Đinh Thế Huynh (born 15 May 1953 in

Nam Định Province Nam Định () ( vi, Tỉnh Nam Định) is a province in the southern part of the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam. It borders Ninh Bình province to the southwest, Hà Nam province to the northwest, Thái Bình province to the northe ...

) is a Vietnamese politician and journalist who served as

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of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, one of the country's five key leaders along with the

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, and the Chairman of the National Assembly. Once rumored to become the next Secretary-General, he stepped down in 2018 due to illness. Đinh Thế Huynh is a member of the 11th and 12th

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and the former Chairman of the Party's Central Theoretical Council. He also served as Head of the Party's Propaganda Department between 2011 and 2016. A former

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of state newspaper ''Nhân Dân'', Đinh Thế Huynh became a member of the

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on 8 August 1974. He represented the city of

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in Vietnam's 14th

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Early life

Đinh Thế Huynh was born on 15 May 1953 in

Xuân Trường District Xuân Trường is a rural district of Nam Định province in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 179,765. The district covers an area of 113 km2. The district capital lies at Xuân Trườ ...

. He joined the

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in 1971 and participated in the 1972 battle of Quảng Trị. He joined the Communist Party in 1974. After the war, he was sent by the new communist government to study at

Lomonosov Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

and graduated with a degree in journalism. In 1988, Đinh Thế Huynh assumed the position of Vice editor of

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, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Vietnam. In 2001, he was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the paper and became a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. In 2011, he became member of the Politburo and Head of the Propaganda Department.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dinh, The Hunh Deputy Prime Ministers of Vietnam 1953 births Living people Members of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam People from Nam Định Province