Deputies cast votes to elect members of the Hanoi Party Standing Committee this morning. Photo: Pham Hai

Announcing election results at the 17th Hanoi Party Congress, Chu Ngoc Anh, Vice Secretary of the 16th municipal Party Committee and Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, said the event elected 71 people to the 17th-tenure municipal Party Committee for 2020-2025.

In its first meeting, the 17th-tenure Party Committee of Hanoi elected 16 to its Standing Board and Vuong Dinh Hue as its Secretary for the 17th tenure with all the Party Committee’s 71 members voting for him. It also elected four vice secretaries, including Anh, for the new tenure.

Hue, born in 1957, was appointed Secretary of the municipal Party Committee in the 2015-2020 tenure by the Political Bureau on February 7. Before that, he had served as Deputy Prime Minister from April 2016 to February 2020. 

Biography of Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue - Date of birth: March 15, 1957 - Native place: Nghi Xuan commune, Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province - Date of Party admission: March 9, 1984; date of official membership: September 9, 1985   - Education: Professor, Doctor of Economics - Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (10th, 11th, 12th tenures); - Member of the Politburo of the 12th CPV Central Committee - Deputy to the 13th and 14th National Assembly   Professional career September, 1979 – 1985: lecturer of the University of Finance and Accountancy; 1985 – 1986: trainee of the European Faculty at the Ha Noi Foreign Language University; 1986 – 1990: trainee of the Bratislava Economic University, the Slovak Republic; 1991 – 1992: lecturer of the Accounting Faculty; the University of Finance and Accountancy; October, 1992 – April, 1994: Deputy Dean of the Accounting Faculty, Acting Dean of the Accounting Faculty of the University of Finance and Accountancy;   May, 1994 – February, 1999: Dean of the Accounting Faculty of the University of Finance and Accountancy; March, 1999 – June, 2001: Assistant Principal on training of the University of Finance and Accountancy; July, 2001 – June, 2006: Vice Chief State Auditor; July, 2006 – August, 2011: Chief State Auditor; August, 2011 – December, 2012: Minister of Finance; December, 2012 – January, 2016: Head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission;   January, 2016 – April, 2016: Member of the Politburo, Head of the Member of the Politburo, Head of the the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission;   April, 2016 – present: Member of the Politburo, Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the Steering Committee for the Southwest Region. Politburo issued Decision No. 1818-QDNS/TW dated February 7, 2020 assigning Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue to hold the position of Secretary of the Ha Noi Municipal Party Committee for the 2015-2020 tenure./.

The Hanoi Party Committee's Standing Committee has 16 members.

As many as 71 candidates have been elected for the Executive Committee of the Hanoi Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term. They are responsible for the most important decisions made until the next city Party Congress.

Among the selected candidates, 16 people have been chosen for the Standing Committee, which oversees and decides on the most important daily issues in Hanoi.

They include: 

1. Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue, 63, head of the Hanoi Party Committee.
2. Mr. Chu Ngoc Anh, 55, chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee.
3. Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyen, 49, head of the Hanoi Party Committee’s Mass Mobilization Commission.
4. Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, 54, deputy standing head of the Hanoi People’s Council.
5. Mr. Nguyen Van Phong, 52, head of the Communications and Education Commission under the Hanoi Party Committee.
6. Mr. Vu Duc Bao, 55, head of the municipal Party Committee’s Organization Commission.
7. Mr. Nguyen Trong Dong, 51, head of the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
8. Mr. Nguyen Quang Duc, 49, head of the municipal Party Committee’s Internal Affairs.
9. Mr. Nguyen Quoc Duyet, 52, Commander of the Capital City Military Command.
10. Ms. Phung Thi Hong Ha, 49, deputy head of the municipal People’s Council.
11. Ms. Nguyen Lan Huong, 52, head of the Vietnam Fatherland Front – Hanoi.
12. Ms. Bui Huyen Mai, 45, head of the Hanoi Labor Union.
13. Mr. Hoang Trong Quyet, 56, head of the Hanoi Party Committee’s Inspection Commission.
14. Le Hong Son, 56, deputy head of the Hanoi People’s Committee.
15. Nguyen Doan Toan, 49, deputy head of the Hanoi People’s Committee.
16. Nguyen Hai Trung, 52, head of the municipal Department of Public Security.

Also 12 people have been elected to seat on the municipal Party Committee’s Disciplinary Control Commission.

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