Ngô Xuân Lịch

Ngô Xuân Lịch (born 20 April 1954 in Hà Nam) is a Vietnamese politician and Vietnam's Minister of National Defence and Chief of the General Department of Politics of Vietnam.[1] Ngô Xuân Lịch became a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam on 8 August 1974.[1]

In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Ngô. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Lịch.

Ngô Xuân Lịch
11th Minister of Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 April 2016
President	Trần Đại Quang Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Prime Minister	Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Preceded by	Phùng Quang Thanh
Chief of the General Department of Politics
In office 01 March 2011 – 15 April 2016
President	Trương Tấn Sang Trần Đại Quang
Preceded by	Lê Văn Dũng
Succeeded by	Lương Cường
Member of the Politburo
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 January 2016
Vice Chief of the General Department of Politics
In office 01 January 2008 – 01 March 2011
Personal details
Born	(1954-04-20) April 20, 1954 Duy Tiên, Hà Nam Province, Hanoi
Political party	Communist Party of Vietnam
Alma mater	Military Academy of Vietnam
Military service
Allegiance	Vietnam
Branch/service	Vietnam People's Army
Years of service	1972-present
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Vietnam War Cambodian–Vietnamese War

Ngô Xuân Lịch was previously Vice Chief of the General Department of Politics (January 2008–2011), and was promoted to the rank of four-star General in 2016. He replaced Lê Văn Dũng as Director of the General Department of Politics in March 2011.

Rank

Ngo Xuan Lich was promoted to Major General in 2003, then to Lieutenant General in 2008 and after that, Colonel General in 2011.

On October 5, 2015, he was promoted to General by the President along with Do Ba Ty who is now Vice-Chairman of National Assembly of Vietnam.[2]

On January 28, 2016, he was elected to the Politburo of Communist Party of Vietnam at its 12th National Congress.[3]

On April 9, 2016, he was appointed as the successor to Phung Quang Thanh and became the new Minister of National Defense of Vietnam.[4]

References

1. Ngô Xuân Lịch là Chủ nhiệm Tổng cục Chính trị"
2. President Truong Tan Sang announced the promotion of two senior Vietnamese military officials to General ranking during a ceremony in Hanoi on October 5."
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Preceded by Lê Văn Dũng	Chief of the General Department of Politics 2011-16	Succeeded by Lương Cường