Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam

Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee

Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam
Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee; Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam
Overview
Type	Highest decision-making body when National Congress is not in session.
Responsible to	National Congress
Elected by	National Congress
Length of term	Five years
Term limits	None
Age limit	60 years or younger, but exemptions can be given.
History
Established	by 1st National Congress on 30 March 1935; 89 years ago
First convocation	30 March 1935
Latest convocation	2–8 October 2023
Leadership
Leader office	General Secretary
Executive organ	Politburo
Administrative leader	Permanent Member
Administrative organ	Secretariat
Inspection organ	Inspection Commission
Military organ	Military Commission
Members
Total	180 members
Newcomers	61 members (13th)
Old	103 members & 16 alternates (12th)
Alternates
Total	20 alternates
Newcomers	20 (13th)
Elections
Last election	The 13th National Congress on 30 January 2021
Next election	The 14th National Congress in 2026
Meeting place
	Headquarters of the Party Central Committee; 1A, Hùng Vương, Phường Điện Biên, Quận Ba Đình, Hà Nội
Charter
	"Charter of the Communist Party of Vietnam"
Rules
	"Working Regulations of the Central Committee, Politburo and the Secretariat"
Website
	dangcongsan.vn

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam), commonly the Party Central Committee (PCC; Vietnamese: Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng - BCHTW Đảng or BCHTƯ Đảng), is the highest organ between two national congresses and the organ of authority of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the sole ruling party in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

History

The Central Committee was established on 3 February 1930 when the Communist Party of Indochina and the Communist Party of Annam merged. In between Central Committee plenary sessions the main decision-making bodies of the party are the Politburo and the Secretariat. The Central Committee has been led since its establishment in 1930 by the General Secretary of the Central Committee.

Terms

Term	Members					Alternates					Plenums	Period		Duration	Ref.
	Male		Female		Re.	Male		Female		Re.		Start	End
	PM.	%.	PM.	%.	Re.	PA.	%.	PA.	%.	Re.		Start	End
Provisional	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	3 February 1930	30 March 1935	5 years, 55 days
1st	25	96,15%	1	3,85%	10	5	100%	0	0%	3	8	30 March 1935	19 February 1951	15 years, 326 days	^[1]
2nd	25	96,15%	1	3,85%	25	15	93,75%	1	6,25%	6	18	19 February 1951	12 September 1960	9 years, 206 days	^[2]
3rd	49	96,08%	2	3,92%	37	32	96,97%	1	3,03%	9	25	12 September 1960	20 December 1976	16 years, 99 days	^[3]
4th	97	95,10%	5	4,90%	64	30	93,75%	2	6,25%	21	12	20 December 1976	31 March 1982	5 years, 101 days	^[4]
5th	115	95,04%	6	4,96%	67	33	91,67%	3	8,33%	24	12	31 March 1982	18 December 1986	4 years, 262 days	^[5]
6th	125	93,98%	8	6,02%	72	43	87,76%	6	12,24%	31	12	18 December 1986	27 June 1991	4 years, 191 days	^[6]
7th	155	92,81%	12	7,19%	95	—	—	—	—	—	13	27 June 1991	1 July 1996	5 years, 4 days	^[7]
8th	153	89,82%	17	10,18%	73	—	—	—	—	—	12	1 July 1996	22 April 2001	4 years, 295 days	^[8]
9th	137	92,35%	13	7,65%	81	—	—	—	—	—	15	22 April 2001	25 April 2006	5 years, 3 days	^[9]
10th	143	91,10%	13	8,90%	84	18	85,71%	3	14,29%	19	15	25 April 2006	19 January 2011	4 years, 269 days	^[10]
11th	160	91,43%	15	8,57%	82	22	88,00%	3	12,00%	16	14	19 January 2011	28 January 2016	5 years, 9 days	^[11]
12th	163	90,56%	17	9,44%	103	17	85,00%	3	15,00%	16	15	28 January 2016	1 February 2021	5 years, 4 days	^[12]
13th	162	90,00%	18	10,00%	—	19	95,00%	1	5,00%	—	6	1 February 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 318 days	^[13]

References

^ "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa I (1935 - 1951)" [List of members of the Ith Central Committee (1935 - 1951)] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa II (1951 - 1960)" [List of members of the IIth Central Committee (1951 - 1960)] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa III (1960 - 1976)" [List of members of the IIIth Central Committee (1960 - 1976)] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa IV (1976 - 1982)" [List of members of the IVth Central Committee (1976 - 1982)] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa V (1982 - 1986)" [List of members of the Vth Central Committee (1982 - 1986)] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa VI (1986 - 1991)" [List of members of the VIth Central Committee (1986 - 1991)] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa VII (1991 - 1996)" [List of members of the VIIth Central Committee (1991 - 1996)] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa VIII (1996 - 2001)" [List of members of the VIIIth Central Committee (1996 - 2001)] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa IX" [List of members of the IXth Party Central Committee] (in Vietnamese). Embassy of Vietnam in the United States. 22 April 2001. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa X" [List of members of the Xth Party Central Committee]. Báo điện tử Tiền Phong (in Vietnamese). 24 April 2006. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa 11" [List of members of the 11th Party Central Committee]. VnEconomy (in Vietnamese). 18 January 2011. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Công bố danh sách Ban chấp hành Trung ương khóa XII" [Announcement of the composition of the XII Central Committee]. Tuổi Trẻ (in Vietnamese). 26 January 2016. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "List of members of the 13th Party Central Committee". Nhân Dân. Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. 30 January 2021. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

Bibliography

Giang, Nguyen Khac; Thai, Nguyen Quang (2022). "From Periphery to Centre: The Self-evolution of the Vietnamese Communist Party's Central Committee". Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs. 44 (1): 56–86. ISSN 1793-284X.

[1] "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa I (1935 - 1951)" [List of members of the Ith Central Committee (1935 - 1951)] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[2] "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa II (1951 - 1960)" [List of members of the IIth Central Committee (1951 - 1960)] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[3] "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa III (1960 - 1976)" [List of members of the IIIth Central Committee (1960 - 1976)] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[4] "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa IV (1976 - 1982)" [List of members of the IVth Central Committee (1976 - 1982)] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[5] "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa V (1982 - 1986)" [List of members of the Vth Central Committee (1982 - 1986)] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[6] "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa VI (1986 - 1991)" [List of members of the VIth Central Committee (1986 - 1991)] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[7] "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa VII (1991 - 1996)" [List of members of the VIIth Central Committee (1991 - 1996)] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[8] "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa VIII (1996 - 2001)" [List of members of the VIIIth Central Committee (1996 - 2001)] (in Vietnamese). Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[9] "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa IX" [List of members of the IXth Party Central Committee] (in Vietnamese). Embassy of Vietnam in the United States. 22 April 2001. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[10] "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa X" [List of members of the Xth Party Central Committee]. Báo điện tử Tiền Phong (in Vietnamese). 24 April 2006. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[11] "Danh sách Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa 11" [List of members of the 11th Party Central Committee]. VnEconomy (in Vietnamese). 18 January 2011. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[12] "Công bố danh sách Ban chấp hành Trung ương khóa XII" [Announcement of the composition of the XII Central Committee]. Tuổi Trẻ (in Vietnamese). 26 January 2016. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[13] "List of members of the 13th Party Central Committee". Nhân Dân. Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. 30 January 2021. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

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