Lê Hồng Anh (born November 12, 1949) is a Vietnamese politician who was the Minister of Public Security of Vietnam from 2002 to 2011. He was conferred the rank of General by the President of Vietnam on January 9, 2005. In 2011, Lê Hồng Anh was a member of the

Politburo A politburo () or political bureau is the executive committee for communist parties. It is present in most former and existing communist states. Names The term "politburo" in English comes from the Russian ''Politbyuro'' (), itself a contraction ...

Permanent Member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat The Permanent Member of the Secretariat, officially the Permanent Member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee's Secretariat ( vi, Thường trực Ban Bí thư Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam), is a senior position with ...

of the

Communist Party of Vietnam The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), also known as the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP), is the founding and sole legal party of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Founded in 1930 by Hồ Chí Minh, the CPV became the ruling party of North ...

, one the country's five key leaders, along with General Secretary, President, Prime Minister, and Chairman of the National Assembly.Journal of Vietnamese Studies -2006 Volumes 1-2 - Page 15 "Changes to the Polirburo ar the Tenth Congress Unchanged Nông Drĩc Mạnh (Party general Secretary) Lê Hồng Anh (minister of Public Security) Nguyễn Minh Triết (President) Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (Prime minister) Truong Tẩn Sang ..." Lê Hồng Anh is also called "Út Anh", and was born in Vĩnh Bình Bắc Commune, Vĩnh Thuận District, Kiên Giang Province in southern Vietnam. Lê Hồng Anh studied law and gained a bachelor of law and a bachelor of politics. Lê Hồng Anh became member of the

on 2 March 1968.

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