Nguyen Van Nen elected Ho Chi Minh City Party Secretary

Nguyen Van Nen, a former chief of the Party Central Committee Office, has been elected as Party Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City for the 2020-2025 tenure at the ongoing municipal Party convention.

Ho Chi Minh City's new Party Secretary Nguyen Van Nen
Ho Chi Minh City's new Party Secretary Nguyen Van Nen

The city’s Party Committee also elected four deputy secretaries for the next five years, namely Nguyen Ho Hai, Nguyen Thi Le, Nguyen Thanh Phong and Tran Luu Quang.

For now, Nguyen Thien Nhan, the current Party Secretary, will continue to direct the municipal Party affairs until after the conclusion of 13th National Party Congress, scheduled for early next year.

Nguyen Van Nen was born in 1957 in the southern province of Tay Ninh.

Prior to being appointed to head the Party Central Committee Office, he had held various senior posts, including Party Secretary of Tay Ninh Province, Deputy Head of the Central Commission for Communication and Education and Chairman of the Government Office.