Ngô Xuân Lịch | |
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11th Minister of Defence | |
Assumed office 9 April 2016 |
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President | Trần Đại Quang |
Prime Minister | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc |
Preceded by | Phùng Quang Thanh |
Chief of the General Department of Politics | |
In office 01 March 2011 – 15 April 2016 |
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President |
Trương Tấn Sang Trần Đại Quang |
Preceded by | Lê Văn Dũng |
Succeeded by | Lương Cường |
Member of the Politburo | |
Assumed office 27 January 2016 |
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General Secretary | Nguyễn Phú Trọng |
Vice Chief of the General Department of Politics | |
In office 31 December 2007 – 01 March 2011 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Duy Tiên, Hà Nam Province, Hanoi |
April 20, 1954
Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam |
Alma mater | Military Academy of Vietnam |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Vietnam |
Service/branch | Vietnam People's Army |
Years of service | 1972-present |
Rank | General |
Battles/wars |
Vietnam War Cambodian–Vietnamese War |
Ngô Xuân Lịch (born 20 April 1954 in Hà Nam) is a Minister of National Defense of Vietnam and Chief of the General Department of Politics of Vietnam.
He was previously Vice Chief of the General Department of Politics (December 2007 – 2011), and a four-star General. He replaced Lê Văn Dũng as Director of the General Department of Politics in March 2011.
January, 1972 – July, 1973: soldier, deputy squad leader of the 14th Battalion, the 320th Division, the 308th Division;
August, 1973 – October, 1974: Squad leader of the 14th Battalion, the 55th Regiment; the 341th Division, the 4th Military Region;
November, 1974 – October, 1978: Lieutenant, Platoon, Deputy Political Commissar, Political Commissar, Party member of 12th Battalion’s Party Committee, 55th Regiment, the 341th Division, the 4th Military Region;
November, 1974 – October, 1978: Lieutenant, Platoon, Deputy Political Commissar, Political Commissar of the 14th Battalion, the 55th Regiment, the 341th Division; the 4th Military Region;
November, 1978 – March, 1981: Senior Lieutenant, the 341th Division, the 4th Military Region;
April, 1981 – August, 1982: Senior Lieutenant; a student of Quan Chinh School, the 4th Military Region; a student of the University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies;
September, 1982 – July, 1985: Senior Lieutenant, a student of the Academy of Politics and Military;
August, 1985 – July, 1987: Senior Lieutenant, Deputy Political Commissar, Deputy Regiment Commander, Secretary of the 667th Regiment’s Party Committee, the 667th Regiment, the 779th Regiment, the 346th Division; the 26th Corp, the 1st Military Region; member of the Cao Bang Provincial Military Party Committee;
August, 1987 – January, 1988: Major, Secretary of Regiment Party Committee, Deputy Head of the 462th Regiment on political affairs, the 392th Division, the 1st Military Region;
February, 1988 – August, 1994: Lieutenant colonel, Assistant of the Organization Department under the General Political Department, the Academy of National Defense;
September 1994 – October, 2000 Senior Lieutenant , Colonel, Deputy Manager, Manager on political affairs, then Deputy Director of the Organization Department under the General Political Department; graduated bachelor at the Academy of Politics and Military (1995-1996);
November 2000 – April 2003: Colonel, Director of the Politic Department;
May, 2003 – November, 2004: Colonel, member of Party Standing Committee, Political Chairman of the 3rd Military Region;
December, 2004 – March, 2006: Brigadier, Secretary of the Party Committee, Deputy Commander on Politics of the 3rd Military Region;