Trần Đức Lương

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Trần Đức Lương (Template:IPA; 5 May 1937 – 20 May 2025) was a Vietnamese politician who served as the sixth President of Vietnam from 1997 to 2006.<ref>"Tran Duc Luong", in Historical Dictionary of Vietnam, ed. by Bruce M. Lockhart and William J. Duiker (Scarecrow Press, 2006) p. 371</ref>

Early life

Trần Đức Lương was born in Đức Phổ District, Quảng Ngãi Province and relocated to Hanoi after graduating from high school in 1954. He studied geology at Hanoi University of Mining and Geology.Template:Cn

Career

Lương joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1959, and became a functionary of the party in the 1970s. In 1987, he became Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam. Member of the Politburo since June 1996, Trần Đức Lương was elected state president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on September 24, 1997, and re-elected in 2002. On June 24, 2006, Lương announced his resignation (along with Prime Minister Phan Văn Khải). Nguyễn Minh Triết was named to succeed Lương as president.

Family

His son Trần Tuấn Anh was the head of the CPV's Central Economic Committee before resigning in 2024.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Death

Lương died at his home on 20 May 2025, at the age of 88.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> State media, citing information from the CPV's Board of Health Protection and Care for Central Officials (Template:Lang), stated that he died "due to old age and severe illness".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A state funeral was carried out on 24 and 25 May, at the National Funeral House. Lương was buried in his hometown in Đức Phổ District, Quảng Ngãi Province on 25 May.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>