the 14th Politburo.
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.
