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Meet Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the President of Vietnam who was pressured to resign

Although the Vietnamese presidency plays a largely ceremonial role. Because the position with real political power is the secretary of the Communist Party. which is now owned by Nguyen Phu Trong, who is in office for a third term. And important decisions rested with 18 members of the party’s Politburo, but he was number two. in Vietnam’s main power structure consisting of the Secretary of the Communist Party, President, Prime Minister and Speaker of the House of Assembly That would have enough weight to allow him to step up to the post of party secretary if Nguyen Phu Trong stepped down. But this resignation is the end of his political scene altogether.

Following his resignation during a special meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam to consider his resignation and retirement. Because in addition to the presidency, Nguyen Xuan Phuc also resigned as a Politburo board member. Executive Committee of the Central Commission and chairman of the National Defense and Security Council of Vietnam.

Nguyen Xuan Phuc was born on July 20, 1954 in Quang Nam province. North Vietnam His family worked with the Vietnamese Liberation Front until his mother and sister were killed by the US army and the South Vietnamese government. He graduated in Economics from Hanoi National University of Economics and majored in management. National Institute of Public Administration Before joining the Communist Party in 1983, he progressed until he was appointed to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam in 2006. He served as a minister in the Government House of Vietnam. deputy prime minister and Prime Minister of Vietnam in 2016