Minister of Foreign Affairs (Vietnam)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam
	Incumbent; Bùi Thanh Sơn; since April 8, 2021
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Cabinet; Council for National Defense and Security
Reports to	The president; The prime minister
Appointer	The president
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Ho Chi Minh
Formation	August 28,1945
Succession	Fifth
Deputy	Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Website	mofa.gov.vn

The minister of foreign affairs is the Government of Vietnam member in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Moreover, member of Council for National Defense and Security. Since 2007, the minister of foreign affairs served as Deputy Prime Minister and sometimes a member of the Politburo, making this ministership one of the highest ranking members in the Vietnamese cabinet. The current Vietnamese minister of foreign affairs is Bùi Thanh Sơn.

Quick facts Style, Member of ...

No	Name	Took office	Left office
1	Ho Chi Minh	August 28, 1945	March 2, 1946
2	Nhất Linh	March 2, 1946	November 3, 1946
1	Ho Chi Minh	November 3, 1946	March 1947
3	Hoàng Minh Giám	March 1947	April 1954
4	Phạm Văn Đồng	April 1954	February 1961
5	Ung Văn Khiêm	February 1961	April 30, 1963
6	Xuân Thủy	April 30, 1963	April 1965
7	Nguyễn Duy Trinh	April 1965	February 1980

No	Name	Took office	Left office
7	Nguyễn Duy Trinh	April 1965	February 1980
8	Nguyễn Cơ Thạch	February 1980	August 1991
9	Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm	August 1991	February 28, 2000
10	Nguyễn Dy Niên	February 28, 2000	June 28, 2006
11	Phạm Gia Khiêm	June 28, 2006	August 3, 2011
12	Phạm Bình Minh	August 3, 2011	April 8, 2021
13	Bùi Thanh Sơn	April 8, 2021	Present

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