Đinh Thế Huynh

His Excellency^[1]
Đinh Thế Huynh
His Excellency Đinh Thế Huynh
	Huynh at the U.S. Department of State in 2016
Permanent Member of the Secretariat
	In office; 4 February 2016 – 2 March 2018
General Secretary	Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Preceded by	Lê Hồng Anh
Succeeded by	Trần Quốc Vượng
Head of the Party's Central Propaganda Commission
	In office; 8 February 2011 – 4 February 2016
General Secretary	Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Preceded by	Tô Huy Rứa
Succeeded by	Võ Văn Thưởng
Chairman of the Party's Central Theoretical Council
	In office; 28 March 2011 – 2 March 2018
General Secretary	Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Preceded by	Tô Huy Rứa
Succeeded by	Nguyễn Xuân Thắng
Personal details
Born	15 May 1953 (age 71); Nam Định Province, French Indochina
Political party	Communist Party of Vietnam (1974–2021)
Alma mater	Moscow State University

Đinh Thế Huynh (born 15 May 1953 in Nam Định Province) is a Vietnamese politician and journalist who served as the Permanent Member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam, one of the country's five key leaders along with the General Secretary, President, Prime Minister, and the Chairman of the National Assembly.^[2] Once rumored to become the next Party's General Secretary, he stepped down in 2018 due to illness.^[3]^[4]

Đinh Thế Huynh is a member of the 11th and 12th Politburo and the former chairman of the Party's Central Theoretical Council. He also served as Head of the Party's Propaganda Department between 2011 and 2016. A former editor-in-chief of state newspaper Nhân Dân, Đinh Thế Huynh became a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam on 8 August 1974. He represented the city of Da Nang in Vietnam's 14th National Assembly.

Early life

Đinh Thế Huynh was born on 15 May 1953 in Xuân Trường District in Nam Định Province. He joined the Vietnam People's Army in 1971 and participated in the 1972 battle of Quảng Trị. He joined the Communist Party in 1974. After the war, he was sent by the new communist government to study at Lomonosov Moscow State University and graduated with a degree in journalism.

In 1988, Đinh Thế Huynh assumed the position of Vice editor of Nhân Dân, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Vietnam. In 2001, he was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the paper and became a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. In 2011, he became member of the Politburo and Head of the Propaganda Department.

References

^ "Remarks With Executive Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam His Excellency Dinh The Huynh". U.S. Department of State. 2016-10-25. Archived from the original on 2017-01-21. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
^ "New Politburo members announced". Vietnam Government Portal. 28 January 2016.
^ "越共中央政治局安排陈国旺同志担任中央书记处常务书记" (in Chinese). 越通社. 2017-08-02. Archived from the original on 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
^ Abuza, Zachary (2016-12-23). "The Fault Lines in Vietnam's Next Political Struggle". thediplomat.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2021-12-17.

[1] "Remarks With Executive Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam His Excellency Dinh The Huynh". U.S. Department of State. 2016-10-25. Archived from the original on 2017-01-21. Retrieved 2021-12-17.

[2] "New Politburo members announced". Vietnam Government Portal. 28 January 2016.

[3] "越共中央政治局安排陈国旺同志担任中央书记处常务书记" (in Chinese). 越通社. 2017-08-02. Archived from the original on 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2018-03-07.

[4] Abuza, Zachary (2016-12-23). "The Fault Lines in Vietnam's Next Political Struggle". thediplomat.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2021-12-17.

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