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Trần Đức Lương

Vietnamese politician

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Trần, but is often simplified to Tran in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Lương.

Trần Đức Lương (Vietnamese pronunciation:[t͡ɕən˨˩ʔɗɨk̚˧˦lɨəŋ˧˧]; born 5 May 1937) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the sixth President of Vietnam from 1997 to 2006.^[1]

Early life

Trần Đức Lương was born in Đức Phổ District in Quảng Ngãi Province, and relocated to Hanoi after graduating from high school in 1954. He studied geology at Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, and was employed as a cartographer.

Career

He joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1959, and became a functionary of the party in the 1970s. In 1987, he became Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam. Member of the Politburo since June 1996, Trần Đức Lương was elected state president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on September 24, 1997, and re-elected in 2002. On June 24, 2006, Lương announced his resignation (along with Prime Minister Phan Văn Khải). Nguyễn Minh Triết was named to succeed Lương as president.

His retirement was quiet and he only joined the government national programs or state funerals of other senior members of the Communist Party.^{[citation needed]}

Family

His son, Trần Tuấn Anh was the head of the CPV's Central Economic Committee until the resignation in 2024.^[2]

It's been stated that his family members will not become involved in politics.^{[citation needed]}

Other family members of Trần Đức Lương work in commerce, trading field.^{[citation needed]}

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