Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (born 20 July 1954) is a Vietnamese politician. He was the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 2016 until 2021. In 2021, he became the 10th President of Vietnam. He was elected Prime Minister to the post by the National Assembly and nominated on April 8, 2016 by his predecessor Nguyễn Tấn Dũng who retired from office.
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc became member of the Communist Party of Vietnam on 12 November 1983 and was employee, then deputy and office manager of Quảng Nam - Đà Nẵng's People's Committee and was the provincial president director of government offices and deputy prime minister from August 2011 to April 7, 2016.
