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Võ Thị Ánh Xuân
Vice President of Vietnam since 2021 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (born 8 January 1970) is a Vietnamese politician and former educator who serves as the 17th vice president of Vietnam since 2021. She briefly served as acting president of Vietnam in 2023 and 2024.[lower-alpha 1][1][2][3]
Võ Thị Ánh Xuân | |
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![]() Xuân in 2024 | |
17th Vice President of Vietnam | |
Assumed office 6 April 2021 | |
President | See list
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Preceded by | Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh |
Acting President of Vietnam | |
In office 21 March 2024 – 22 May 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Phạm Minh Chính |
Vice President | Herself |
Preceded by | Võ Văn Thưởng |
Succeeded by | Tô Lâm |
In office 18 January 2023 – 2 March 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Phạm Minh Chính |
Vice President | Herself |
Preceded by | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc |
Succeeded by | Võ Văn Thưởng |
Personal details | |
Born | (1970-01-08) 8 January 1970 (age 54) Thới Sơn, Tịnh Biên, An Giang, South Vietnam |
Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam (1995–present) |
She was elected the vice president of Vietnam on 6 April 2021 after winning 93.13% of the votes in the National Assembly, continuing the recent norm of having a woman holding this position.[4] Prior to her election, Xuân served as the Party Secretary of An Giang province and chaired the province's deputies delegation to the National Assembly. A member of the Party Central Committee, she is the second female (acting) president after Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh, who also briefly served as the acting president in 2018. Xuân was the youngest vice president of Vietnam since 1945.[5]