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Nguyen Thanh Phong re-elected as Chairman of HCM City People's Committee

Nguyen Thanh Phong was re-elected as Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee for the 2016-2021 tenure, winning 100% of the vote at the first session of the 9th municipal People’s Council on June 28, cited NDO.

Born in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre in 1962, Phong has a master’s degree in economics. He is a Party Central Committee member and was the Chairman of the committee in the last tenure.

In his action plan delivered after the re-election, Phong pledged he will join the local political system to successfully implement the resolutions of the 13th National Party Congress and the 11th local Party Congress, based on the spirit of solidarity, responsibility, and creativity.

At the first meeting of the People’s Council in its ninth tenure, he was re-elected as chairman of the People’s Committee for the 2016-21 term, according to TuoiTre.

At the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and people’s councils at all levels for the 2021-26 term, Phong was elected as deputy of the 10th municipal People’s Council.

Nguyen Thanh Phong's Biography

HCM City People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong. Photo: hcmd

Nguyen Thanh Phong was born on July 18, 1962 as a native citizen of Chau Thanh district, Ben Tre province.

He completed the PhD in Economics, Bachelor in Economics. Chairman of HCM City People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong joined the Communist Party of Vietnam on September 8, 1988.

Awards granted to Nguyen Thanh Phong

During his career, Nguyen Thanh Phong has received Third Class Labor Medal in 2014 and Order of Cultural Merit (Bogwan) from the President of the Republic of Korea, among others.

HCM City People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong. Photo: VNN

Positions & Working History

Nguyen Thanh Phong was a member of Party Central Committee: 17th, 12th, 13th tenures; National Assembly deputy: 10th, 11th tenures and Member of People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City: 2016-2021, 2021-2026 tenures, cited VNA.

1981 - June 1995: Student at University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City, Member of Executive Committee of the university's Youth Union; Lecturer, Secretary of the university's Youth Union, Vice Chairman of Vietnam Youth Federation, Ho Chi Minh City chapter, Member of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee.

June 1995 - February 2003: Member of Standing Board of HCMC's Youth Union, Chairman of the Vietnam Student Association, HCM City chapter; Standing Vice Secretary of HCMC's Youth Union, Member of Executive Board of HCMC's Party Organisation, Secretary of HCMC's Youth Union, Chairman of Vietnam Youth Federation, HCM City chapter; Secretary of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee (since Feb. 2002); Deputy to 10th and 11th National Assembly.

February 2003 - April 2004: Studying foreign language in Singapore and Australia.

April 2004 - October 2006: Secretary of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee in charge of the South; Permanent Secretary of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee (since July 2005).

November 2006 - January 2009: Member of HCMC's Party Committee, Secretary of District 2's Party Committee, Ho Chi Minh City.

January 2009 - October 2010: Vice Secretary of Ben Tre provincial Party Committee.

October 2010 - January 2011: Secretary of Ben Tre provincial Party Committee.

January 2011 - July 2013: Member of 11th Party Central Committee, Secretary of Ben Tre provincial Party Committee.

July 2013 - January 2015: Member of 11th Party Central Committee, Secretary of Ben Tre provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Ben Tre provincial People’s Council.

January 2015 - December 2015: Member of 11th Party Central Committee, Vice Secretary of HCMC's Party Committee, 9th and 10th tenures.

December 2015 - June 2021: Member of Party Central Committee for 11th, 12th and 13th tenures; Vice Secretary of HCMC's Party Committee for 10th and 11th tenures Secretary of Party Delegation to HCMC's Party Committee, Chairman of People’s Committee of HCMC for 8th (2011-2016) and 9th tenures (2016-2021).

Photo: VNA

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