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Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh

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In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Đặng, but is often simplified to Dang in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Ngọc Thịnh.
Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh
Ngọc Thịnh in 2017
Acting President of Vietnam
In office
21 September 2018 – 23 October 2018
Prime MinisterNguyễn Xuân Phúc
Preceded byTrần Đại Quang
Succeeded byNguyễn Phú Trọng
16th Vice President of Vietnam
In office
8 April 2016 – 6 April 2021
PresidentTrần Đại Quang
Herself (acting)
Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Preceded byNguyễn Thị Doan
Succeeded byVõ Thị Ánh Xuân
Secretary of the Vĩnh Long Provincial Party Committee
In office
October 2010 – March 2015
Preceded byTrương Văn Sáu
Succeeded byTrần Văn Rón
Personal details
Born (1959-12-25) 25 December 1959 (age 64)
Duy Trinh, Quảng Nam, South Vietnam (now Vietnam)
Political partyCommunist Party of Vietnam (1979–present)

Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (born 25 December 1959) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the acting president of Vietnam in 2018 and as the 16th vice president of Vietnam from 2016 to 2021. She is the first woman in Vietnamese history to hold the Vietnamese presidency and the first female head of state in a communist country since Soong Ching-ling of China.[1]

Thịnh was elected vice president of Vietnam on 8 April 2016 after winning 91.09% of the vote (450 votes) in the National Assembly, continuing the recent norm of having a woman holding this position.[2] Thịnh assumed the acting presidency upon the death of President Trần Đại Quang on 21 September 2018 until the election and swearing-in of Nguyễn Phú Trọng on 23 October 2018.

Prior to national politics, Thịnh served in the municipal bureaucracy of Ho Chi Minh City before being elected Secretary of Vĩnh Long Provincial Party Committee (de facto province's leader) in 2010.[3] She was a member of the 11th and 13th sessions of the National Assembly.[4] Thịnh became a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam on 19 November 1979.

Her previous works focused on promoting gender equality and women's empowerment by strengthening their role in all aspects of economic, political, cultural and social life.[5]

In January 2021, at the 13th National Party Congress, she was not on the list of members of the new Party Central Committee. She retired from politics in April 2021.

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References

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  1. ^ "New Vietnamese president is first woman to hold office". South China Morning Post. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  2. ^ "National Assembly elects new Vice President, top judicial officials". Việt Nam News. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  3. ^ Bà Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh giữ chức Phó Bí thư Tỉnh uỷ Vĩnh Long THỂ THAO & VĂN HÓA Thứ Sáu, 19/06/2009 11:15 GMT+7
  4. ^ "Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh". Government of Vietnam. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  5. ^ Sankari, Lina (25 September 2018). "La femme du jour: Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh" [Woman of the day: Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh]. L'Humanité (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2022.
Political offices
Preceded by Vice President of Vietnam
2016–2021 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of Vietnam
Acting
2018 		Succeeded by
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