Võ Văn Kiệt
- In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Võ. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should be called by the given name Kiệt.
Võ Văn Kiệt | |
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| 4th Prime Minister of Vietnam | |
| In office 24 September 1992 – 24 September 1997 | |
| President | Lê Đức Anh |
| Deputy | Phan Văn Khải |
| Preceded by | Đỗ Mười |
| Succeeded by | Phan Văn Khải |
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers (acting) | |
| In office 8 August 1991 – 24 September 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Đỗ Mười |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| In office 10 March 1988 – 22 June 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Phạm Hùng |
| Succeeded by | Đỗ Mười |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam | |
| In office 23 April 1982 – 8 August 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Phạm Văn Đồng Phạm Hùng Đỗ Mười |
| Succeeded by | Phan Văn Khải |
| Chairman of the State Planning Commission | |
| In office April 1982 – March 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Nguyễn Lam |
| Succeeded by | Đậu Ngọc Xuân |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 November 1922 Trung Hiep, French Cochinchina |
| Died | June 11, 2008 (aged 85) Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore |
| Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| Spouse(s) | Phan Lương Cầm |
Võ Văn Kiệt (23 November 1922 – 11 June 2008) was a Vietnamese politician who was Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 8 August 1991 until 25 September 1997. He has been praised by the media as having promoted the process of Đổi mới and policy reform in Vietnam since 1986. He was the master engineer of many of the bold projects of the Đổi mới period.