Lê Lương Minh
Lê Lương Minh | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2014 | |
| 13th Secretary-General of ASEAN | |
| In office 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Surin Pitsuwan |
| Succeeded by | Lim Jock Hoi |
| Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations | |
| In office January 2004 – June 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Nguyen Thanh Chau |
| Succeeded by | Le Hoai Trung |
| Non-resident Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam | |
| In office December 2008 – 1 February 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1952 Thanh Hóa, Vietnam |
| Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| Alma mater | Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam Jawaharlal Nehru University |
Lê Lương Minh (born 1 September 1952)[1][2] is a Vietnamese politician and diplomat who served as the 13th secretary-general of ASEAN between 2013 and 2017.[3][4]
Early life
Lê Lương Minh graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam in Hanoi, Vietnam in 1974,[1] and the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India.[5]
Political career
In 1975, he began his career in Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed Deputy Director-General for International Organisations in 1993. In 1995, he was appointed as Ambassador – Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office and Other International Organisations in Geneva.[1] In 1997, he was appointed as Ambassador – Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations at Headquarters. Since February 17, 2004, he has been Vietnam's ambassador to the United Nations in New York City.[2] He held this office from 1995 to 1997 for the UN institutions in Geneva and as a deputy in New York City from 1997 to 1999.[2] He was the President of the United Nations Security Council in July 2008[6] and October 2009.[5][7] He was nominated ASEAN Secretary-General by the government of Vietnam, a post which he took over on January 1, 2013. The ASEAN leaders endorsed him as ASEAN Secretary-General for 2013–2017 in a ceremony at the bloc's headquarter in Jakarta on January 7, 2013.[1]
Personal life
He is a native of Thanh Hóa, a coastal town 150 kilometers south of Vietnam's capital Hanoi. He is married and has two daughters.[1]
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