General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam

The **General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam** (), known as **First Secretary** () from 1951 to 1976, is the highest office within the Communist Party of Vietnam.

## Officeholders

|colspan="7"|**General Secretary of the Indochinese Communist Party Central Committee** <small>Tổng Bí thư Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Đông Dương</small>|||||||
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|align="center"|27 October 1930|align="center"|6 September 1931†|align="center"|1|Provisional Central Committee <small>(1930–35)</small>||
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|align="center"|27 October 1931|align="center"|26 July 1936|align="center"|1|rowspan="3"|1st Central Committee <small>(1935–45)</small>|
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|align="center"|26 July 1936|align="center"|30 March 1938|align="center"|1|||
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|align="center"|30 March 1938|align="center"|9 November 1940|align="center"|1|||
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|align="center"|9 November 1940|align="center"|11 November 1945|align="center"|1|1st Central Committee <small>(1935–45)</small>||
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|align="center"|19 February 1951|align="center"|5 October 1956|align="center"|2|2nd Central Committee <small>(1951–60)</small>||
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|rowspan="2" align="center"|5 October 1956|rowspan="2" align="center"|10 September 1960|align="center" rowspan="2"|1|2nd Central Committee <small>(1951–60)</small>||
|rowspan="2"|3rd Central Committee <small>(1960–76)</small>|||||||
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|align="center"|10 September 1960|align="center"|20 December 1976|align="center"|2|||
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|rowspan="2" align="center"|20 December 1976|rowspan="2" align="center"|10 July 1986†|rowspan="2" align="center"|1|4th Central Committee <small>(1976–82)</small>||
|5th Central Committee <small>(1982–86)</small>||||||||
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|align="center"|14 July 1986|align="center"|18 December 1986|align="center"|1|5th Central Committee <small>(1982–86)</small>||
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|align="center"|18 December 1986|align="center"|28 June 1991|align="center"|1|6th Central Committee <small>(1986–91)</small>||
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|align="center" rowspan="2"|28 June 1991|align="center" rowspan="2"|26 December 1997|align="center" rowspan="2"|1|7th Central Committee <small>(1991–96)</small>||
|rowspan="2"|8th Central Committee <small>(1996–2001)</small>|||||||
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|align="center"|26 December 1997|align="center"|22 April 2001|align="center"|1|||
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|align="center" rowspan="2"|22 April 2001|align="center" rowspan="2"|19 January 2011|align="center" rowspan="2"|1|align="left"|9th Central Committee <small>(2001–06)</small>|
|align="left"|10th Central Committee <small>(2006–11)</small>|||||||
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|align="center" rowspan="3"|19 January 2011|align="center" rowspan="3"|19 July 2024†|align="center" rowspan="3"|1|align="left"|11th Central Committee <small>(2011–16)</small>|
|align="left"|12th Central Committee <small>(2016–21)</small>|||||||
|align="left"|13th Central Committee <small>(2021–26)</small>|||||||

|colspan="7"|**Chairman of the Workers' Party of Vietnam Central Committee** <small>Chủ tịch Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Lao động Việt Nam</small>||||||
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|align="center"|19 February 1951|align="center"|2 September 1969|align="center"|1|2nd Central Committee <small>(1951–60)</small> 3rd Central Committee <small>(1960–76)</small>|

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: General Secretary of the
Central Committee
- **body**: the Communist Party of Vietnam
- **insignia**: File:Communist Party of Vietnam flag logo.svg
- **insigniasize**: 150px
- **insigniacaption**: Symbol of the Communist Party of Vietnam
- **image**: To Lam 12082025.jpg
- **incumbent**: Tô Lâm
- **incumbentsince**: 19 July 2024
- **style**: Comrade (Đồng chí)

- **type**: Party leader
- **status**: 1st in Politburo and Secretariat
- **member of**: Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Central Committee
Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Political Bureau
Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Central Military Commission
Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Secretariat
- **appointer**: Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Central Committee
- **termlength**: Five years
<small>renewable once</small>
- **precursor**: First Secretary
- **formation**: 27 October 1930
- **inaugural**: Trần Phú