Permanent Member of the Secretariat
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The Permanent Member[lower-alpha 1] of the Secretariat,[lower-alpha 2] officially the Permanent Member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee's Secretariat (Vietnamese: Thường trực Ban Bí thư Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam), is a senior position within the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Permanent Member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat | |
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Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam | |
Style | Comrade |
Type | Permanent secretary |
Member of | Central Committee, Political Bureau and the Secretariat |
Reports to | Central Committee |
Seat | Headquarters of the Party Central Committee 1 Hùng Vương Street, Ba Đình district, Hà Nội |
Appointer | Political Bureau |
Term length | Five years, renewable |
Constituting instrument | Charter of the Communist Party of Vietnam |
Inaugural holder | Nguyễn Duy Trinh |
Formation | 47 years and 167 days |
Unofficial names | Standing Member Executive Secretary |
Website | Homepage |
The Permanent Member is appointed by the Politburo, and is responsible for the management of directives and day-to-day work of the Secretariat. A member of both the Politburo and the Secretariat, the officeholder is often considered the fifth most powerful figure in Vietnam's political system — immediately behind the General Secretary of the Central Committee, the President, the Prime Minister and the Chair of the National Assembly.[5]
The current officeholder is Lương Cường, who was appointed by a decision of the 13th Politburo on 16 May 2024 to replace Trương Thị Mai, who stepped down due to violations of party rules.[6]