Minister of Foreign Affairs (Vietnam)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam
Incumbent Phạm Bình Minh since 3 August 2011
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Cabinet Council for National Defense and Security
Reports to	The President The Prime Minister
Appointer	The President
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Ho Chi Minh
Formation	28 August 1945
Deputy	Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Website	mofa.gov.vn

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Communist Party National Congress (12th) Central Committee (members) General Secretary: Nguyễn Phú Trọng Politburo (12th) Secretariat Executive Secretary: Đinh Thế Huynh Central Military Commission Secretary: Nguyễn Phú Trọng Central Office Director: Trần Quốc Vượng Central Inspection Commission Chief: Ngô Văn Dụ
Legislative National Assembly Standing Committee Chairwoman: Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân
Executive President (list): Trần Đại Quang Vice President: Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh Prime Minister (list): Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Deputy Prime Ministers: Vương Đình Huệ Trương Hòa Bình Phạm Bình Minh Vũ Đức Đam Trịnh Đình Dũng Ministries Ministry of Defence Ministry of Public Security Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Justice Ministry of Finance Ministry of Education and Training Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Transport Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry of Construction Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ministry of Industry and Trade Ministry of information and Communications Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry of Planning and Investment Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Ministry of Health Governor of the State Bank Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs
Fatherland Front Central Committee Chairman: Nguyễn Thiện Nhân Gen. Secretary: Vũ Trọng Kim Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee First Secretary Nguyễn Đắc Vinh
Military Commander-in-Chief Trần Đại Quang People's Army People's Public Security People's Security People's Police Council for National Defense and Security Central Military Commission Secretary: Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Judiciary Law National Assembly Justice Committee President Steering Committee of the Central Judicial Reform Director: Trần Đại Quang Supreme People's Court Chief Justice: Nguyễn Hòa Bình Supreme People's Procuracy Procurator-General: Lê Minh Trí
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs is the Government of Vietnam member in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Moreover, member of Council for National Defense and Security. Since 2007, the Minister of Foreign Affairs served as Deputy Prime Minister and member of the Politburo. However, Hoàng Minh Giám, Ung Văn Khiêm, Xuân Thủy, Nguyễn Dy Niên are not the member of Politburo. The current Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs is Phạm Bình Minh

List of ministers

This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and its historical antecedents:^[1]

Democratic Republic of Vietnam

No	Image	Name	Took office	Left office
1		Ho Chi Minh	28 August 1945	2 March 1946
2		Nguyễn Tường Tam	2 March 1946	3 November 1946
1		Ho Chi Minh	3 November 1946	March 1947
3		Hoàng Minh Giám	March 1947	April 1954
4		Phạm Văn Đồng	April 1954	February 1961
5		Ung Văn Khiêm	February 1961	30 April 1963
6		Xuân Thủy	30 April 1963	April 1965
7		Nguyễn Duy Trinh	April 1965	February 1980

Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam

No	Image	Name	Took office	Left office
1		Nguyễn Thị Bình	8 June 1969	3 July 1976

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

No	Image	Name	Took office	Left office
7		Nguyễn Duy Trinh	April 1965	February 1980
8		Nguyễn Cơ Thạch	February 1980	August 1991
9		Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm	August 1991	February 2000
10		Nguyễn Dy Niên	February 2000	June 2006
11		Phạm Gia Khiêm	June 2006	3 August 2011
12		Phạm Bình Minh	3 August 2011	Present

References

External links

• Official website (English)

Foreign relations of Vietnam
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Memberships	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Association of Southeast Asian Nations East Asia Summit Organisation internationale de la Francophonie Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) World Trade Organization (WTO)
Related topics	Diplomatic missions of / in Vietnam Foreign aid to Vietnam
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