Tr?n đ?c L??ng
Tr?n đ?c L??ng in 2004
6th President of Vietnam
In office 24 September 1997 ? 27 June 2006
Prime Minister	Phan V?n Kh?i
Vice President	Nguy?n Th? Binh Tr??ng M? Hoa
Preceded by	Le đ?c Anh
Succeeded by	Nguy?n Minh Tri?t
Chairman of the Council for National Defense and Security
In office 24 September 1997 ? 27 June 2006
Deputy	Phan V?n Kh?i
Preceded by	Le đ?c Anh
Succeeded by	Nguy?n Minh Tri?t
Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
In office February 1987 ? 29 September 1997
Prime Minister	Ph?m V?n đ?ng Ph?m Hung đ? M??i Vo V?n Ki?t Phan V?n Kh?i
Personal details
Born	( 1937-05-05 ) 5 May 1937 (age 87) Qu?ng Ngai Province , French Indochina (now Vietnam )
Political party	Communist Party of Vietnam (1959?2006)
Spouse	Nguy?n Th? Vinh
Children	Tr?n Th? Minh Anh Tr?n Tu?n Anh
Alma mater	Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Academy of Politics
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Tr?n đ?c L??ng (born 5 May 1937) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the sixth President of Vietnam from 1997 to 2006. ^[1]

Early life [ edit ]

Tr?n đ?c L??ng was born in đ?c Ph? District in Qu?ng Ngai Province , and relocated to Hanoi after graduating from high school in 1954. He studied geology at Hanoi University of Mining and Geology , and was employed as a cartographer.

Career [ edit ]

He joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1959, and became a functionary of the party in the 1970s. In 1987, he became Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam . Member of the Politburo since June 1996, Tr?n đ?c L??ng was elected state president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on September 24, 1997, and re-elected in 2002. On June 24, 2006, L??ng announced his resignation (along with Prime Minister Phan V?n Kh?i ). Nguy?n Minh Tri?t was named to succeed L??ng as president.

His retirement was quiet and he only joined the government national programs or state funerals of other senior members of the Communist Party. ^{[ citation needed ]}

Family [ edit ]

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His son, Tr?n Tu?n Anh was the head of Central Economic Committee until the resignation in 2024. ^[2]

In his family, there is another member who works as a social activist is Tran Van Anh- The second granddaughter of Tran Duc Luong. She graduated from Brown University , a private school in US with full scholarship in Economics and politics. Tran Van Anh and other members of the family has low-profile lifestyle and very limited public information of them compared to his son Tr?n Tu?n Anh. The only information available about the president's heir generation is that his second granddaughter now works for NGO sector under ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam. It's been stated that his family members will not become involved in politics. ^{[ citation needed ]}

Other family members of Tr?n đ?c L??ng work in commerce, trading field . ^{[ citation needed ]}

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• " Vietnamese crime boss executed by firing squad ", 2004, Go Asia Pacific

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