Head of the Commission for Information and Education

The Head of the Commission for Information and Education of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam is responsible for leading the propaganda apparat of the Communist Party. Since 2007, every commission head has been a member of the Politburo.

Officeholders

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Central Cultural Committee (1949–1950)

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No.
[note 1]
Name
(birth–death)
Took office Left office National Congress
1 Trần Huy Liệu
(1901–1969)
1949 1950 1st National Congress
(1935–1951)

Central Propaganda Department (1950–1951)

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No.
[note 1]
Name
(birth–death)
Took office Left office National Congress
1 Tố Hữu
(1920–2002)
1950 1951 1st National Congress
(1935–1951)

Education Commission (1950–1951)

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No.
[note 1]
Name
(birth–death)
Took office Left office National Congress
1 Hà Huy Giáp
(1908–1995)
1950 1951 1st National Congress
(1935–1951)

Central Propaganda Commission (1951–1989)

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No.
[note 1]
Name
(birth–death)
Took office Left office Rank
[note 2]
National Congress
1 Trường Chinh
(1907–1988)
1951 1956 2 2nd National Congress
(1951–1960)
2 Tố Hữu
(1920–2002)
1956 1959
2nd National Congress
(1951–1960)
1 Trường Chinh
(1907–1988)
1959 1960 2 2nd National Congress
(1951–1960)
2 Tố Hữu
(1920–2002)
1960 1980
3rd National Congress
(1960–1976)
4th National Congress
(1976–1982)
3 Hoàng Tùng
(1920–2010)
1980 1982
4th National Congress
(1976–1982)
4 Đào Duy Tùng
(1924–1998)
1982 1987
5th National Congress
(1982–1986)
6th National Congress
(1986–1991)
5 Trần Trọng Tân
(1926–2014)
1987 1989
6th National Congress
(1986–1991)

Culture and Education Commission (1958–1959)

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No.
[note 1]
Name
(birth–death)
Took office Left office Rank
[note 2]
National Congress
1 Hà Huy Giáp
(1908–1995)
1958 1959 14 3rd National Congress
(1951–1960)

Central Commission for Science and Education (1968–2007)

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No.
[note 1]
Name
(birth–death)
Took office Left office Rank
[note 2]
National Congress
1 Tố Hữu
(1920–2002)
1960 1980 15 3rd National Congress
(1960–1976)
4th National Congress
(1976–1982)
2 Bùi Thanh Khiết
(1924–1984)
1980 7 January 1984
4th National Congress
(1976–1982)
5th National Congress
(1982–1986)
3 Lê Quang Đạo
(1921–1999)
1984 1987
5th National Congress
(1982–1986)
6th National Congress
(1986–1991)
4 Đặng Quốc Bảo
(born 1927)
1987 1991
6th National Congress
(1986–1991)
5 Nguyễn Đình Tứ
(1932–1996)
1991 28 June 1996
7th National Congress
(1991–1996)
6 Đặng Hữu
(born 1930)
1996 2001
8th National Congress
(1996–2001)
7 Đỗ Nguyên Phương
(1937–2008)
2002 2007
9th National Congress
(2001–2006)
10th National Congress
(2006–2011)

Central Commission on Culture (1980–1989)

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No.
[note 1]
Name
(birth–death)
Took office Left office National Congress
1 Trần Độ
(1923–2002)
1980 1982 4th National Congress
(1976–1982)
2 Hà Xuân Trường
(1924–2006)
1982 1986 5th National Congress
(1962–1986)
1 Trần Độ
(1923–2002)
1986 1989 6th National Congress
(1986–1991)

Central Ideology and Culture Department (1989–2007)

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No.
[note 1]
Name
(birth–death)
Took office Left office Rank
[note 2]
National Congress
1 Trần Trọng Tân
(1926–2014)
1989 1991
4th National Congress
(1986–1991)
2 Hà Đăng
(born ?)
1991 1996
7th National Congress
(1991–1996)
3 Hữu Thọ
(1932–2015)
1996 2001
8th National Congress
(1996–2001)
4 Nguyễn Khoa Điềm
(born 1943)
2001 2006 15 9th National Congress
(2001–2006)
5 Tô Huy Rứa
(born 1947)
2006 2007 10 10th National Congress
(2006–2011)

Central Propaganda Department (2007–present)

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No.
[note 1]
Name
(birth–death)
Took office Left office Rank
[note 2]
National Congress
1 Tô Huy Rứa
(born 1947)
2007 2011 15 10th National Congress
(2006–2011)
2 Đinh Thế Huynh
(born 1953)
2011 2016 13 11th National Congress
(2011–2016)
3 Võ Văn Thưởng
(born 1970)
2016 2021 17 12th National Congress
(2016–2021)
4 Nguyễn Trọng Nghĩa
(born 1962)
2021
17 13th National Congress
(2021–2026)

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i These numbers are not official.
  2. ^ a b c d e The Central Committee when it convenes for its first session after being elected by a National Party Congress elects the Politburo.[1] According to David Koh, in interviews with several high-standing Vietnamese officials, the Politburo ranking is based upon the number of approval votes by the Central Committee. Lê Hồng Anh, the Minister of Public Security, was ranked 2nd in the 10th Politburo because he received the second-highest number of approval votes. Another example being Tô Huy Rứa of the 10th Politburo, he was ranked lowest because he received the lowest approval vote of the 10th Central Committee when he stood for election for a seat in the Politburo. This system was implemented at the 1st plenum of the 10th Central Committee.[2] The Politburo ranking functioned as an official order of precedence before the 10th Party Congress, and some believe it still does.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Van & Cooper 1983, p. 69.
  2. ^ Koh 2008, p. 666.

Bibliography

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  • Koh, David (July–August 2008). "Leadership Changes at the 10th Congress of the Vietnamese Communist Party". Asian Survey. 48 (4). University of California Press: 650–672. doi:10.1525/as.2008.48.4.650. JSTOR 10.1525/as.2008.48.4.650.
  • Van, Canh Nguyen; Cooper, Earle (1983). Vietnam under Communism, 1975–1982. Hoover Press. ISBN 9780817978518.