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{{Short description|Vietnamese politician (born 1953)}}
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|name = Nguyễn Thiện Nhân
| name = Nguyễn Thiện Nhân
|image = Nguyen Thien Nhan 2.jpg
| image = Mr. Nguyen Thien Nhan.jpg
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| caption = Nhân in 2010
|office = Secretary of the [[Ho Chi Minh city]] Party Committee
| office = [[National Assembly (Vietnam)|Member of the National Assembly]]
|term_start = 10 May 2017
| term_start = 20 May 2007<br />Dean of the Delegation from Ho Chi Minh City (10 May 2017 – 20 July 2021)
|term_end =
| term_end =
| office1 = Secretary of the [[Ho Chi Minh City]] Party Committee
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|predecessor = [[Đinh La Thăng]]
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| term_start1 = 10 May 2017
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|office1 = Chairman of the [[Central Committee of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front|Central Committee]] of the [[Vietnamese Fatherland Front]]
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| predecessor1 = [[Đinh La Thăng]]
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|term_start1 = 5 September 2013
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| successor1 = [[Nguyễn Văn Nên]]
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|term_end1 = 22 June 2017
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| office2 = [[Chairman of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front|Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front]]
|deputy1 =
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| term_start2 = 5 September 2013
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|predecessor1 = [[Huynh Dam|Huỳnh Đảm]]
| term_end2 = 22 June 2017
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|successor1 = [[Trần Thanh Mẫn]]
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|office2 = Member of the [[Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam|Politburo]]
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| predecessor2 = [[Huynh Dam|Huỳnh Đảm]]
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|term_start2 = 11 May 2013
| successor2 = [[Trần Thanh Mẫn]]
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|office3 = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam]]
| office3 = Member of the [[Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam|Politburo]]
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| term_start3 = 11 May 2013
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|primeminister3 = [[Nguyen Tan Dung|Nguyễn Tấn Dũng]]
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| term_end3 = 31 January 2021
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|term_start3 = 2 August 2007
| office4 = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam]]
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|term_end3 = 11 November 2013
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| primeminister4 = [[Nguyen Tan Dung|Nguyễn Tấn Dũng]]
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|6|12|df=y}}
| predecessor4 = [[Phạm Gia Khiêm]]
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|birth_place = [[Cà Mau Province]], [[State of Vietnam]]
| successor4 = [[Vũ Đức Đam]]
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|death_date =
| term_start4 = 2 August 2007
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|death_place =
| term_end4 = 11 November 2013
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|party = [[File:Flag of the Communist Party of Vietnam.svg|25px]] [[Communist Party of Vietnam]]
| office5 = [[Ministry of Education of Vietnam|Minister of Education]]
| primeminister5 = [[Nguyen Tan Dung|Nguyễn Tấn Dũng]]
| predecessor5 = [[Nguyễn Minh Hiển]]
| successor5 = [[Phạm Vũ Luận]]
| term_start5 = 28 June 2006
| term_end5 = 17 June 2010
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|6|12|df=y}}
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| birth_place = [[Cà Mau province]], [[State of Vietnam]]
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| death_date =
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| death_place =
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| party = [[File:Flag of the Communist Party of Vietnam.svg|25px]] [[Communist Party of Vietnam]]
| honorific_prefix = [[His Excellency]] [[Professor]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Marcelloni |first=Claudia |date=3 February 2009 |title=His Excellency Professor Nguyen Thien Nhan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Training Socialist Republic of Vietnam visits the ATLAS CERN |url=http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1163010?ln=sv |website=[[CERN|European Organization for Nuclear Research]]}}</ref>
| education = [[:vi:Học viện Quân y (Việt Nam)|Military Medical Academy of Vietnam]]<br />[[Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg]] (BS, PhD)<br />[[University of Oregon]] (MPA)<br />[[Harvard University]]
| allegiance = {{flag|Vietnam}}
| branch = [[Vietnam People's Army]]
| serviceyears = 1970–1983
| rank = [[File:Cấp hiệu Thượng úy Công an.png|10px]] [[Senior lieutenant]]
| 2namedata3 = [[Nguyễn Phú Trọng]]
| 2blankname3 = [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam|General Secretary]]
| constituency = [[Bắc Giang]] (20 May 2007 – 22 May 2016)<br />[[Trà Vinh]] (22 May 2016 – 15 May 2017)<br />[[Ho Chi Minh City]] (since 15 May 2017)
| majority = 84,87% (364,988 votes)
| termend1 = 17 October 2020
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'''Nguyễn Thiện Nhân''' (born 12 June 1953) is a Vietnamese politician and the current Secretary of [[Ho Chi Minh City]]'s Central Party Committee since May 10, 2017. His previous post was the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://vovworld.vn/en-us/News/Nguyen-Thien-Nhan-elected-President-of-Vietnam-Fatherland-Front/178595.vov|title=Nguyen Thien Nhan elected President of Vietnam Fatherland Front|date=2013-09-05|work=RADIO THE VOICE OF VIETNAM|access-date=2017-11-19|language=en}}</ref> He was a [[Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam]] between 2007 and 2013, and was [[Ministry of Education and Training (Vietnam) |Minister of Education and Training]] of Vietnam between 2006 and 2010. He is a member of the [[11th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam]]. He had been the 1st vice mayor of [[Ho Chi Minh City]] before being appointed Minister of Education on June 28, 2006, by Prime Minister [[Nguyễn Tấn Dũng]]. He was appointed by the [[National Assembly of Vietnam|National Assembly]], upon recommendation of Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam.<ref name="BN">[http://www.nld.com.vn/tintuc/chinh-tri-xa-hoi/197641.asp Approval of the new members in the Cabinet on August 2, 2007, Người Lao Động News]</ref> He got a PhD in cybernetics at the [[Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg]] in [[East Germany]] in 1979.
'''Nguyễn Thiện Nhân''' (born 12 June 1953) is a [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] economist, engineer, professor and politician. He is currently a member of the [[National Assembly (Vietnam)|National Assembly]] representing [[Ho Chi Minh City]], where he served as its [[party secretary]] (''de facto'' mayor) from 2017 until his retirement in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Công |first=Hữu |date=17 October 2020 |title=Ông Nguyễn Thiện Nhân tiếp tục chỉ đạo Thành ủy TP HCM |url=https://vnexpress.net/ong-nguyen-thien-nhan-tiep-tuc-chi-dao-thanh-uy-tp-hcm-4177903.html |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=[[VnExpress]] |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=11 June 2021 |title=Nguyên Bí thư TP.HCM Nguyễn Thiện Nhân lần thứ 5 trúng cử ĐBQH |url=https://danviet.vn/nguyen-bi-thu-thanh-uy-tphcm-nguyen-thien-nhan-lan-thu-5-trung-cu-dai-bieu-quoc-hoi-20210611100809628.htm |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=Dân Việt |language=vi}}</ref> A member of the [[11th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam|11th]] and [[12th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam|12th]] [[Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam|Politburo of the Communist Party]], he previously served as [[Chairman of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front|Chairman]] of the [[Vietnamese Fatherland Front]] from 2013 to 2017<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=27 September 2014 |title=Nguyen Thien Nhan stays as Fatherland Front chief |url=https://en.vietnamplus.vn/nguyen-thien-nhan-stays-as-fatherland-front-chief/66148.vnp |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=VietnamPlus }}</ref> and as [[Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam|Deputy Prime Minister]] and [[Ministry of Education of Vietnam|Minister of Education]] during [[Nguyễn Tấn Dũng]]'s premiership.<ref name="BN">[http://www.nld.com.vn/tintuc/chinh-tri-xa-hoi/197641.asp Approval of the new members in the Cabinet on August 2, 2007, Người Lao Động News]</ref> Prior to entering [[Politics of Vietnam|national politics]], he worked as a [[Systems engineering|systems engineer]] in the [[People's Army of Vietnam|military]] before pivoting to [[Academy|academia]] and then serving in the [[Municipality|municipal administration]] of Ho Chi Minh City, where he was its [[deputy mayor]] from 2001 to 2006. He received a [[Bachelor's degree|BS]] and a PhD in [[Cybernetics]] from the [[Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg]] in [[East Germany]], an [[Master of Public Administration|MPA]] from the [[University of Oregon]] as a [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Scholar]], and had [[Executive education|studied]] at [[Harvard University]] and the [[:vi:Học viện Quân y (Việt Nam)|Military Medical Academy of Vietnam]].


==Early life and career==
==Early life and career==


Nguyễn Thiện Nhân was born on June 12, 1953 in Cà Mau, originally in Chau Thanh, Tra Vinh province. His father Nguyễn Thiện Thành was a Professor and a Doctor. His father was an active intellectual for the [[Việt Minh|Vietnamese independence movement]] . After the Geneva Accords, 1954, his father brought his family to the North under the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Nguyễn Thiện Nhân was born on 12 June 1953 in Cà Mau, Vietnam. His family is originally from Chau Thanh, [[Trà Vinh province]]. His father Nguyễn Thiện Thành was a professor and a doctor. His father was an intellectual who was active in the [[Việt Minh|Vietnamese independence movement]]. Under the provisions of the Geneva Accords of 1954, his father brought his family to the North to live in the part of Vietnam under the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.


Influenced by father, after high school, in June 1970, he enlisted and served in the Vietnam People's Army as a cadet in the field of engineering. In 1972 he was sent to study abroad at the Technical University of Magdeburg (German: Technische Hochschule Magdeburg), East Germany He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1976.
Encouraged by his father, after high school, in June 1970, he enlisted in the [[People's Army of Vietnam|Vietnam People's Army]] as a cadet in the field of engineering. In 1972, he was sent to study abroad at the [[Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg|Technical University of Magdeburg]] (German: ''Technische Hochschule Magdeburg'') in [[East Germany]]. He was commissioned a [[Second lieutenant|Second Lieutenant]] in 1976.


In 1979, he successfully defended his PhD thesis in Cybernetics. His doctoral dissertation is Untersuchungen zur automatischen Steuerung der optimalen Fahrweise von Fernwärmeversorgungssystemen (Automated Control Research for the Optimum Operating Method of the Heating System) . After returning home in 1980, he worked as a researcher at the Controlled Arms Institute of the Military Institute of Technology under the Ministry of Defense (now the Missile Institute of the Military Science and Technology Institute) until 1983. [Also in 1980, he was admitted to the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]]. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1980, Lieutenant in 1982.
In 1979, he successfully defended his PhD thesis in Cybernetics. His doctoral dissertation is Untersuchungen zur automatischen Steuerung der optimalen Fahrweise von Fernwärmeversorgungssystemen (Automated Control Research for the Optimum Operating Method of the Heating System) . After returning home in 1980, he worked as a researcher at the Controlled Arms Institute of the Military Institute of Technology under the Ministry of Defense (now the Missile Institute of the Military Science and Technology Institute) until 1983. Also in 1980, he was admitted to the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]]. He was promoted to First Lieutenant in 1980, Senior Lieutenant in 1982.


In 1993, he studied and earned an MPA of governance at the [[University of Oregon]] and a course of Investment Project Assessment at [[Harvard University]], USA. He has been the professor at [[Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology]].
In 1993, he studied and earned an MPA of governance at the [[University of Oregon]] and a course of Investment Project Assessment at [[Harvard University]], USA. He has been the professor at [[Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology]].
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Nguyễn Thiện Nhân is known for some efforts in reform of Vietnamese education system, widely supported by the Vietnamese public. He is also one of the high senior officials in Vietnamese government who has a good command of English along with [[Hoàng Trung Hải]], another vice prime minister. He is fluent in [[English language|English]] and [[German language|German]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Deputy ministers required to meet foreign language standards|url=http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/105392/deputy-ministers-required-to-meet-foreign-language-standards.html|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref>


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Nguyễn Thiện Nhân is known for a number of efforts in reforming the Vietnamese education system, widely supported by the Vietnamese public. He is also one of the senior officials in the Vietnamese government who has a good command of English along with [[Hoàng Trung Hải]], another vice prime minister. Mr. Nhan is fluent in both English and German.<ref>{{cite web|title=Deputy ministers required to meet foreign language standards|url=http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/105392/deputy-ministers-required-to-meet-foreign-language-standards.html|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref>
Nguyễn Thiện Nhân's father is Nguyễn Thiện Thanh, a professor.


He replaced [[Đinh La Thăng]] as the Secretary of [[Communist Party of Vietnam]] of [[Ho Chi Minh City]] from May 10, 2017.
He replaced [[Đinh La Thăng]] as the Secretary of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]] for [[Ho Chi Minh City]] beginning on 10 May 2017.

On the evening of 17 October 2020, Nguyen Van Nen was elected Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee for the term of 2020–2025, replacing Nguyen Thien Nhan. Mr. Nguyen Thien Nhan was assigned by the Politburo to continue to monitor and direct the HCMC Party Committee until the end of the 13th National Party Congress (scheduled to take place in January 2021).<ref>[https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hcmc-gets-new-party-secretary-4178194.html HCMC gets new Party Secretary] ''Vietnam Express'' (18 October 2020)</ref>


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In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Nguyễn, but is often simplified to Nguyen in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Nhân.
His Excellency Professor[1]
Nguyễn Thiện Nhân
Nhân in 2010
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 May 2007
Dean of the Delegation from Ho Chi Minh City (10 May 2017 – 20 July 2021)
ConstituencyBắc Giang (20 May 2007 – 22 May 2016)
Trà Vinh (22 May 2016 – 15 May 2017)
Ho Chi Minh City (since 15 May 2017)
Majority84,87% (364,988 votes)
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee
In office
10 May 2017 – 17 October 2020
Preceded byĐinh La Thăng
Succeeded byNguyễn Văn Nên
Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front
In office
5 September 2013 – 22 June 2017
Preceded byHuỳnh Đảm
Succeeded byTrần Thanh Mẫn
Member of the Politburo
In office
11 May 2013 – 31 January 2021
General SecretaryNguyễn Phú Trọng
Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
In office
2 August 2007 – 11 November 2013
Prime MinisterNguyễn Tấn Dũng
Preceded byPhạm Gia Khiêm
Succeeded byVũ Đức Đam
Minister of Education
In office
28 June 2006 – 17 June 2010
Prime MinisterNguyễn Tấn Dũng
Preceded byNguyễn Minh Hiển
Succeeded byPhạm Vũ Luận
Personal details
Born (1953-06-12) 12 June 1953 (age 71)
Cà Mau province, State of Vietnam
Political party Communist Party of Vietnam
EducationMilitary Medical Academy of Vietnam
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (BS, PhD)
University of Oregon (MPA)
Harvard University
Military service
Allegiance Vietnam
Branch/serviceVietnam People's Army
Years of service1970–1983
Rank Senior lieutenant

Nguyễn Thiện Nhân (born 12 June 1953) is a Vietnamese economist, engineer, professor and politician. He is currently a member of the National Assembly representing Ho Chi Minh City, where he served as its party secretary (de facto mayor) from 2017 until his retirement in 2020.[2][3] A member of the 11th and 12th Politburo of the Communist Party, he previously served as Chairman of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front from 2013 to 2017[4] and as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education during Nguyễn Tấn Dũng's premiership.[5] Prior to entering national politics, he worked as a systems engineer in the military before pivoting to academia and then serving in the municipal administration of Ho Chi Minh City, where he was its deputy mayor from 2001 to 2006. He received a BS and a PhD in Cybernetics from the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg in East Germany, an MPA from the University of Oregon as a Fulbright Scholar, and had studied at Harvard University and the Military Medical Academy of Vietnam.

Early life and career

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Nguyễn Thiện Nhân was born on 12 June 1953 in Cà Mau, Vietnam. His family is originally from Chau Thanh, Trà Vinh province. His father Nguyễn Thiện Thành was a professor and a doctor. His father was an intellectual who was active in the Vietnamese independence movement. Under the provisions of the Geneva Accords of 1954, his father brought his family to the North to live in the part of Vietnam under the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

Encouraged by his father, after high school, in June 1970, he enlisted in the Vietnam People's Army as a cadet in the field of engineering. In 1972, he was sent to study abroad at the Technical University of Magdeburg (German: Technische Hochschule Magdeburg) in East Germany. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1976.

In 1979, he successfully defended his PhD thesis in Cybernetics. His doctoral dissertation is Untersuchungen zur automatischen Steuerung der optimalen Fahrweise von Fernwärmeversorgungssystemen (Automated Control Research for the Optimum Operating Method of the Heating System) . After returning home in 1980, he worked as a researcher at the Controlled Arms Institute of the Military Institute of Technology under the Ministry of Defense (now the Missile Institute of the Military Science and Technology Institute) until 1983. Also in 1980, he was admitted to the Communist Party of Vietnam. He was promoted to First Lieutenant in 1980, Senior Lieutenant in 1982.

In 1993, he studied and earned an MPA of governance at the University of Oregon and a course of Investment Project Assessment at Harvard University, USA. He has been the professor at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology.

Nguyễn Thiện Nhân is known for a number of efforts in reforming the Vietnamese education system, widely supported by the Vietnamese public. He is also one of the senior officials in the Vietnamese government who has a good command of English along with Hoàng Trung Hải, another vice prime minister. Mr. Nhan is fluent in both English and German.[6]

He replaced Đinh La Thăng as the Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam for Ho Chi Minh City beginning on 10 May 2017. 

On the evening of 17 October 2020, Nguyen Van Nen was elected Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee for the term of 2020–2025, replacing Nguyen Thien Nhan. Mr. Nguyen Thien Nhan was assigned by the Politburo to continue to monitor and direct the HCMC Party Committee until the end of the 13th National Party Congress (scheduled to take place in January 2021).[7]

References

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  1. ^ Marcelloni, Claudia (3 February 2009). His Excellency Professor Nguyen Thien Nhan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Training Socialist Republic of Vietnam visits the ATLAS CERN. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Công, Hữu (17 October 2020). "Ông Nguyễn Thiện Nhân tiếp tục chỉ đạo Thành ủy TP HCM". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Nguyên Bí thư TP.HCM Nguyễn Thiện Nhân lần thứ 5 trúng cử ĐBQH". Dân Việt (in Vietnamese). 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Nguyen Thien Nhan stays as Fatherland Front chief". VietnamPlus. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  5. ^ Approval of the new members in the Cabinet on August 2, 2007, Người Lao Động News
  6. ^ "Deputy ministers required to meet foreign language standards". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  7. ^ HCMC gets new Party Secretary Vietnam Express (18 October 2020)
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