Trần Đức Lương

Trần Đức Lương
6th President of Vietnam
In office 24 September 1997 – 27 June 2006
Prime Minister	Phan Văn Khải
Vice President	Nguyễn Thị Bình Trương Mỹ Hoa
General Secretary	Lê Khả Phiêu Nông Đức Mạnh
Preceded by	Lê Đức Anh
Succeeded by	Nguyễn Minh Triết
Chairman of the Council for National Defense and Security
In office 24 September 1997 – 27 June 2006
Deputy	Phan Văn Khải
Preceded by	Lê Đức Anh
Succeeded by	Nguyễn Minh Triết
Deputy Prime Minister
In office February 1987 – 29 September 1997
Prime Minister	Phạm Văn Đồng Phạm Hùng Đỗ Mười Võ Văn Kiệt Phan Văn Khải
Personal details
Born	May 5, 1937 Quảng Ngãi Province, French Indochina (now Vietnam)
Nationality	Vietnamese
Political party	Communist Party of Vietnam
Spouse(s)	Nguyễn Thị Vinh
Children	Trần Tuấn Anh
Alma mater	Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Academy of Politics

Trần Đức Lương (born May 5, 1937) was president of Vietnam from 1997 to 2006.^[1]

Lương was born in Quảng Ngãi Province, and moved to Hanoi after leaving school in 1955. He studied geology at Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, and was employed as a cartographer. He joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1959, and became a functionary of the party in the 1970s. In 1987, he became deputy prime minister. Member of the Politburo since June 1996, he was elected president on September 24, 1997, and re-elected in 2002. On June 24, 2006, Lương announced his resignation (along with Prime Minister Phan Văn Khải). Nguyễn Minh Triết was named to succeed Lương as president.

References

1. Bruce M. Lockhart, William J. Duiker Historical Dictionary of Vietnam, 2006, p. 371. entry Trần Đức Lương

External links

• President rejects appeal of Nam Cam