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Nguyễn Phú Trọng

1944 - 2024

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Nguyễn Phú Trọng (Vietnamese: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ fu˧˦ t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ] new-yen foo chong; 14 April 1944 – 19 July 2024) was a Vietnamese politician and political theorist who served as general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his death in 2024. As the head of the party's Secretariat, Politburo and Central Military Commission, Trọng was Vietnam's paramount leader. From 2018 to 2021, he also served concurrently as the tenth president of Vietnam. A conservative Marxist–Leninist, Trọng joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1967 and rose through the section devoted to political work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nguyễn Phú Trọng is the 3,813th most popular politician (down from 2,040th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 9th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Vietnamese Politician.

Nguyễn Phú Trọng is most famous for being the current General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nguyễn Phú Trọng ranks 3,813 out of 19,576. Before him are Carles Puigdemont, Frederick II, Duke of Austria, Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, James II of Majorca, Hans Lammers, and Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din. After him are Bagrat III of Georgia, Conrad I of Burgundy, Emperor Kaika, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Oleg Penkovsky, and Charles II, Duke of Parma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Nguyễn Phú Trọng ranks 90. Before him are Maria João Pires, Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Peter Weir, Bernard Hill, Graham Taylor, and François Cevert. After him are Michelle Phillips, Sam Elliott, Bora Milutinović, Nebahat Çehre, Klaus Nomi, and Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Among people deceased in 2024, Nguyễn Phú Trọng ranks 70. Before him are Andreas Brehme, Susan Wojcicki, Bernard Hill, Renato Martino, Carl Weathers, and Kurt Hamrin. After him are Nikolai Ryzhkov, Salvatore Schillaci, Dikembe Mutombo, Andrew Schally, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, and Angelo Amato.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Phú Trọng ranks 14 out of 136. Before him are Bảo Đại (1913), Lê Đức Thọ (1911), Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), and Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923). After him are Jonathan Ke Quan (1971), Lê Duẩn (1907), Dương Văn Minh (1916), Ngô Đình Thục (1897), Hanoi Hannah (1931), and Gia Long (1762).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Phú Trọng ranks 8. Before him are Ngo Dinh Diem (1901), Bảo Đại (1913), Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), and Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923). After him are Lê Duẩn (1907), Dương Văn Minh (1916), Hanoi Hannah (1931), Gia Long (1762), Tôn Đức Thắng (1888), and Madame Nhu (1924).

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