Lương Cường

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Lương Cường
General Cường in 2024
Permanent Member of the Secretariat
Assumed office
16 May, 2024
General SecretaryNguyễn Phú Trọng
Preceded byTrương Thị Mai
Director of the General Department of Politics
Assumed office
15 April, 2016
PresidentĐặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (acting)
Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (acting)
Võ Văn Thưởng
Preceded byNgô Xuân Lịch
Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics
In office
1 March, 2011 – 15 April, 2016
DirectorNgô Xuân Lịch
Preceded byNguyễn Văn Cung
Succeeded byLê Hiền Vân
Personal details
Born(1957-08-15)15 August 1957
Viet Tri District, Phu Tho Province, Vietnam
Political partyCommunist Party of Vietnam
Military service
Allegiance Vietnam
Branch/service Vietnam People's Army
Years of service1975–present
RankArmy General
CommandsVietnam People's Army
Battles/warsSino-Vietnamese War

Lương Cường (born 15 August 1957) is a Vietnamese Army general and Director of the General Department of Politics of Vietnam.[1] He became the permanent member of the Secretariat on 16 May 2024,[2] assigned by the Politburo.[3]

He was born on 15 August 1957 in Viet Tri District, Phu Tho Province, Vietnam. He became a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam on 19 January 2011.[4][5]

Lương Cường was previously Vice Chief of the General Department of Politics (2011–16), and was promoted to four-star General in 2019.[6][7][8]

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  1. ^ "General Luong Cuong became Director of the General Department of Politics".
  2. ^ "General Luong Cuong holds the position of Permanent Secretary of the Secretariat". chinhphu.vn.
  3. ^ "The career of General Luong Cuong - Standing member of the Secretariat - Vietnam.vn". 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  4. ^ "Raúl receives People's Army of Vietnam Political General". en.granma.cu. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
  5. ^ "Việt Nam, Cuba intensify friendship between armed forces". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
  6. ^ "Luong Cuong was promoted to General by President Nguyen Phu Trong". 29 January 2019.
  7. ^ Việt, Người (2019-01-30). "Phong đại tướng cho hai tướng công an, quân đội". Nguoi Viet Online. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
  8. ^ VietTimes.vn (2019-01-29). "Việt Nam chính thức có thêm 2 Đại tướng: ông Tô Lâm và ông Lương Cường". VietTimes (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2019-02-09.