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Trương Tấn Sang
Trương Tấn Sang
President of Vietnam
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 July 2011
Prime Minister	Nguyen Tan Dung
Vice President	Nguyen Thi Doan
Leader	Nguyen Phu Trong
Preceded by	Nguyen Minh Triet
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Born	21 January 1949 (age 75); Đức Hòa, French Indochina; (now Vietnam)
Political party	Communist Party

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-'''Trương Tấn Sang'''<ref>Sang's name is given in this style by the official VGP News [http://news.gov.vn/Home/Party-Congress-announces-CPVCC-Politburo-members/20111/9872.vgp here].</ref> {{IPA-vi|tʂɨəŋ tə̌n ʂaːŋ|}} (born on 21 January 1949) is the current [[President of Vietnam|President]] of [[Vietnam]] and the senior member of the [[Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam|politburo]], the executive committee of the ruling [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Communist Party]]. He was ranked as the party's number one leader following the [[Eleventh National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam|11th National Congress]] held in [[Hanoi]] in January 2011.<ref name="Rankings">"[http://news.gov.vn/Home/Party-Congress-announces-CPVCC-Politburo-members/20111/9872.vgp Party Congress announces CPVCC Politburo members]", ''Online Newspaper of the Socialist Republic of Việt Nam Government'', January 19, 2011.<br/>"[http://www.baoonline.vn/xa-hoi/200178-ong-nguyen-phu-trong-dac-cu-tong-bi-thu Ông Nguyễn Phú Trọng đắc cử Tổng Bí thư]", ''BaoOnline.vn'', January 20, 2011. Includes pictures of the entire leadership.</ref> He became [[President of Vietnam|state president]] following a vote of the National Assembly in July. Sang has been a member of the politburo since 1996. He was party secretary for [[Ho Chi Minh City]] from 1996 to 2000. He was promoted to the national party's number two slot, just behind the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam|Party General secretary]] in October 2009.<ref>[http://123.30.190.43:8080/tiengviet/tulieuvankien/banchaphanh/details.asp?topic=105&subtopic=211&leader_topic=505&id=BT2811131614 Danh sách Bộ Chính trị Khóa XI]</ref><ref>[http://123.30.190.43:8080/tiengviet/tulieuvankien/banchaphanh/details.asp?topic=105&subtopic=211&leader_topic=505&id=BT2711158250 Danh sách Ban Bí thư Trung ương Đảng Khoá XI]</ref> To get the top slot, he had to outmaneuver [[Prime Minister of Vietnam|Prime Minister]] [[Nguyen Tan Dung]].
-==Biography==
-Sang was born January 20, 1949 in Mỹ Hạnh, Đức Hòa, Long An.<ref name="VNNbio">Thông tấn xã Việt Nam, "[http://www.tienphong.vn/Thoi-Su/525669/Tieu-su-tom-tat-cua-dong-chi-Truong-Tan-Sang.html Tiểu sử tóm tắt của đồng chí Trương Tấn Sang]" ''Tiền Phong Online'', January 19, 2011.</ref> His nickname is "Tư Sang". He joined the Communist Party on December 20, 1969.<ref name="VNABio">[http://en.vietnamplus.vn/Home/Biography-of-State-President-Truong-Tan-Sang/20117/19847.vnplus Biography of State President Truong Tan Sang], ''Vietnam+'', 25 July 2011.</ref> He was taken prisoner by the South Vietnamese government in 1971 and held in Bien Hoa Prison in Phu Quoc island district.<ref name="VNABio"/> He was released under the Paris Peace Treaty in 1973.<ref name="VNNbio"/> He has a bachelor of law degree.<ref name="VNNbio"/>
-From 1983 to 1986, he headed Ho Chi Minh City's Forestry Department, as well as the city's New Economic Zone Development Department.<ref name="VNABio"/> In 1986, he was promoted to the Standing Board of the city's Party Committee.<ref name="VNABio"/> In 1992, he became party chairman for Ho Chi Minh City, the number two position in the city government.<ref name="VNNbio"/> He joined the politburo in 1996 as its 14th ranking member. He was party secretary for Ho Chi Minh City, the top position in the city government, from 1996 to 2000.<ref name="VNNbio"/> He was promoted to 10th position in the national party at a congress in April 2001. He was also appointed head of the party's economic commission at this time. In 2003, he was reprimanded for failing from to act in the [[Nam Cam]] corruption scandal when he headed the city government.<ref>Arthurs, Clare, "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2797011.stm Vietnam's showcase trial]", ''BBC News'', 25 February 2003</ref> He was promoted to fifth position in the party at a congress in April 2006. At this congress, he was also appointed head of the party's Secretariat, which supervises the membership and internal structure of the party.<ref name="VNABio"/>
-In an unusual move, Sang was promoted to the party's number two slot between congresses in October 2009.<ref>[http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/tag/vietnam/ This] story describes Sang as, "the party's second ranking official" prior to the January 2011 Congress.</ref> His authority soon "eclipsed" that of General Secretary [[Nong Duc Manh]], the only person nominally above Sang in the party hierarchy, according to a leaked diplomatic cable by U.S. Ambassador Michael Michalak.<ref name="Michalak">Michalak, Michael, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/224371 US embassy cables: Vietnam picks its new leaders]", ''The Guardian'', 12 January 2011.</ref> Sang "assumed many of Manh's normal responsibilities," Michalak wrote. At diplomatic meetings, Sang could, "comment authoritatively, in detail and without notes", whereas Manh "appeared disengaged" while he read a 30-minute prepared statement "verbatim and in a monotone."<ref name="Michalak"/> To get the top slot at the 2011 congress,<ref name="Rankings"/> Sang had to outmaneuver Prime Minister Dung.<ref name="Michalak"/> Little of this rivalry was reported in the press, but observers described the relationship between the two men as "stormy," according to a BBC story.<ref name="BBC">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/vietnamese/vietnam/2011/07/110725_vietnamese_president.shtml Ông Trương Tấn Sang làm chủ tịch nước]", ''BBC'', 25 July 2011.</ref> Michalak described both Sang and Dung as “pragmatic” and “market-oriented”.<ref name="Michalak"/> Both are southerners, but traditionally the party's top slot has gone to a northerner.<ref name="Michalak"/> [[Nguyen Phu Trong]], a northerner, was selected secretary general at the Congress. In the past, the office of general secretary was the party's top position, but Trong is ranked only No. 8 on the leadership list.<ref name="Rankings"/> The National Assembly elected Sang as state president on 25 July 2011 with 97.4 percent of the vote.<ref name="VNABio"/> The term of office is five years.
-Sang told the Assembly that he would defend Vietnam's independence and territorial integrity, and would resolve the [[Spratly Islands dispute]] with China peacefully.<ref name=NASpeech>Trương Tấn Sang, "[http://www.vietnamplus.vn/Home/Bai-phat-bieu-nhan-nhiem-vu-cua-tan-Chu-tich-nuoc/20117/98791.vnplus Bài phát biểu nhận nhiệm vụ của tân Chủ tịch nước]" (This is the full text of Sang's speech to the Assembly, as reported by VNA.)</ref> As the new president, he will work to set a foundation that will allow Vietnam to be become an industrialized and modernized country by 2020, Sang told the Assembly.<ref name=NASpeech/> President is merely a ceremonial position; Sang's authority derives from his position as the senior member of the politburo and standing member of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee.<ref>Reuters describes Sang as "Vietnam's senior Politburo member" [http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//110119/ids_photos_wl/r2125390587.jpg/ here]. The ''Wall Street Journal'' describes the presidency as "ceremonial" [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704590704576091170097115828.html here].</ref>
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-| NAME              = Truong Tan Sang
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-| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Senior member of Vietnam's [[Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam|politburo]]
-| DATE OF BIRTH     = 21 January 1949
-| PLACE OF BIRTH    = [[Đức Hòa]], [[Long An]], [[Vietnam]]
-| DATE OF DEATH     = Soon, just you wait ;)
-| PLACE OF DEATH    = Well that would be telling, wouldn't it!
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