Tô Quyền


Tô Quyền
Birth nameTô Quyền
NicknameTô Lâm (alias)
Born1929 (1929)
Bắc Ninh, Vietnam
Died18 November 1996(1996-11-18) (aged 66–67)
Hưng Yên, Vietnam
AllegianceVietnam
BranchVietnam Army
Service years1946–?
UnitVietnam People's Public Security
AwardsHero of the People's Armed Forces
Order of Independence (runner-up)
SpouseĐặng Thị Cam
Children6
Tô Lâm
RelationsTô Long (Grandchild)

Tô Quyền[a] (born 1929 – 18 November 1996) was a Colonel of the Vietnam People's Army,[1] former director of the Department of Prison Management Police (C10), former head of Hải Hưng province Police Department, he is the father of the current General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Tô Lâm.

Biography

Tô Quyền was born in 1929 in Xuan Cau village, Nghia Tru commune, Van Giang district, Bac Ninh province (now Hung Yen province). He grew up in a family with a tradition of patriotism and participated in revolutionary activities very early (before the August Revolution in 1945). He made many contributions to the resistance and defense of the Communist Party of Vietnam.[2][3]

His wife is Đặng Thị Cam. The couple had six children, including Tô Lâm – the current General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, who is the top leader of Vietnam since 2024.

Notes

  1. ^ During the revolution he used the alias Tô Lâm.

References

  1. ^ cand.com.vn. "Người Anh hùng sống mãi trong lòng dân". Báo Công an Nhân dân điện tử (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  2. ^ cand.com.vn. "Người chỉ huy của 6 tập thể anh hùng". Báo Công an Nhân dân điện tử (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  3. ^ PHÓNG, BÁO SÀI GÒN GIẢI (23 December 2024). ""Tôi chỉ là một con chim rừng hát về miền đất Tây Ninh và người anh hùng Tô Quyền"". BÁO SÀI GÒN GIẢI PHÓNG (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 6 September 2025.