Mr. Nguyen Phu Cuong ceased to be a member of the 13th Central Committee.

The 13th mid-term Party Central Committee Conference opened on the morning of May 15, discussing many important issues, including personnel work.

Specifically, the Party Central Committee voted and agreed to let Mr. Nguyen Phu Cuong, member of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee, cease to hold the position of member of the 13th Party Central Committee.

The Central Committee gave opinions on personnel of a number of Central agencies so that the Politburo could decide to introduce them to the 15th National Assembly for election and approval according to regulations at the 5th Session.

With Mr. Nguyen Phu Cuong's resignation from the Central Committee, the Central Executive Committee now has 169 official members.

Previously, on March 30, the Politburo decided to issue a disciplinary warning to the Standing Committee of Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee for the terms 2010 - 2015, 2015 - 2020.

The reason is that the Standing Committee of Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee for the 2010-2015 and 2015-2020 terms violated the principle of democratic centralism and working regulations; lacked responsibility, slackened leadership and direction; lacked inspection and supervision, allowing the Party Executive Committee, the Provincial People's Committee and a number of organizations and individuals to violate Party regulations and State laws in financial management, investment, bidding, and land use in a number of projects.

The violations and shortcomings of the Provincial Party Standing Committee have caused serious and difficult-to-remedy consequences, causing great damage and risk of loss to the state budget, causing resentment in society, and reducing the prestige of local Party committees and authorities.

At the 23rd session (November 2022), the Central Inspection Committee concluded that the Party Committee of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee violated the principle of democratic centralism and working regulations; lacked responsibility, loosened leadership and direction, allowing the Provincial People's Committee and many organizations and individuals to violate regulations in implementing a number of projects and equitization work.

Some cadres and party members have degraded in political ideology, lifestyle ethics, violated regulations on what party members are not allowed to do and responsibilities to set an example, and have been criminally prosecuted.

Responsibility for the above violations and shortcomings belongs to the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the Party Committee of the Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee and many former leaders of the province, including Mr. Nguyen Phu Cuong (Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee, former Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee).

At the 27th session (March 21-22), the Central Inspection Commission disciplined the Party Committee of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee for the terms 2011-2016, 2016-2021 and many related individuals with a warning; at the same time, it proposed that the Politburo consider and discipline the Standing Committee of Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee for the terms 2010-2015, 2015-2020.

Mr. Nguyen Phu Cuong was born on June 19, 1967; hometown is Tan Phuoc Khanh ward, Tan Uyen town, Binh Duong; professional qualification: Master of Economic Management.

He is a member of the Party Central Committee of the 11th (alternate), 12th, and 13th terms; a member of the National Assembly Party Delegation, a member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, and Chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee of the 15th National Assembly.
He grew up as a budget officer, Dong Nai Province Department of Finance from 1989-1995. He then became deputy head of department, deputy director and then director of Dong Nai Province Department of Finance.

In 2005, he became Deputy Secretary and Chairman of Bien Hoa City People's Committee, then Secretary of Bien Hoa City Party Committee until 2014.

After that, he became Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and held the position of Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee from October 2015, and Chairman of the Dong Nai Provincial People's Council from June 2016 until he returned to the National Assembly to serve as Chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee from July 2021 to present.

The 13th Central Executive Committee has 169 members left.

In addition to Mr. Nguyen Phu Cuong, since the beginning of the term, there have been 6 Central Committee members who have stopped participating or holding the position of Central Committee member of the 13th term, including Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Pham Binh Minh, Vu Duc Dam, Nguyen Thanh Phong, Huynh Tan Viet, and Bui Nhat Quang.

In addition, three Central Committee members were expelled from the Party, including Nguyen Thanh Long, Chu Ngoc Anh, Pham Xuan Thang, and one Central Committee member was removed from all positions in the Party, Mr. Tran Van Nam, former Secretary of the Binh Duong Provincial Party Committee.

Thus, up to now, the Central Executive Committee is short of 11 members compared to the number of 180 elected at the 13th National Party Congress and currently has 169 official members.

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