Phạm Gia Khiêm

Vietnamese politician

Phạm Gia Khiêm


Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
In office September 29, 1997 – August 3, 2011
Prime Minister	Phan Văn Khải Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Succeeded by	Phạm Bình Minh
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office June 28, 2006 – August 3, 2011
Prime Minister	Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Preceded by	Nguyễn Dy Niên
Succeeded by	Phạm Bình Minh

Personal details
Born	(1944-08-06) August 6, 1944 (age 79) Phú Thọ, French Indochina (now Vietnam)
Political party	Vietnam Communist Party

Phạm Gia Khiêm (born 6 August 1944) is a Vietnamese politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam from 1997 to 2011 and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006-2011). He was previously Minister of Science, Technology and Environment from November 1996 to September 1997, and was born in Hanoi. He was a lecturer at Bắc Thái College of Electrical Engineering from 1968 to 1970, and gained a Ph.D. in Metallurgy in Czechoslovakia in 1975. He is fluent in English, Russian and Czech. ^{[citation needed]}

Khiêm made an official visit to the United States in March 2007, meeting with expatriate Vietnamese and visiting the Consulate General of Vietnam in San Francisco, California. During the visit he stated he would look into the case of imprisoned journalist Nguyễn Vũ Bình following a request from then United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice;^[1] Bình was pardoned and released on 8 June 2007.^[2]

References

^ Kessler, Glenn (17 March 2007). "Vietnam to Consider Freeing Journalist After Inquiry by Rice". Washington Post. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
^ "Internet dissident Nguyễn Vũ Bình released". Amnesty International. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2008.

External links

Biography at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Biography at Nikkei
Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Gia Khiêm's address to the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, 27 September 2008

Communist Party of Vietnam

Central Committee

General Secretary	Trần Phú (1930–31) Lê Hồng Phong (1931–36) Hà Huy Tập (1936–38) Nguyễn Văn Cừ (1938–40) Trường Chinh (1940–56) Hồ Chí Minh (1956–1960) Lê Duẩn (1960–86) Trường Chinh (Jul.–Dec. 1986) Nguyễn Văn Linh (1986–91) Đỗ Mười (1991–97) Lê Khả Phiêu (1997–01) Nông Đức Mạnh (2001–11) Nguyễn Phú Trọng (2011–present)
Permanent Member	Nguyễn Duy Trinh (1976–82) Lê Đức Thọ (1980–82) Lê Thanh Nghị (1980–82) Võ Chí Công (1982–86) Nguyễn Văn Linh (June–Dec. 1986) Đỗ Mười (1986–88) Nguyễn Thanh Bình (1988–91) Lê Đức Anh (1991–92) Đào Duy Tùng (1991–96) Lê Khả Phiêu (1996–97) Phạm Thế Duyệt (1998–01) Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1999–01) Trần Đình Hoan (Apr.–Jul. 2001) Phan Diễn (2002–06) Trương Tấn Sang (2006–11) Lê Hồng Anh (2011–16) Đinh Thế Huynh (2016–18) Trần Quốc Vượng (2018–21) Võ Văn Thưởng (2021–2023) Trương Thị Mai (2023–present)
Decision-making bodies	Politburo Secretariat Central Military Commission Central Inspection Commission
Apparatus	Commission for External Relations Office Mass Mobilization Commission Commission for Information and Education Organisation Commission Theoretical Council Hồ Chí Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administration National Political Publishing House – The Truth Nhân Dân Communist
Steering committees	Anti-corruption Central Highlands Judicial Reform Northwest Southwest

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