Party chief named Secretary of Central Military Commission
Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, has been appointed as Secretary of the Central Military Commission in the 2015 - 2020 tenure.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was appointed as Secretary of the Central Military Commission (Photo: VNA) |
The appointment is part of the decision of the Politburo, which was announced by Pham Minh Chinh, a Politburo member, member of PCC Secretariat, and Head of the PCC Commission for Organisation in Hanoi on May 10th.
The 2015-2020 Central Military Commission has 23 members.
General Ngo Xuan Lich, a Politburo member and Minister of National Defence, is Vice Secretary.
Meanwhile, Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is a member of the Commission’s standing committee.
(Source: CPV/VNA)
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