Nguyễn Xuân Phúc

His father Nguyễn Hiền was born in 1918, and worked for the Democratic Republic of Vietnam before 1954, heading north in accordance with the Geneva Accord.

He, his mother and siblings stayed in their hometown, where they studied at the village school.

Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (born 20 July 1954) is a Vietnamese former politician who served as the 11th President of Vietnam from 2021 until his resignation from all state posts in 2023 amidst a series of corruption scandals.

After serving five years as Prime Minister of Vietnam (2016–2021), where he oversaw a period of record economic growth and directed the country's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was elected to the presidency by the National Assembly of Vietnam on 5 April 2021.

Phúc was born on 20 July 1954, in the commune of Quế Phú, district of Quế Sơn, Quảng Nam Province, in what was then the State of Vietnam.

His mother and siblings secretly worked for the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, and his sister was killed by the US military and the South Vietnamese government after a battle in 1965.

In 1966, his mother was also killed.

In the period 1966 – 1968, he went to the Revolutionary War Zone and was trained by the Party in the North.

He lived with his sister in his hometown for a while, then was secretly brought to the North by the comrades of his parents in 1967.

Phúc attended junior high school in his hometown of Quang Nam, Da Nang.

He attended high school and was also the Secretary of the High School Youth Union from 1968 to 1972, graduating from general education on 10 October 1972.

He studied at the Hanoi National Economic University in economic management between 1973 and 1978, after which he studied administrative management at the Vietnam National Administrative Academy.

He took economic management at Hanoi National Economic University from 1973 to 1978.

From 1973, he moved to Hanoi, studied at the National Economics University, participated in activities in the Youth Union movement, and served as Secretary of the Union.

From 1978 to 1979 he was employed by Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng Economic Board.

From 1978 to 1979 he was among personnel at the Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng Economic Board.

In 1978, he graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from Hanoi National Economics University with a foreign language certificate in English B, Russian Literature B. In the 1990s, he studied State Administration.

at the National Academy of Public Administration.

From 1980 to 1993, Phúc worked initially as a civil servant, before rising to become the deputy head of Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng's People's Committee.

From 1980 to 1993: Phúc was an employee, then deputy, rising to Chief of Office of the Quảng Nam – Đà Nẵng People's Committee.

He studied administrative management at the Vietnam National Administrative Academy.

He was accepted to join the Communist Party of Vietnam on 12 May 1982, officially becoming a member of this party on 12 November 1983.

On 12 May 1982, he was admitted to the Communist Party of Vietnam, though the official date is 12 November 1983.

Phúc became a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam on 12 November 1983.

From 1993–1996: Phúc was the Director of Department of Planning and Investment of Quang Nam-Da Nang Province.

He studied economic management at the National University of Singapore.

In 1996, he was sent to study Economic Management at the National University of Singapore.

From 1997 to 2001, Phúc was a permanent member of the Provincial party committee (17th, 18th session); Vice Chairman, then the first Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee of Quang Nam Province and Director of Industrial Zones Management Board of Quang Nam Province.

He was a member of the provincial People's Council (6th session).

From 2001 to 2004: Vice Secretary of provincial party committee of Quang Nam Province, Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Nam Province (term from 1999 to 2004).

In March 2006, he was appointed Deputy Chief Inspector of the Government.

In June 2006, he was appointed as Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Deputy Chairman of the Government Office.

From June 2006 to August 2007, Phúc was Permanent Vice Minister of the Office of Government, member of the 11th National Assembly's Economic and Budgetary Commission.

In August 2007, he was approved by the National Assembly as Minister of the Government of Vietnam.

At the 10th National Party Congress, the party elected him to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Phúc is also a full member of the National Assembly, serving in its 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th terms.

Phúc then served in various roles including that of provincial president, director of government offices, before becoming deputy prime minister (2011–2016).

His popularity has plummeted, due to growing allegations of corruption, with which he and his family are believed to be involved.

He was a member of Vietnam's National Assembly (11th session), head of Quang Nam Province's members of the National Assembly, and a member of the Committee for Economy and Budget of the National Assembly (11th session).

As President, Phúc was the second highest official in Vietnam behind Nguyễn Phú Trọng, the General Secretary of the Communist Party, and was ranked 2nd in the Party's 13th Politburo.