Trần Đại Quang was a Vietnamese politician and former police general who served as the ninth President of Vietnam from 2016 until his death in 2018. After serving for five years as the Minister of Public Security (2011–2016), Quang was nominated by his predecessor Trương Tấn Sang to the presidency and was elected to the post by the National Assembly of Vietnam on 2 April 2016. He was one of the country's top leaders and ranked second in the Politburo behind Nguyễn Phú Trọng, the Communist Party General Secretary.
Quang in 2018
Vietnam's State President Trần Đại Quang Recognizes USAID’s Disaster Relief Assistance, 2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) with Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Trần Đại Quang (left) at the Belt and Road International Cooperation Forum
Vladimir Putin and Quang at APEC 2017 in Da Nang
Trương Tấn Sang is a Vietnamese politician, who served as the eighth President of Vietnam from 2011 to 2016. He was one of Vietnam's top leaders, alongside prime minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng and Party general secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng. In July 2011, Trương Tấn Sang was elected state president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam by the National Assembly of Vietnam and nominated by his predecessor Nguyễn Minh Triết who retired from office.
Trương Tấn Sang in 2016
Trương Tấn Sang and Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
Trương Tấn Sang presenting a portrait of Ho Chi Minh to the leader of veterans of the Soviet specialist mission in Vietnam.
