Ngô Xuân Lịch (born 20 April 1954 in

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) is a Vietnamese politician and Vietnam's Minister of National Defence and Chief of the General Department of Politics of

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.Ngô Xuân Lịch là Chủ nhiệm Tổng cục Chính trị
Ngô Xuân Lịch became a member of the

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on 8 August 1974. 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

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in 2003, then to

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in 2008 and after that,

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in 2011. On October 5, 2015, he was promoted to

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by the President along with Do Ba Ty who is now Vice-Chairman of National Assembly of Vietnam. On January 28, 2016, he was elected to the Politburo of Communist Party of Vietnam at its 12th National Congress. On April 9, 2016, he was appointed as the successor to Phung Quang Thanh and became the new Minister of National Defense of Vietnam.http://laodong.com.vn/chinh-tri/dai-tuong-ngo-xuan-lich-chinh-thuc-tro-thanh-tan-bo-truong-bo-quoc-phong-538900.bld

References

Vietnamese generals 1954 births Living people Members of the 12th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam Members of the 11th Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Members of the 10th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Members of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Members of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam People from Hà Nam Province Ministers of Defence of Vietnam {{Vietnam-politician-stub