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Phạm Thị Thanh Trà
Vietnamese politician (born 1964) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Phạm Thị Thanh Trà (born 21 January 1964) is a Vietnamese politician, first female Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam since October 2025. She previously served as Minister of Home Affairs between 2021 and 2025.
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Phạm Thị Thanh Trà was born on 21 January 1964 in Nam Đàn district, North Vietnam.[1][2]
She joined the Communist Party of Vietnam on 12 June 1993.[1] Her career began in Yên Bái and worked in the education sector as deputy director of the Disctrict Education Office.[2] She also served as vice-chair of the District People's Committee, deputy secretary and secretary of the Yen Bai Provincial Youth League Committee, vice-chair of the Provincial People's Committee, member of the Standing Committee of the Yen Bai Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and secretary of the Municipal Committee.[1] In 2014, she was promoted to undersecretary of the Yen Bai Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.[1][2] In 2015, she also served as chairwoman of the Yen Bai Provincial People's Committee.[2]
She was elected in January 2026 member of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.[1][2]
In August 2016, after Pham Duy Cuong, secretary of the Yen Bai Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam was assassinated, Phạm Thị Thanh Trà succeeded him until 2020.[2][1]
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc appointed her deputy Minister of Home Affairs of Vietnam in September 2020.[3][2] In 2021 she was re-elected member of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.[4][2]
On 8 April 2021, the National Assembly appointed her the new Minister of Home Affairs.[5] She became the first female Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam on 25 October 2025.[2][6]
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