Đinh La Thăng

Đinh La Thăng
Đinh La Thăng
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee
	In office; 5 February 2016 – 10 May 2017
Preceded by	Lê Thanh Hải
Succeeded by	Nguyễn Thiện Nhân
Minister of Transport
	In office; 8 August 2011 – 8 April 2016
Prime Minister	Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Preceded by	Hồ Nghĩa Dũng
Succeeded by	Trương Quang Nghĩa
Chairman of Petrovietnam
	In office; 5 October 2006 – 3 August 2011
Prime Minister	Nguyen Tan Dung
Member of the Politburo
	In office; 27 January 2016 – 7 May 2017
Personal details
Born	10 September 1960 (age 64); Nam Định Province
Alma mater	Academy of Finance

Đinh La Thăng (10 April 1960) is an imprisoned Vietnamese communist politician who was a former Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee and a former Minister of Transport for Vietnam.^[1]^[2] Since 10 May 2017 he has occupied the lesser post of Deputy Head of the Central Economic Department, a subunit of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.^[3]

Đinh La Thăng was born in 1960 in Yên Bình Commune, Ý Yên District, Nam Định Province, and graduated from the University of Hanoi's School of Finance and Accounting (now the Academy of Finance^[4]). He was a member of the 10th and 11th Central Committees of the Communist Party of Vietnam. He was a member of the 12th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam. He was also a member of National Assembly of Vietnam from the XI through XIIIth sessions. Before becoming the Minister of Transport, he was the Chairman of the Board of Petrovietnam, the national oil and gas company; Deputy Secretary of Provincial Communist Party of Thừa Thiên–Huế Province (November 2003-December 2005); and Chairman of Song Da Corporation^[5] (April 2001-October 2003).

Đinh La Thăng was relieved from his position in the Politburo on 7 May 2017 due to his violations of statue during his service as Chairman of the Board of Petrovietnam, violations that led to embarrassing economic losses.^[6]^[7]

He was arrested on 8 December 2017 for investigation on his mismanagement resulting to 800 billion VND (35.28 million USD) loss of the state-owned Petrovietnam on its investment to Oceanbank.

He has a daughter, Đinh Hương Ly (born 1984), who worked for Morgan Stanley from 2006 to 2013.

References

^ Hữu Công (5 February 2016). "Ông Đinh La Thăng làm Bí thư TP HCM" [Mr. Đinh La Thăng made Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City] (in Vietnamese). Vn Express. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Tân Phú (5 February 2016). "Ông Đinh La Thăng làm Bí thư Thành ủy TP.HCM; ông Võ Văn Thưởng làm Trưởng ban Tuyên giáo" (in Vietnamese). Thanh Niên Online. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Hoàng Đan (10 May 2017). "Ông Đinh La Thăng chính thức về nhận nhiệm vụ Phó Ban Kinh tế Trung ương" [Mr. Dinh La Thang officially took the position of Deputy Head of Central Economic Department]. Soha News (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Học viện Tài chính (Việt Nam)
^ Tổng công ty Sông Đà
^ "Dinh La Thang becomes 3rd ousted Vietnamese Politburo member". Xinhua. 7 May 2017. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Dư luận mạng viết về đề nghị kỷ luật ông Đinh La Thăng" [Public opinion about Đinh La Thăng's disciplinary recommendations]. BBC News (in Vietnamese). 2 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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[Huu-Cong-1] Hữu Công (5 February 2016). "Ông Đinh La Thăng làm Bí thư TP HCM" [Mr. Đinh La Thăng made Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City] (in Vietnamese). Vn Express. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[Tan-Phu-2] Tân Phú (5 February 2016). "Ông Đinh La Thăng làm Bí thư Thành ủy TP.HCM; ông Võ Văn Thưởng làm Trưởng ban Tuyên giáo" (in Vietnamese). Thanh Niên Online. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] Hoàng Đan (10 May 2017). "Ông Đinh La Thăng chính thức về nhận nhiệm vụ Phó Ban Kinh tế Trung ương" [Mr. Dinh La Thang officially took the position of Deputy Head of Central Economic Department]. Soha News (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] Học viện Tài chính (Việt Nam)

[5] Tổng công ty Sông Đà

[6] "Dinh La Thang becomes 3rd ousted Vietnamese Politburo member". Xinhua. 7 May 2017. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[7] "Dư luận mạng viết về đề nghị kỷ luật ông Đinh La Thăng" [Public opinion about Đinh La Thăng's disciplinary recommendations]. BBC News (in Vietnamese). 2 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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