Lê Lương Minh (born 1 September 1952)Permanent Mission of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
is a Vietnamese politician and diplomat who served as the 13th secretary-general of ASEAN between 2013 and 2017.

Early life

Lê Lương Minh graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam in

Hanoi Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...

, Vietnam in 1974, and the

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Political career

In 1975, he began his career in Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed Deputy Director-General for International Organisations in 1993. In 1995, he was appointed as Ambassador – Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office and Other International Organisations in Geneva. In 1997, he was appointed as Ambassador – Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations at Headquarters. Since February 17, 2004, he has been Vietnam's ambassador to the

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in New York City. He held this office from 1995 to 1997 for the UN institutions in Geneva and as a deputy in New York City from 1997 to 1999. He was the President of the United Nations Security Council in July 2008 and October 2009.Security Council Press Statement on the Kabul Bomb Attack
/ref> He was nominated ASEAN Secretary-General by the government of Vietnam, a post which he took over on January 1, 2013. The ASEAN leaders endorsed him as ASEAN Secretary-General for 2013–2017 in a ceremony at the bloc's headquarter in Jakarta on January 7, 2013.

Personal life

He is a native of

Thanh Hóa Thanh Hóa () is the capital of Thanh Hóa Province. The city is situated in the east of the province on the Ma River (Sông Mã), about 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of capital Hanoi and 1560 kilometers (969 miles) north of Ho Chi Minh Cit ...

, a coastal town 150 kilometers south of Vietnam's capital Hanoi. He is married and has two daughters.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Le, Luong Minh 1952 births Communist Party of Vietnam politicians Living people Permanent representatives of Vietnam to the United Nations 21st-century Vietnamese diplomats People from Thanh Hóa province Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni