Tô Huy Rứa

Tô Huy Rứa was born on 4 June 1947 in Quảng Xương District in Thanh Hóa Province. In 1965 Tô Huy Rứa joined the Youth Volunteers for the battlefield. Tô Huy Rứa became member of the Communist Party of Vietnam on 6 February 1967 officially on 6 February 1968. In the early 1970s he was sent to study at the Central School of Philosophy. After graduation, he was retained as a lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy. During his teaching career, he enrolled in additional studies and a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Hanoi.

In the early 1980s, he was sent to graduate studies in philosophy at the Academy of Social Sciences in the USSR, successfully defending his dissertation. After graduation, he returned to Vietnam and was appointed deputy dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Hanoi University.

In the early 90s, he was elected to hold the position of Director of the Central School of Propaganda and Training (later the University of Propaganda and Training, the Sub-Institute of Journalism and Propaganda, now the Academy of Journalism and Propaganda under the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics). Bright).

During this period, he was conferred the title of Excellent Teacher by the State, studying the rank of Associate Professor of Philosophy.

In 1996, was appointed as Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics.

At the 8th National Congress of Deputies (June 1996), he was elected to the Central Committee of the Party, assigned to be the Standing Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics.

At the end of 1999, he was appointed by the Politburo to be the Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee. At the 9th National Congress of Deputies (April 2001), continued to be elected to the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee.

In 2003, he was reassigned by the Central Committee to be the Permanent Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics.

At the end of 2004, was appointed Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics.

In April 2006, at the 10th National Congress of Deputies, continued to be elected to the Central Executive Committee, elected to the Secretariat by the Central Committee and assigned as Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, Head of the Central Theoretical Council. The Central Committee of Thought and Culture (now the Central Propaganda Department),

At the 12th National Assembly election, he was elected a deputy to the National Assembly.

In January 2009, at the 9th Conference of the Central Committee, term X, was elected to the Politburo.

In February 2011, at  the 11th National Party Congress, he was re-elected as a member of the Central Committee, elected to the Politburo and the Secretariat; was assigned by the Politburo to be the head of the Central Organization Committee until the end of the 11th term.[3]