Phạm Bình Minh (Vietnamese pronunciation: [faːm˧˨ʔ ʔɓïŋ˨˩ mïŋ˧˧]; born 26 March 1959) is a Vietnamese diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2021 and as Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam from 2013 to 2023. Between September 2021 and his dismissal in January 2023, he also served as the Permanent Deputy Prime Minister, the most senior among the deputy prime ministers, in the Cabinet of Phạm Minh Chính. Minh was also a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the country's highest decision-making body, headed by General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng.
Born in Nam Định Province, Minh was educated at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam and at Tufts University. He is the son of Nguyễn Cơ Thạch, who also served as vice premier and foreign minister of Vietnam.
On December 30, 2022, he was voted out of both the Central Committee and the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam and stepped down from his position on January 5, 2023, after the National Assembly selected a successor. His dismissal was announced without specific reasons, but the moves come after he was accused of being involved in a scheme to extort fees from repatriate Vietnamese citizens stuck abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic with his ministerial assistant being arrested earlier in September 2022.
Read more...The March 26, 1959 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♈. It was the 84 day of the year. President of the United States was Dwight D. Eisenhower.
If you were born on this day, you are 66 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 177 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in 187 days. You have lived for 24,284 days, or about 582,826 hours, or about 34,969,566 minutes, or about 2,098,173,960 seconds.
Date: 27 March 1959
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Kisakurek convicted of insulting ex-Min Koprulu in article pub 3 yrs ago; faces 1-yr jail term; article deemed attack on Ataturk reforms also under investigation
Date: 26 March 1959
newspaper ed E M K Mulira cleared of pub false rumor likely to cause unrest
Date: 27 March 1959
Govt ousts L Collins (UPI), W Burdett (CBS) and W McHale (Time-Life), refuses entry to D Fodor (Time); no reason given
Date: 27 March 1959
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repts pact with pressmen subject to union ratification, arbitration of pact with IBEW and talks with IAM
Date: 26 March 1959
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Date: 26 March 1959