Phạm Thị Thanh Trà
Phạm Thị Thanh Trà | |
|---|---|
Phạm Thị Thanh Trà in 2019 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam | |
| Assumed office 25 October 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Phạm Minh Chính |
| Minister of Home Affairs of Vietnam | |
| In office 8 April 2021 – 24 October 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Lê Vĩnh Tân |
| Succeeded by | Đỗ Thanh Bình |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 January 1964 (age 61) |
| Party | Communist Party of Vietnam |
Madam Phạm Thị Thanh Trà (born 21 January 1964) is a Vietnamese politician, first female Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam since October 2025. She previously served as Minister of Home Affairs between 2021 and 2025.
Career
Phạm Thị Thanh Trà was born on 21 January 1964 in Nam Đàn district, North Vietnam.[1][2]
She joined the Communist Party of Vietnam on 12 June 1993.[1] Her career began in Yên Bái and worked in the education sector as deputy director of the Disctrict Education Office.[2] She also served as vice-chair of the District People's Committee, deputy secretary and secretary of the Yen Bai Provincial Youth League Committee, vice-chair of the Provincial People's Committee, member of the Standing Committee of the Yen Bai Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and secretary of the Municipal Committee.[1] In 2014, she was promoted to undersecretary of the Yen Bai Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.[1][2] In 2015, she also served as chairwoman of the Yen Bai Provincial People's Committee.[2]
She was elected in January 2026 member of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.[1][2]
In August 2016, after Pham Duy Cuong, secretary of the Yen Bai Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam was assassinated, Phạm Thị Thanh Trà succeeded him until 2020.[2][1]
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc appointed her deputy Minister of Home Affairs of Vietnam in September 2020.[3][2] In 2021 she was re-elected member of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.[4][2]
On 8 April 2021, the National Assembly appointed her the new Minister of Home Affairs.[5] She became the first female Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam on 25 October 2025.[2][6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "ĐỒNG CHÍ PHẠM THỊ THANH TRÀ". Government of Vietnam. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Bà Phạm Thị Thanh Trà - nữ phó thủ tướng đầu tiên của Việt Nam - là ai?". BBC News in Vietnam. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "人事委任". Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (in Chinese). 27 September 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "Ủy viên Trung ương Đảng, Bộ trưởng Bộ Nội Vụ Phạm Thị Thanh Trà" [Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Interior Phạm Thị Thanh Trà] (in Vietnamese). National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
- ^ Năm, Thứ (8 April 2021). "Bộ trưởng Bộ Nội Vụ Phạm Thị Thanh Trà". Vietnam News Agency. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ Chung, Thành (25 October 2025). "Bà Phạm Thị Thanh Trà làm Phó thủ tướng". Vietnam News Agency. Retrieved 11 November 2025.