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
General Secretary of the Indochinese Communist Party Central CommitteeTổng Bí thư Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Đông Dương  No.These numbers are not official. Portrait Name(Birth–Death) Took office Left office  Rank Central Committee 180px|alt=A young man, in a suit with a pale shirt and dark tie Trần Phú(1904–1931) 27 October 1930 6 September 1931† 1 Provisional Central Committee(1930–35) 280px|alt=A young man, in a suit with a pale shirt and dark tie Lê Hồng Phong(1902–1942) 27 October 1931 26 July 1936 1 1st Central Committee (1935–45) 380px|alt=A young man, in a suit with a pale shirt and dark tie Hà Huy Tập(1906–1941) 26 July 1936 30 March 1938 1 480px|alt=A young man, in a pale shirt and dark jacket Nguyễn Văn Cừ(1912–1941) 30 March 1938 9 November 1940 1 580px|alt=A balding man looking to the left, dressed in a dark jascket buttoned to the neck Trường Chinh(1907–1988) 9 November 1940 11 November 1945 1He was ranked No. 1 until the 1945 August Revolution led by Hồ Chí Minh.1st Central Committee (1935–45)First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Vietnam Central CommitteeBí thư Thứ nhất Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Lao động Việt Nam  No.These numbers are not official. Portrait Name(Birth–Death) Took office Left office  Rank Central Committee 580px|alt=A balding man looking to the left, dressed in a dark jascket buttoned to the neck Trường Chinh(1907–1988) 19 February 1951 5 October 1956 2 2nd Central Committee (1951–60) 680px|alt=A thin-faced man with a long beard wearing traditional clothing Hồ Chí Minh(1890–1969) 5 October 1956 10 September 1960 1 2nd Central Committee (1951–60) 3rd Central Committee (1960–76) 780px Lê Duẩn(1907–1986) 10 September 1960 20 December 1976 2General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central CommitteeTổng Bí thư Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam 780px Lê Duẩn(1907–1986) 20 December 1976 10 July 1986† 1 4th Central Committee (1976–82) 5th Central Committee (1982–86) 580px|alt=A balding man looking to the left, dressed in a dark jacket buttoned to the neck Trường Chinh(1907–1988) 14 July 1986 18 December 1986 1 5th Central Committee (1982–86) 8 Nguyễn Văn Linh(1915–1998) 18 December 1986 28 June 1991 1 6th Central Committee (1986–91) 980px|alt=An old graying man wearing white jacket Đỗ Mười(1917–2018) 28 June 1991 26 December 1997 1 7th Central Committee (1991–96) 8th Central Committee (1996–2001) 1080px|alt=Colonel general Lê Khả Phiêu(1931–2020) 26 December 1997 22 April 2001 1 1180px|alt=a man with greying black hair, wearing a suit and tie Nông Đức Mạnh(1940–) 22 April 2001 19 January 2011 1 9th Central Committee (2001–06) 10th Central Committee (2006–11) 1280px Nguyễn Phú Trọng(1944–2024) 19 January 2011 19 July 2024† 1 11th Central Committee (2011–16) 12th Central Committee (2016–21) 13th Central Committee (2021–26)

Chairman of the Workers' Party of Vietnam Central CommitteeChủ tịch Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Lao động Việt Nam  No. Portrait Name(Birth–Death) Took office Left office  Rank Central Committee *91x91px|alt=A thin-faced man with a long beard wearing traditional clothing Hồ Chí Minh(1890–1969) 19 February 1951 2 September 1969 1 2nd Central Committee (1951–60)3rd Central Committee (1960–76)

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