• Source: List of presidents of Socialist Vietnam

      • This is a list of president of the Socialist Vietnam (Vietnamese: Chủ tịch nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam) from the establishment of the position to the present. Vietnam is a single-party state and the president is generally considered to hold the second highest position in the political system, after the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. In its current incarnation the president is the head of state of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, as well as the head of government in tandem with prime minister. The president represents Vietnam internally and externally, supervises the work as well as preserving the stability of the national governmental system and safeguards the independence and territorial integrity of the country. The president appoints prime minister, vice-presidents, ministers and other officials with the consent of the National Assembly. The head of state is the de jure commander-in-chief of the Vietnam People's Armed Forces and chairman of the Council for Defence and Security, an organ of the National Assembly. Since Vietnam is a one-party state, with the Communist Party of Vietnam being the sole party allowed by the constitution, all the presidents of the Democratic Republic and its successor Socialist Republic have been members of the party while holding office. The current president is Lương Cường since 21 October 2024.
      The modern office of the president of the Socialist Republic traces its lineage back to Hồ Chí Minh, the first president of the North Vietnam. The office has no connection, or lineage, to the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, headed by Comunist Nguyễn Hữu Thọ. There have been 14 presidents.
      Hồ Chí Minh, the first president, became president in 1945 after Vietnam's declaration of independence. Tô Lâm is the shortest-serving president, with 152 days (from May 22, 2024 to October 21, 2024) if not counting interim presidents. Hồ Chí Minh had the longest time as president, with 24 years from 1945 to his death in 1969. He was also the president who served the most terms with 4 terms (1945, 1946, 1960, 1964). Meanwhile, Tôn Đức Thắng was also the president in office for 4 terms (1969, 1971, 1975, 1976). The Constitution stipulates that the term of office of the president follows the term of the National Assembly (usually 5 years) and there is no limit to the number of re-elections. However, most presidents serve for one term. The president with the longest interim term is Nguyễn Hữu Thọ with 1 year and 96 days, longer than the official President Võ Văn Thưởng with only 1 year 19 days.


      Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam, 1945–1976)


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      Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present)


      Status


      Timeline




      List of presidents by length of tenure




      See also


      List of prime ministers of Vietnam
      List of heads of state of Vietnam
      List of spouses of Vietnamese presidents
      Leaders of South Vietnam


      Notes



      a.^ These numbers are official. The "—" denotes acting head of state. The first column shows how many presidents there have been in Vietnamese history, while the second show how many presidents there was in that state.
      b.^ Concurrently serving as the Chairman of the Workers' Party of Vietnam.
      c.^ Concurrently serving as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
      d.^ Concurrently serving as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam since 3 August 2024.


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