Phạm Gia Khiêm (born 6 August 1944) is a Vietnamese politician who was

Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam The Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Phó Thủ tướng Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam), known as Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers ( vi, Phó Chủ tịch Hội đồng Bộ trưởng) f ...

from 1997 to 2011 and former

Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

(2006-2011). He was previously Minister of Science, Technology and Environment from November 1996 to September 1997, and was born in

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

. He was a lecturer at Bắc Thái College of Electrical Engineering from 1968 to 1970, and gained a Ph.D. in Metallurgy in

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

in 1975. He is fluent in English, Russian and Czech. Khiêm made an official visit to the United States in March 2007, meeting with expatriate Vietnamese and visiting the Consulate General of Vietnam in

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

. During the visit he stated he would look into the case of imprisoned journalist Nguyễn Vũ Bình following a request from then

United States Secretary of State The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...

Condoleezza Rice Condoleezza Rice ( ; born November 14, 1954) is an American diplomat and political scientist who is the current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the 66th Uni ...

; Bình was pardoned and released on 8 June 2007.

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Biography at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Gia Khiêm's address to the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly
27 September 2008 1944 births Living people People from Hanoi Government ministers of Vietnam Foreign ministers of Vietnam Members of the 10th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam Members of the 8th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Members of the 9th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Members of the 10th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Deputy Prime Ministers of Vietnam {{Vietnam-politician-stub