SUMMARY OF BIOGRAPHY OF COMRADE BUI THANH SON - DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER FOR THE TERM 2021-2026

Full name: BUI THANH SON
Date of birth: October 16, 1962
Hometown: Tay Mo, Nam Tu Liem district, Hanoi
Permanent residence registration: A26-BT6, My Dinh 2 urban area, Nam Tu Liem district, Hanoi.
Current address: A26-BT6, My Dinh 2 urban area, Nam Tu Liem district, Hanoi.

Date of joining the Party: June 11, 1986 - Official date: June 11, 1987

Position in the Party:
Member of the 13th Party Central Committee;
Member of the Government Party Committee; Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ; Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Central Agencies Bloc

Position, title in agency, organization, work unit:
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Education level:

Expertise: Bachelor of Diplomacy.
Degree: Master of International Relations.
Political Theory: Advanced.
Foreign languages: English D, Japanese B.

Reward:
First Class Labor Medal (2021);
Second Class Labor Medal (2018, 2016);
Third Class Labor Medal (2011);
Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister (2018, 2016, 2014, 2011, 2009);
Isla Medal, Third Class, by the Government of Laos (2014).

Discipline: No

National Assembly Delegate: XV Term

SUMMARY OF WORK EXPERIENCE

02/1985 – 04/1987 :
Entered the Foreign Service (February 1985);
Enlisted: Regiment 256, Corps 29, Military Region I (February 1985 - April 1987);
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5/1987 – 8/1991:
Received into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (May 1987);
Assigned to the Academy of International Relations from September 1987 to August 1991 (including studying Japanese in Japan from September 1988 to December 1989).
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9/1991 – 6/1993:
Study Master of International Relations in the US.
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6/1993 – 3/1996:
Specialist, Head of Europe-America Research Department;
Chief of Office, Intern, Deputy Director of the Academy of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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3/1996 – 02/2000:
Deputy Head of Department, Deputy Director, Party Secretary of the Academy of International Relations;
Party Committee member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Party Committee member of the Central Foreign Affairs Party Committee.
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3/2000 – 7/2003:
Minister Counselor, Second Person, Embassy of Vietnam in Singapore.
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8/2003 – 8/2007:
Deputy Director of Foreign Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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8/2007 – 9/2008:
Director of Foreign Policy Department, Party Committee member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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9/2008 – 11/2009:
Assistant Minister and Director of the Department of Foreign Policy;
Member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (from May 2009: ceased to be Director of the Foreign Policy Department).
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11/2009 – 01/2016:
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Member of the Party Committee of the Ministry, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (since July 2015);
Member of the Party Executive Committee of Central Agencies (since October 2015).
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01/2016 – 04/2021:
Member of the 12th Party Central Committee;
Member of the 14th National Assembly (Dak Nong) since July 2016;
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (Permanent Deputy Minister since July 2016);
Member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee since July 2016);
Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the 2015-2020 term, on August 11, 2020 was re-elected as Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the 2020-2025 term;
Member of the Party Executive Committee of the Central Agencies Bloc for the 2015-2020 term.
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From April 2021 to present:
Member of the 13th Party Central Committee;
Member of the 15th National Assembly (Vinh Phuc) from June 2021;
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of the Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Central Agencies .
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