Biography of State President To Lam

The 15th National Assembly (NA) elected To Lam, Politburo member, Minister of Public Security and deputy to the 15th NA, as President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on May 22.

The following is the biography of To Lam:

- Full name: To Lam

- Date of birth: July 10, 1957

- Ethnicity: Kinh

- Native place: Nghia Tru commune, Van Giang district, Hung Yen province

- Date of Party admission: August 22, 1981

- Date of official admission to the Party: August 22, 1982

- Profession, expertise: Law, Security

- Academic title, degree: Professor, Doctor in Laws

- Political theory: High-level

- Foreign language: English C

- Member of the Party Central Committee in the 11th, 12th and 13th tenures

- Member of the Party Central Committee's Politburo in the 12th and 13th tenures

- Deputy to the National Assembly in the 14th and 15th tenures.

- Commendation: Three first-class Military Exploit Orders; Third-class Military Exploit Order; two First-class Feat of Arms Orders; Second- and Third-class Feat of Arms Orders; First-, Second- and Third-class Soldier of Glory Orders; Medal "For the Cause of Homeland Security"; six Orders of the Lao State; Cambodia’s Royal Order of Sahametrei; First-class Order of June 6 of Cuba; and Russia’s Order of Friendship.

SUMMARY OF CAREER

- 1974 – 1979: Student at the People’s Security University (now the People’s Security Academy).

- 1979 – 1988: Working at the Ministry of Home Affairs (now the Ministry of Public Security).

- 1988 – 1990: Deputy head of a division at the General Department of Security; the Ministry of Home Affairs (now the Ministry of Public Security).

- 1990 – 1993: Head of a division at the General Department of Security; the Ministry of Home Affairs (now the Ministry of Public Security).

- 1993 – 1997: Deputy director at the General Department of Security, the Ministry of Public Security.

- 1997 – 2006: Director at the General Department of Security, the Ministry of Public Security.

- June 2006 – December 2009: Deputy Director-General of the General Department of Security, the Ministry of Public Security; promoted to Major General in April 2007.

- From December 2009: Deputy Director-General in charge of the General Department of Security I, the Ministry of Public Security.

- February 2010 – July 2010: Secretary of the Party Committee, Director-General of the General Department of Security I, member of the Central Public Security Party Commission; promoted to Lieutenant General in July 2010.

- August 2010 – January 2011: Member of the Central Public Security Party Commission, Deputy Minister of Public Security.

- January 2011 – July 2011: Member of the 11th-tenure Party Central Committee, member of the Central Public Security Party Commission, Deputy Minister of Public Security.

- August 2011 – January 2016: Member of the 11th-tenure Party Central Committee, member of the Standing Board of the Central Public Security Party Commission, Deputy Minister of Public Security; promoted to Senior Lieutenant General in September 2014.

- January 2016 – March 2016: Member of the 12th-tenure Politburo, member of the Standing Board of the Central Public Security Party Commission, Deputy Minister of Public Security.

- April 2016 – now: Member of the 12th- and 13th-tenure Politburo, member of the National Defence and Security Council, member of the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the Government; Secretary of the Central Public Security Party Commission, Minister of Public Security; deputy to the National Assembly in the 14th and 15th tenures; deputy head of the Central Steering Committee for Corruption Prevention and Control (now the Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena); promoted to General in January 2019.

- On May 22, 2024: Elected as the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at the 7th sitting of the 15th National Assembly.