Trần Đức Lương

Trần Đức Lương
Trần Đức Lương
5th President of Vietnam
	In office; 24 September 1997 – 27 June 2006
Prime Minister	Phan Văn Khải
Vice President	Nguyễn Thị Bình; Trương Mỹ Hoa
Preceded by	Lê Đức Anh
Succeeded by	Nguyễn Minh Triết
Chairman of the Council for National Defense and Security
	In office; 24 September 1997 – 27 June 2006
Deputy	Phan Văn Khải
Preceded by	Lê Đức Anh
Succeeded by	Nguyễn Minh Triết
Deputy Prime Minister
	In office; February 1987 – 29 September 1997
Prime Minister	Phạm Văn Đồng; Phạm Hùng; Đỗ Mười; Võ Văn Kiệt; Phan Văn Khải
Personal details
Born	May 5, 1936 (age 87); Quảng Ngãi Province, French Indochina ; (now Vietnam)
Nationality	Vietnamese
Political party	Communist Party of Vietnam
Spouse(s)	Nguyễn Thị Vinh
Children	Trần Tuấn Anh
Alma mater	Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Academy of Politics

Trần Đức Lương (born May 5, 1936) is a former Vietnamese politician and President of Vietnam from 1997 to 2006.^[1]

Trần Đức Lương became member of the Communist Party of Vietnam on 1959 in Hanoi. And became a functionary of the party in 1970. Trần Đức Lương was Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam from August 1987 to Februray 1997. And became member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam in June 1996.