On April 7, continuing the First Session, the 16th National Assembly held a separate meeting on personnel work.
At the meeting, the President presented a list of nominations for the National Assembly to elect the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court (SPC).
Mr. Nguyen Van Quang - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court for the 2021-2026 term is nominated for the National Assembly to elect him to hold the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court for the 2026-2031 term. The National Assembly elects the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court by secret ballot.
With 496/496 National Assembly deputies (NA deputies) participating in the vote in favor (100%), the 16th National Assembly passed the Resolution to elect the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court for the term 2026-2031 with Mr. Nguyen Van Quang.
Chief Justice Nguyen Van Quang was born on August 23, 1969; native of Cat Hai Special Zone, Hai Phong City. Political theory level: Advanced. Professional qualifications: Doctor of Law; Master of Law; University majoring in Law; College of Procuracy.
Position:
- Secretary of the Party Central Committee: XIV term
- Member of the Party Central Committee: XIII, XIV terms
- Secretary of the Party Committee, Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court (from November 2025), Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court term 2026-2031
- National Assembly Deputy: XV, XVI terms
SUMMARY OF THE WORKING PROCESS
From September 1990 - August 1996: Official, Investigator of the Criminal Investigation Department, People's Procuracy (VKSND) of Hai Phong City.
From 9. 1996 - 8. 2000: Intermediate Prosecutor, Economic Case Investigation Department, Hai Phong City People's Procuracy.
From September 2000 - May 2005: Intermediate Prosecutor, Deputy Head of Economic Case Investigation and Security Case Investigation Department, Hai Phong City People's Procuracy.
From June 2005 - September 2006: Intermediate Prosecutor, Member of the Procuracy Committee, Party Committee Member, Chief of Office of Hai Phong City People's Procuracy.
From October 2006 - June 2007: Intermediate Prosecutor, Head of the People's Procuracy of Le Chan District, Hai Phong City.
From July 2007 - July 2012: Intermediate Prosecutor, Member of the Procuracy Committee, Party Committee Member, Deputy Head of Hai Phong City People's Procuracy.
From August 2012 - September 2014: Intermediate Prosecutor, Secretary of the Party Personnel Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee, Member of the Executive Committee of the Party Committee of the bloc of civil and chính đảng agencies, Head of the People's Procuracy of Hai Phong City.
From October 2014 - May 2015: Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuracy, Secretary of the Party cell, Director of the Department of Supervision of Civil Cases (Department 9), Supreme People's Procuracy.
From June 2015 - May 2017: Senior Prosecutor, Party Committee Member of the Party Committee of the Supreme People's Procuracy, Head of the High-Level People's Procuracy in Ho Chi Minh City.
From June 2017 - August 2018: Senior Prosecutor, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Supreme People's Procuracy, Secretary of the Party cell, Director of the Department of Exercising the Right to Prosecute and Supervising Economic Case Investigation (Department 3), Supreme People's Procuracy.
From September 2018 - December 2019: Member of the Party Personnel Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee, Deputy Director of the Supreme People's Procuracy.
From December 31, 2019 - October 2020: Standing Deputy Secretary of Da Nang City Party Committee.
From November 2020 - May 2021: Secretary of the Da Nang City Party Committee.
January 2021: At the 13th National Congress of the Party, elected as a member of the Party Central Committee.
From June 2021 - September 2025: Member of the 13th Party Central Committee, Secretary of the City Party Committee, Head of the Delegation of National Assembly Deputies of Da Nang City.
From September 2025 - November 2025: Member of the 13th Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Government Inspectorate Party Committee, Standing Deputy Inspector General of the Government Inspectorate.
November 2025: Member of the 13th Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee, Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court.
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, elected to the Secretariat of the 14th Party Central Committee.
March 2026: National Assembly Deputies of the 16th term.
April 7, 2026: At the First Session, the 16th National Assembly elected comrade to hold the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court for the term 2026-2031.
