Party chief named Secretary of Central Military Commission

The appointment is part of the decision of the Politburo, which was announced by Pham Minh Chinh, a Politburo member and Head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission in Hanoi on May 10. 

The 2015-2020 Central Military Commission has 23 members. 

General Ngo Xuan Lich, a Politburo member and Minister of National Defence, is Vice Secretary. 

Meanwhile, Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is a member of the commission’s standing committee.