Chief of the General Staff (Vietnam)
Chief of the General Staff | |
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Tổng tham mưu trưởng | |
since 9 April 2021 | |
Ministry of Defence | |
Member of | General Staff |
Reports to | The President The Minister of Defence |
Appointer | The President |
Term length | No fixed term |
Formation | 7 September 1945 |
First holder | Hoàng Văn Thái |
The Chief of the General Staff (Vietnamese: Tổng tham mưu trưởng) is the chief of staff of the General Staff of the People's Army of Vietnam. The Chief of the General Staff performs the task of advising the Minister of Defense in terms of state management and military command. The Chief of the General Staff also serves ex officio as Standing Deputy Minister of Defense. He is appointed by the President of Vietnam, who is the Commander-in-Chief. The current Chief of the General Staff is Colonel General Nguyễn Tân Cương
List of Chiefs of General Staff
[edit]Gallery
[edit]Chairmen of Chief of Staff by branches of service
[edit]- Air Force – 1
- Ground Force – 13
- Navy Force – 0
Notes
[edit]- ^ Deputy Minister of Defence, Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Leader of Vietcong from 1967 - 1973, Deputy Chief of Staff from 1974 to 1986.
- ^ Later elected to Minister of Defence, Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam.[1]
- ^ Deputy Minister of Defence, Member of Central Committee, died in 1986.[2]
- ^ Later elected to President of Vietnam, Member of the Politburo.[3]
- ^ Later elected to Minister of Defence, Member of the Politburo.[4]
- ^ Held at the same time the position of Deputy Minister of Defence, Member of the Central Committee.
- ^ Later elected to Minister of Defence, Member of the Politburo.
- ^ Deputy Minister of Defence, member of Central Committee, died in an aircraft crash in 1998.[5]
- ^ Later elected to Director of the General Department of Politics, Secretary of the Central Committee.
- ^ Later elected to Minister of Defence, Member of the Politburo.
- ^ Deputy Minister of Defence, Member of the Central Committee, died in 2010 of cancer.[6]
- ^ Deputy Minister of Defence, Member of the Central Committee. Later elected to Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam
- ^ Deputy Minister of Defence, Member of the Central Committee.[7] m
References
[edit]- ^ "Văn Tiến Dũng" (in Vietnamese). Từ điển Bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010.
- ^ "Lê Trọng Tấn" (in Vietnamese). Từ điển Bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010.
- ^ "Lê Đức Anh" (in Vietnamese). Từ điển Bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010.
- ^ "Đoàn Khuê" (in Vietnamese). Từ điển Bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010.
- ^ "Bay qua đỉnh Phy Phả Xây" (in Vietnamese). Tuoitre.com.vn. 6 June 2005. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Nguyễn Khắc Nghiên" (in Vietnamese). National Assembly of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010.
- ^ "Vietnam's new chief of general staff appointed". e.vnexpress.net/. 22 May 2016.