Vietnam’s National Assembly confirmed Pham Minh Chinh, a career security official, as the country’s next prime minister at an official ceremony on Monday 05 April 2021.
He will replace former Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Chinh, 62, was the sole nominee put forward by the ruling Communist Party for the post at a congress earlier this year. He won 96.25% of the vote at National Assembly vote.
He was formerly head of the communist party’s Central Organisation Commission, which has a long reach across party ranks, as well as deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security.
From 2011-2015, Chinh was the communist party chief in Quang Ninh, which borders China,
Chinh will be the first Vietnamese prime minister not to have previously served as a deputy prime minister since the launch of the country’s progressive “Doi Moi” reforms.
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