Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng on Monday presented the Political Bureau’s decision to assign Politburo member Trương Thị Mai to the post of Permanent member of the 13th Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and Chairwoman of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission. — VNA/VNS Photo Trí Dũng

HÀ NỘI — The Politburo convened a meeting at the headquarters of the Party Central Committee on Monday to consider some personnel matters.

The Politburo decided to agree to let Võ Văn Thưởng, Politburo member, the newly elected State President and Permanent member of the 13th Party Central Committee’s Secretariat cease holding the position of Permanent member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat.

The Politburo also assigns Trương Thị Mai, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairwoman of the Party Central Committee's Organisation Commission to hold the position of Permanent member of the 13th Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and Chairwoman of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission.

In the afternoon of the same day, Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng presented the Political Bureau’s decision to assign Trương Thị Mai to the post.

Speaking at the event, Mai expressed her thanks to Party General Secretary Trọng and the Political Bureau for trustfully assigning her to hold the new position.

Mai affirmed that she was fully aware of her honour and entrusted responsibilities, and vowed to continue to learn, strive, improve herself, uphold the sense of responsibility and political mettle, inherit and build on experiences of predecessors to meet the increasingly high requirements of the Party and people.

Mai, a native of the central province of Quảng Bình, was born on January 23, 1958. She holds a master’s degree in public administration, a bachelor’s degree in history and a bachelor’s degree in law.

She had previously held various positions, including Secretary of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union’s Central Committee; President of the Việt Nam Youth Federation; deputy to the National Assembly (NA) from the 10th to the 15th terms; Vice Chairwoman of the 11th NA’s Committee for Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children; member of the 10th and 11th Party Central Committee; member of the National Assembly's Standing Committee; and Chairwoman of the 12th and 13th NA's Committee for Social Affairs.

At the 12th National Party Congress in January 2016, Mai was elected as member of the Party Central Committee. At the first meeting of the 12th Party Central Committee, she was elected to the 12th Political Bureau. In February 2016, she was assigned by the Political Bureau to join the Party Central Committee's Secretariat and to hold the post of Chairwoman of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Mass Mobilisation.

On January 30, 2021, at the 13th National Party Congress, Mai was elected as a member of the 13th Party Central Committee for the 2021-2026 tenure. At the first meeting of the 13th Party Central Committee, she was elected to the 13th Politburo for the 2021-2026 tenure. In April 2021, she was assigned by the Political Bureau to hold the position of Chairwoman of the Party Central Committee's Organisation Commission. — VNS