Portrait of President To Lam

PRESIDENT OF THE STATE

TO LAM

Year of birth: 10/07/1957

Hometown: Nghia Tru Commune, Van Giang District, Hung Yen

Professional qualifications: Professor, Doctor of Law

WORK HISTORY

• 1974 - 1979
  Students of People's Security University (People's Security Academy)
• 1979 - 1988
  Officer of Political Protection Department I, Ministry of Public Security
• 1988 - 1993
  Deputy Head of Department then Head of Department of Political Protection I, Ministry of Public Security
• 1993-1997
  Deputy Director of Political Protection Department I - General Department of Security, Ministry of Public Security
• 1997-2006
  Director of Political Protection Department III - General Department of Security, Ministry of Public Security
• 6/2006 - 11/2009
  Deputy Director General of General Department of Security, Ministry of Public Security; Major General (April 2007)
• 12/2009
  Deputy Director General in charge of General Department of Security I, Ministry of Public Security
• 2/2010 - 7/2010
  Director General of General Department of Security I, Ministry of Public Security; Lieutenant General (July 2010)
• 8/2010 - 4/2016
  Member of the 11th Party Central Committee (from January 2011); Member of the 12th Politburo (from January 2016); Deputy Minister of Public Security (August 2010 - April 2016); Senior Lieutenant General (September 2014)
• 4/2016
  Member of the 12th Politburo (January 2016 - January 2021), 13th Politburo (from January 2021); Minister of Public Security (from April 2016); Head of the Central Highlands Steering Committee (July 2016 - November 2017); General (January 2019); National Assembly Delegate of the 14th and 15th terms
• 5/22/2024
  At the 7th session of the 15th National Assembly, he was elected to hold the position of President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for the 2021-2026 term.
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