Nguyễn Thanh Long

Nguyễn Thanh Long is a Vietnamese doctor and the current Minister of Health of Vietnam. He has been noted for being one of the chief strategists of the controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam.

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Nguyễn. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Long.
Professor

Nguyễn Thanh Long
Minister of Health
Assumed office
12 November 2020
Prime MinisterNguyễn Xuân Phúc
Preceded byNguyễn Thị Kim Tiến
Minister of Health
Acting
In office
7 July 2020 – 12 November 2020
Preceded byNguyễn Thị Kim Tiến
Vũ Đức Đam (acting)
Succeeded byHimself
Deputy Minister of Health
In office
2012–2018
In office
31 January 2020 – 7 July 2020
Deputy Director of Central Propaganda Department
In office
October 2018 – 31 January 2020
Personal details
Born (1966-09-03) September 3, 1966
Nam Định Province
Political partyCommunist Party of Vietnam
Alma materHanoi Medical University

Career

Long graduated in Infectious Medicine from Hanoi Medical University in 1995 and received his doctors degree in 2003. He received the title of Professor in 2013.[1] Between 2005 and 2011, he oversaw HIV/AIDS prevention at the Ministry of Health and from 2011 to 2018 he served as Deputy Minister of Health, before being appointed Deputy Director of the Central Propaganda Department. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with his decades of experience in the field of infectious diseases, he returned as Deputy Minister of Health and since July 2020 as Minister of Health. [2][3][4] He has been credited as one of the brains behind Vietnam's widely praised success in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] On 12 November 2020, he officially became the Minister of Health.[6]

References
  1. "Thứ trưởng Bộ Y tế Nguyễn Thanh Long: người ôn hòa". TUOI TRE ONLINE. December 26, 2013.
  2. "GS.TS.Nguyễn Thanh Long giữ chức Bí thư Ban Cán sự Đảng, Quyền Bộ trưởng Bộ Y tế - Tin nổi bật - Cổng thông tin Bộ Y tế".
  3. "Vietnam PM appoints acting health minister". VietReader Viet Nam.
  4. "Ông Nguyễn Thanh Long làm quyền Bộ trưởng Bộ Y tế". TUOI TRE ONLINE. July 7, 2020.
  5. https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/20200707/covid19-fighter-named-vietnams-acting-health-minister/55466.html
  6. "Ông Nguyễn Thanh Long làm Bộ trưởng Y tế".


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