PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Vietnamese President To Lam was confirmed on Saturday as the new head of the Communist Party after his predecessor died on July 19.
Lam will be general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the country’s most powerful political role, state media said. It was unclear whether Lam would remain in her role as president.
The previous secretary general, Nguyen Phu Trongdominated Vietnamese politics since becoming party chief in 2011. He was elected for a third term as general secretary in 2021. He was an ideologue who He considered corruption the most serious threat. facing the game.
Lam spent more than four decades in the Ministry of Public Security before becoming minister in 2016. As Vietnam’s top security official, Lam led Trong’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign until May, when assumed the presidency after the resignation of his predecessorwho resigned after being caught by the campaign.
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