Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia was promoted to the rank of General and held the position of Director of the General Political Department.

Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia was appointed to the position of Director of the General Political Department of the Vietnam People's Army, and was promoted from Senior Lieutenant General to General.

On the morning of November 4, at the Presidential Palace, President Luong Cuong, Politburo member, Commander-in-Chief of the People's Armed Forces, Chairman of the National Defense and Security Council, chaired the ceremony to announce and present the Decision on appointing the position of Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) and to present the Decision on promoting the ranks of General and Senior Lieutenant General to VPA officers.

President Luong Cuong, Politburo member, Commander-in-Chief of the People's Armed Forces, Chairman of the National Defense and Security Council, presented the Decision to appoint the position of Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army and the Decision to promote the rank of General to Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia. Photo: QĐND Newspaper

At the ceremony, authorized by the President, Mr. Nguyen Hoang Anh, Deputy Head of the Office of the President , announced the President's Decision to appoint Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission, to hold the position of Director of the General Political Department of the Vietnam People's Army, and at the same time promote the rank from Senior Lieutenant General to General; promote the rank from Lieutenant General to Senior Lieutenant General for Mr. Nguyen Van Gau, Party Central Committee member, Deputy Minister of National Defense and Mr. Le Duc Thai, Party Central Committee member, Deputy Minister of National Defense.

Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia was born on March 6, 1962. Hometown: Tien Giang province (now Dong Thap province). Political theory level: Advanced. Professional level: Bachelor of Social Sciences and Humanities; Philosophy; International Studies.

Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia holds the positions of: Member of the Party Central Committee, 12th and 13th terms; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, 13th term; Member of the Politburo, 13th term; Delegate of the National Assembly, 14th and 15th terms; Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission.

From April 1979 to June 1979: Soldier of Company 2, Ap Bac Battalion, Tien Giang Provincial Military Command, Military Region 9.

From July 1979 to October 1979: Soldier of Battalion 4, Division 441, Military Region 4.

From November 1979 to March 1980: Soldier of Battalion 5, Regiment 5, Division 320, Corps 3.

From April 1980 to July 1982: Student of the 3rd Corps Cultural School.

From August 1982 to June 1985: Student at the Command Officer - Information Technology School.

From July 1985 to February 1986: Lieutenant, Political Assistant of the Training Battalion, Brigade 596, Signal Corps.

From March 1986 to November 1986: Lieutenant, Student of the Party School of the Information Corps.

From December 1986 to September 1987: Lieutenant, Senior Lieutenant, Teacher at the Command Officer - Information Technology School.

From October 1987 to September 1988: Lieutenant, Training Assistant; Deputy Battalion Commander for Politics, Battalion 40, Information Regiment 23, Military Region 7.

From October 1988 to August 1995: First Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Political Commissar, Information Regiment 23, Military Region 7; part-time study in Philosophy at the Central University of Propaganda (March 1989 to January 1993).

From September 1995 to August 2000: Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Regiment Commander for Politics, Information Regiment 23, Military Region 7; Party Secretary of Regiment 23; part-time student majoring in International Studies at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (July 1996 to January 1999); student at the Academy of Politics, majoring in Party Building and State Administration (November 1999 to October 2000).

From September 2000 to October 2007: Lieutenant Colonel, Senior Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel; Deputy Head of Department, Head of Propaganda Department of Political Department, Military Region 7; Student of Political Academy (October 2003 to October 2004).

From November 2007 to September 2009: Colonel, Deputy Political Commissar; Political Commissar of Division 5, Military Region 7.

From October 2009 to July 2010: Colonel, Deputy Chief of Politics, Military Region 7; Standing Member of the Party Committee of the Political Department.

From August 2010 to August 2012: Major General, Political Commissar of Army Corps 4; Secretary of Party Committee of Army Corps 4.

From September 2012 to August 2017: Lieutenant General, Deputy Head of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; Member of the 12th Party Central Committee (2016); Delegate of the 14th National Assembly; Member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Member of the Central Military Commission; Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the General Department of Politics.

From September 2017 to January 2021: Senior Lieutenant General, Deputy Chief of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army.

From February 2021: Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee; Head of the Central Propaganda Department. June 2021: Delegate of the 15th National Assembly.

From May 2024: At the 9th Central Conference of the 13th Party Congress, elected to the Politburo.

February 3, 2025: Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission.

On the morning of November 4, in Hanoi, the Party Central Committee Office held a ceremony to announce the Politburo's Decision on personnel work. Accordingly, General Trinh Van Quyet, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, ceased to participate in the Central Military Commission, the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission for the 2025-2030 term; transferred, assigned, and appointed to the position of Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission.

According to Van Duan (NLDO)

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