Ngô Xuân Lịch
{{Short description|Vietnamese politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Đại tướng
| name = Ngô Xuân Lịch
| image = Mr. Ngo Xuan Lich.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| office = 11th Minister of Defence
| website =
| president = Trần Đại Quang
Nguyễn Phú Trọng
| primeminister = Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
| term_start = 9 April 2016
| term_end = 7 April 2021
| predecessor = Phùng Quang Thanh
| office1 = Chief of the General Department of Politics
| term_start1 = 1 March 2011
| term_end1 = 15 April 2016
| president1 = Trương Tấn Sang
Trần Đại Quang
| predecessor1 = Lê Văn Dũng
| successor1 = Lương Cường
| office2 = Member of the Politburo
| term_start2 = 27 January 2016
| term_end2 = 31 January 2021
| office3 = Vice Chief of the General Department of Politics
| term_start3 = 1 January 2008
| term_end3 = 1 March 2011
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|04|20}}
| birth_place = Duy Tiên, Hà Nam Province, State of Vietnam
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = 25px Communist Party of Vietnam (1974-present)
| alma_mater = Military Academy of Vietnam
| signature =
| allegiance = {{flag|Vietnam}}
| branch = 23px Vietnam People's Army
| serviceyears = 1972–2021
| rank = General
| unit =
| commands =
| battles = Vietnam War
Cambodian–Vietnamese War
| awards =
| successor = Phan Văn Giang
}}
Ngô Xuân Lịch ({{IPA|vi|ŋo˧˧ swən˧˧ lïk̟̚˧˨ʔ}}; born 20 April 1954 in Hà Nam) is a Vietnamese politician and Vietnam's Minister of National Defence and Chief of the General Department of Politics of Vietnam.[http://www.tinmoi.vn/Ong-Ngo-Xuan-Lich-la-Chu-nhiem-Tong-cuc-Chinh-tri-01235037.html Ngô Xuân Lịch là Chủ nhiệm Tổng cục Chính trị]" Ngô Xuân Lịch became a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam on 8 August 1974.
Ngô Xuân Lịch was previously Vice Chief of the General Department of Politics (January 2008 – 2011), and was promoted to the rank of four-star General in 2016. He replaced Lê Văn Dũng as Director of the General Department of Politics in March 2011.
Rank
Ngo Xuan Lich was promoted to Major General in 2003, then to Lieutenant General in 2008 and after that, Colonel General in 2011.
On October 5, 2015, he was promoted to General by the President along with Do Ba Ty who is now Vice-Chairman of National Assembly of Vietnam.[http://en.vietnamplus.vn/military-officials-promoted-to-general/82710.vnp President Truong Tan Sang announced the promotion of two senior Vietnamese military officials to General ranking during a ceremony in Hanoi on October 5.]"
On January 28, 2016, he was elected to the Politburo of Communist Party of Vietnam at its 12th National Congress.{{cite web| title=Chân dung 19 ủy viên Bộ Chính trị khóa XII | website=tuoitre.vn| date=28 January 2016 | url=https://tuoitre.vn/infographic-19-uy-vien-bo-chinh-tri-khoa-xii-1045678.htm | language=vi | access-date=19 March 2024}}
On April 9, 2016, he was appointed as the successor to Phung Quang Thanh and became the new Minister of National Defense of Vietnam.{{Cite web|url=http://laodong.vn/|title=Tin tức mới nhất 24h - Đọc Báo Lao Động online - Laodong.vn|website=laodong.vn|access-date=19 March 2024}}
Awards and honors
=National awards=
- 70px Military Exploit Order (1st class){{cite web|url=https://mod.gov.vn/en/intro/detail?1dmy¤t=true&urile=wcm%3Apath%3A/mod/sa-mod-site/sa-qpvn/sa-qpvn-bqp-root/sa-qpvn-bqp-child-dsldbqp/sa-qpvn-bqp-child-btqctk/c67ab717-fb5a-4302-ad5e-6e4be6e26798|title=Bộ trưởng Ngô Xuân Lịch (từ 2016 - 2021)|newspaper=Ministry of National Defence (Socialist Republic of Viwtnam)|access-date= November 28, 2024}}
- 70px Military Exploit Order (3rd class)
- 70px Feat Order (1st class)
- 70px Feat Order (2nd class)
- 70px Resistance Medal (1st class)
- 70px Liberation Order (2nd class)
- 70px Liberation Order (3rd class)
- 70px Victory Banner Medal
- 70px Glorious Fighter Medal (1st class)
- 70px Glorious Fighter Medal (2nd class)
- 70px Glorious Fighter Medal (3rd class)
- 70px 50 years of Party membership badge{{cite web|url=https://vtv.vn/chinh-tri/trao-tang-huy-hieu-50-nam-tuoi-dang-cho-dai-tuong-ngo-xuan-lich-20230928205606177.htm|title=Trao tặng Huy hiệu 50 năm tuổi Đảng cho Đại tướng Ngô Xuân Lịch|newspaper=VTV|date=2023-09-28|access-date=November 28, 2024}}
=Foreign awards=
- 70px Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sahametrei (Cambodia, 2019){{cite web|url=https://www.bienphong.com.vn/le-trao-tang-huan-chuong-cua-nha-nuoc-viet-nam-lao-campuchia-post384674.html|title=Lễ trao tặng Huân chương của Nhà nước Việt Nam, Lào, Campuchia|newspaper=Biên phòng|date=2019-12-20|access-date= November 28, 2024}}
- 70px Order of Playa Girón (Cuba, 2022){{cite web|url=https://english.vov.vn/en/politics/vietnamese-army-officer-honoured-with-cuban-orders-post989005.vov|title=Vietnamese army officer honoured with Cuban orders|newspaper=Voice of Vietnam|date=2022-12-07|access-date=November 28, 2024}}
- 70px Freedom Medal (1st class) (Laos, 2019)
- 70px Order of Friendship (Russia, 2021){{cite web|url=https://en.vietnamplus.vn/russias-friendship-order-conferred-on-vietnamese-diplomat-military-officials-post198329.vnp|title=Russia’s friendship order conferred on Vietnamese diplomat, military officials|newspaper=Vietnam+|date=2021-03-30|access-date=November 28, 2024}}
References
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