Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân

In thisVietnamese name,thesurnameisNguyễn.In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by thegiven name,Ngân.

Her Excellency Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân
Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân in 2019
Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam
In office 31 March 2016 – 31 March 2021
Preceded by	Nguyễn Sinh Hùng
Succeeded by	Vương Đình Huệ
Deputy Chair of theNational Assembly
In office 23 July 2011 – 31 March 2016
Chairman	Nguyễn Sinh Hùng
Member of thePolitburo
In office 11 May 2013 – 31 January 2021
Ministerial offices2006–⁠2011 1995–⁠2002 Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs In office 2 August 2007 – 23 July 2011 Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Preceded by Nguyễn Thị Hằng Succeeded by Phạm Thị Hải Chuyền Permanent Deputy Trade Minister In office March 2006 – August 2007 Minister Trương Đình Tuyển Deputy Finance Minister In office February 2006 – March 2006 In office April 1995 – September 2002
Party SecretaryofHải Dương
In office September 2002 – February 2006
Preceded by	Nguyễn Văn Chiền
Succeeded by	Bùi Thanh Quyến
Personal details
Born	(1954-04-12)12 April 1954 Giồng Trôm,Bến Tre Province,State of Vietnam(nowVietnam)
Political party	Communist Party of Vietnam(1981–present)

Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân(born 12 April 1954, inBến Tre Province) is a Vietnamese economist and politician. She is the first woman inVietnamese historyto head thecountry's legislature,serving as the eleventhChair of the National Assembly of Vietnamfrom 2016 to 2021.She was a member of the12th Politburo of the Communist Party,the country's highest decision-making body, in which she ranked second afterGeneral SecretaryNguyễn Phú Trọng.

Ngân previously served in the cabinet ofNguyễn Tấn Dũngfrom 2006 to 2011 under various ministries.Prior to entering national politics, she held the post ofParty Secretary(de factoGovernor) ofHải Dương provincefrom 2002 to 2006, being the first woman to hold this position and the only female provincial chief in Vietnam at that time.

Early life

Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân was born on 12 April 1954 at the commune of Châu Hòa inGiồng Trôm District,Bến Tre Province.Her mother Nguyễn Thị Sang (died in 2006), commonly known as Má Sáu, is the secret basis of Bến Tre revolution.During theVietnam War,her family was active in theNational Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam.She was raised by her mother and educated in the territories controlled by theRepublic of Vietnam.Her husband is Lê Trung Dũng.

Education

In 1973, she went toSaigon(nowadaysHo Chi Minh City) to study at the Saigon Literature College of theUniversity of Saigon,but her studies were interrupted when theNational Liberation Fronttook control of the South.

She later attended the University of Finance (nowadays the National Academy of Finance), earning a bachelor in financial management. Ngân also earned amaster of economicsin credit management at theUniversity of Economics Ho Chi Minh City.She held an advanced degree in political theory.

In 2018, she was conferred thehonorary doctorateinpolitical scienceby thePukyong National UniversityinSouth Korea.

Career

After the unification of Vietnam, Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân was transferred to the Ben Tre Finance Bureau (later renamed the Ben Tre Finance Department) to start her career in finance.

Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân was admitted to theCommunist Party of Vietnamon 9 December 1981 and became a full member of the Party a year later.

She graduated from the rank of Deputy Manager, Head of Department, Deputy Director, Acting Director and was officially appointed Director of Ben Tre Finance Department in October 1991. In April 1995, she was sent to the Central Government and was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance, serving until 2002.

In September 2002, she become theParty Secretary(de factoGovernor) ofHải Dương province(2002-2006). Ngân was the first woman to hold this position and the only female provincial chief in Vietnam at that time.

Chairwoman Ngân andPresident Obamaat theHo Chi Minh's Stilt House,Hanoi in 2016

In February 2006, she was briefly transferred to the Ministry of Finance before being appointed the Permanent Deputy Minister of Trade, serving from March 2006 to August 2007. She was then appointed byNguyễn Tấn Dũngto head theMinistry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs,where she gained national prominence for playing a key role in the rescue of 10,000 Vietnamesemigrant workersduring theLibyan crisisin 2011.

Chairwoman Ngân andPrime Minister Sugain 2020

In May 2011, she was elected Deputy Chair of theNational Assembly.In 2013, she became a member of the11th Politburo,the country's highest decision-making body. In 2016, she was electedChair of the National Assembly,becoming the first woman in Vietnamese history to head the legislature and occupy one of the four pillars of leadership. She ranked second in the12th PolitburoafterGeneral SecretaryNguyễn Phú Trọng.

In aYouGovsurvey in late 2020, Ngân was voted among the five most admired female figures among the Vietnamese public.She retired in March 2021.

Honours

• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun(2023)

External links

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