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Backgrounder: Vietnam's State President Tran Dai Quang

Xinhua, July 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

Tran Dai Quang was re-elected State President of Vietnam on Monday at the ongoing first session of Vietnam's 14th National Assembly in capital Hanoi.

Quang was born on Oct.12, 1956 in northern Vietnam's Ninh Binh province. Quang holds a doctorate degree and has been conferred the title of professor.

Quang was a member of the 10th (2006) and 11th CPVCC and now is a member of the 12th CPVCC. He was a member of the 11th CPVCC Politburo and currently is a member of the 12th CPVCC Politburo (since 2011). Quang is deputy to the 13th NA (since 2011).

Quang studied at Vietnam's People Police Academy and school of culture and foreign languages under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) from July 1972 to October 1975.

From October 1975 to September 1982, Quang served as an officer at MoHA's Political Protection Department One and MoHA's Political Protection Department Two.

He assumed vice head of professional office, under the MoHA's Political Protection Department Two, from September 1982 to June 1987. At the same time from 1981 to 1986, Quang was enrolled at Vietnam's People's Security Academy.

From June 1987 to June 1990, Quang acted as head of advisory office and head of professional office, under the MoHA's Political Protection Department Two. During the period from October 1989 to April 1991, Quang learned high-level political theory in Nguyen Ai Quoc High-ranking Party Institute.

Quang worked as deputy secretary of the security staff provision party committee and deputy head of the security staff provision in the Ministry of Public Security (MPS)'s General Security Department from June 1990 to September 1996.

He studied at Hanoi Law University from 1991 to 1994. He pursued his doctorate degree at Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics from 1994 to 1997.

Quang became a member of Standing Party Committee of MPS's General Security Department from September 1996 to October 2000.

Quang worked as deputy secretary of the MPS's General Security Department Party Committee and deputy head of the MPS's General Security Department from October 2000 to April 2006.

He became a standing member of the Central Police Party Committee and Deputy Minister of the MPS during April 2006-January 2011 period. Quang was conferred the title of Professor in 2009.

In 2006 and 2011, Quang was elected as a member of the 10th and 11th CPVCC. In 2011, he was elected as a member of the 11th CPVCC Politburo as well as deputy to the 13th NA. From August 2011, Quang served as Minister of the MPS and secretary of the Central Police Party Committee.

In January 2016, Quang was elected as member of the 12th CPVCC and member of the 12th CPVCC Politburo.

On April 2, 2016, Quang was elected Vietnamese State President.

On Monday, Quang was re-elected Vietnamese State President. Endit