Supplementing the Standing Secretariat with key leaders of the Party and State

(Dan Tri) - The new regulations of the Politburo clearly state that the key leaders of the Party and State include 5 positions instead of 4 as before, namely: General Secretary, President, Prime Minister, Chairman of the National Assembly, and Standing member of the Secretariat.

Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu, on behalf of the Politburo, signed and issued Regulation 368 on the list of positions, title groups, and leadership positions of the political system.

This regulation replaces Conclusion 35 dated May 5, 2022 of the Politburo on the list of titles, leadership positions and equivalent positions of the political system from the central to grassroots levels.

According to the new regulations of the Politburo, the list of positions, title groups, and leadership positions of the political system includes 4 groups.

Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu (Photo: Pham Thang).

Group 1 includes key leadership positions and senior leaders of the Party, State and Vietnam Fatherland Front.

Group 2 is the leadership positions and titles under the management of the Politburo.

Group 3 is the leadership positions and titles under the management of the Secretariat.

Group 4 is the framework of titles and leadership positions under the management of Party committees, Party organizations, and agency and unit leaders.

The new regulation of the Politburo clearly states that key leaders of the Party and State include: General Secretary, President, Prime Minister, Chairman of the National Assembly and Standing member of the Secretariat. Thus, the new point of this regulation is to add the position of Standing member of the Secretariat.

Senior leaders of the Party, State, and Vietnam Fatherland Front include: Politburo member, Secretariat member, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Chairman of the Central Inspection Committee, Head of the Party Central Committee, Chief of the Party Central Office; Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court, and Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuracy.

Compared to the old regulations, this time the Politburo decided to add the positions of Chairman of the Central Inspection Committee, Head of the Central Party Committee, Chief of the Central Party Office; Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, under "Senior leaders of the Party, State, and Vietnam Fatherland Front".

Leadership positions and titles under the management of the Politburo are divided into two levels.

Level 1 includes:

- Official Party Central Committee member (Alternate Party Central Committee member currently holding a working position, has a determined rank and enjoys regimes and policies according to the current working position)

- Deputy Head of the Central Inspection Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Party Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Party Office (member of the Central Party Committee)

- Member of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly (Secretary General, Head of the Office of the National Assembly; Chairman of the Council of Nationalities, Chairmen of the Committees of the National Assembly), State Auditor General

- Ministers and Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Head of the Office of the President; Vice President - General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Vice President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front is the head of a central socio-political organization

- Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Editor-in-Chief of Communist Magazine

- Provincial and municipal Party Secretaries; Deputy Party Secretaries of 4 Party Committees directly under the Central Committee (Central Party agencies; Government; National Assembly; Fatherland Front, Central mass organizations)

- Deputy Secretary of Hanoi Party Committee, Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee (member of the Party Central Committee); Chairman of People's Council, Chairman of People's Committee of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City

Compared to Conclusion 35 of the Politburo, many positions have been moved up to level 1 such as Minister and Head of ministerial-level agencies, Head of the Office of the President or Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee (member of the Party Central Committee); Chairman of the People's Council, Chairman of the People's Committee of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City...

Level 2 includes:

- Deputy Head of the Central Inspection Commission (not a member of the Party Central Committee).

- President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, President of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, General Director of Vietnam News Agency, General Director of the Voice of Vietnam, General Director of Vietnam Television

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/thoi-su/bo-sung-thuong-truc-ban-bi-thu-la-lanh-dao-chu-chot-cua-dang-nha-nuoc-20250918194636609.htm