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Võ Văn Thưởng

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Võ Văn Thưởng (Vietnamese: [vɔ˦ˀ˥ van˧˧ tʰɨəŋ˧˩]; born 13 December 1970) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the 12th president of Vietnam from March 2023 to March 2024, being the youngest person to serve in this position since the country's reunification at the age of 52. His resignation after just over one year in office amidst the Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign made him the second shortest-serving president in Vietnamese history, after Tô Lâm. Thưởng is a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam, holding a master's degree in philosophy and an advanced diploma in political theory. He was a member of the 12th, 14th and 15th National Assembly of Vietnam, and a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his resignation in 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Võ Văn Thưởng is the 16,553rd most popular politician (down from 12,916th in 2024), the 104th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 86th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Vietnamese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Võ Văn Thưởng ranks 16,553 out of 19,576. Before him are Rustem Umerov, Thawi Bunyaket, Nadia Calviño, John Ballance, Benoît Hamon, and Isabell Werth. After him are Rafael López Gutiérrez, Cheick Modibo Diarra, Hugh Gaitskell, Kathy Hochul, Robert Elswit, and George Clymer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Võ Văn Thưởng ranks 284. Before him are Mr. Marcus, Abraham Olano, Johann Mühlegg, Åsne Seierstad, Jonah Falcon, and Takanori Nishikawa. After him are Olga Kuzenkova, Tetsuya Nomura, Paul B. Preciado, Alexi Lalas, Erkan Petekkaya, and Serdar Ortaç.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Võ Văn Thưởng ranks 104 out of 136. Before him are Trịnh Công Sơn (1939), Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (1970), Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905), Phạm Nhật Vượng (1968), Ngô Bảo Châu (1972), and Dany Carrel (1932). After him are Philipp Rösler (1973), Eugene H. Trinh (1950), Phạm Duy (1921), Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân (1954), Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn (1921), and Linh Dan Pham (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Võ Văn Thưởng ranks 64. Before him are Võ Văn Kiệt (1922), Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (1959), Hoàng Văn Thái (1915), Phạm Hùng (1912), Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (1970), and Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905). After him are Philipp Rösler (1973), Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân (1954), Stephanie Murphy (1978), Joseph Cao (1967), and Trần Hiếu Ngân (1974).

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