Who is the current Minister of Public Security of Vietnam? Does the Minister of Public Security have the highest rank of General?
- Who is the current Minister of Public Security of Vietnam? Does the Minister of Public Security have the highest rank of General?
- Who has the authority over grant of ranks of General to a People’s Public Security officer holding the position of Minister of Public Security?
- What are the procedures for grant of the general rank to the People’s Police officers?
Who is the current Minister of Public Security of Vietnam? Does the Minister of Public Security have the highest rank of General?
According to Point a, Clause 1, Article 25 of the 2018 Law on People’s Public Security Force in Vietnam stipulating the ranks in positions and titles of People’s Public Security officers as follows:
Highest ranks in positions and titles of People’s Public Security officers
1. Highest ranks in positions and titles of People’s Public Security officers shall be subject to the following regulations:
a) General rank: Minister of Public Security;
b) Senior Lieutenant General rank: Deputy Minister of Public Security. The maximum number shall be 06;
c) As for the Lieutenant General rank, the maximum number shall be 35, including:
The Director, the Commander and the equivalent of the affiliate directly controlled by the Ministry of Public Security that has one of the following criteria: having the functions and tasks of giving strategic counsels, coordinating with the ministries, branches and localities; having a vertically-arrange organization structure of the People’s Public Security Force, operating on a nationwide scale, directly leading or cooperating in implementing national security protection tasks, maintaining social order and safety, and fighting, preventing and controlling crimes; having the function of professionally researching, guiding and managing the entire force;
The Standing Vice Chairman of the Inspection Commission of the Central Public Security Party Committee;
Director of the Political Academy of the People’s Public Security Force, Director of the People’s Public Security Academy, Director of the People's Police Academy;
Director of the Department of Public Security of Hanoi and Director of the Department of Public Security of Ho Chi Minh city;
People's Public Security officer on secondment approved to hold the post of Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly's Defense and Security Committee or appointed as a Deputy Minister or equivalent;
d) As for the Major General rank, the maximum number shall be 157, including:
Directors of units directly controlled by the Ministry of Public Security and equivalent positions and titles, except for the case specified at point c of clause 1 of this Article;
Directors of Departments of Public Security of provinces and centrally-affiliated cities located at localities classified as a first-class provincial administrative unit and areas which are important, complicated in terms of security, order, cover a wide or densely-populated area. The maximum number shall be 11;
Vice Chairman of the Inspection Commission of the Central Public Security Party Committee. The maximum number shall be 03;
Vice Directors of Departments or Deputy Commander and equivalent position holders of units directly controlled by the Ministry of Public Security as specified at point c of clause 1 of this Article. There shall be the maximum number of 04 position holders in 17 units and the maximum number of 03 position holders in the rest of units;
Vice Directors of Department of Public Security of Hanoi and Vice Directors of Department of Public Security of Ho Chi Minh city. The maximum number of position holders in each unit shall be 03;
People's Public Security officer on secondment approved to hold the post of Standing Member of the National Assembly's Defense and Security Committee or appointed as a Deputy Director of General Department or equivalent;
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The current Minister of Public Security is General To Lam.
According to that, the People’s Public Security officer holding the position of Minister of Public Security may have the highest military rank of General.
Who is the current Minister of Public Security of Vietnam? Does the Minister of Public Security have the highest rank of General? (Image from the Internet)
Who has the authority over grant of ranks of General to a People’s Public Security officer holding the position of Minister of Public Security?
According to Clause 1, Article 26 of the 2018 Law on People’s Public Security Force in Vietnam stipulating the authority over grant of ranks as follows:
Authority over grant, promotion, demotion, deprivation of ranks and pay raise for officers, non-commissioned officers and conscripts; appointment, dismissal and demotion of positions; appointment and dismissal of titles in the People's Police
1. The State President shall be accorded authority to grant and promotion of general ranks of the People’s Public Security officers.
2. The Prime Minister shall be accorded authority to appoint the Deputy Minister of Public Security; decide to raise the salary of the rank of General and Senior Lieutenant General.
3. The Minister of Public Security shall be accorded authority to decide to raise the salary of the rank of Lieutenant General and Major General; decide to grant, promote and raise pay rates for ranks, appoint other positions and titles in the People’s Public Security Force.
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Thus, the State President shall be accorded authority to grant of general ranks of the People’s Public Security officers holding the position of Minister of Public Security.
What are the procedures for grant of the general rank to the People’s Police officers?
According to Clause 1, Article 27 of the 2018 Law on People’s Public Security Force in Vietnam stipulating the procedures for grant of the general rank in the People’s Public Security as follows:
Procedures for grant, promotion, demotion and deprivation of ranks in the People’s Public Security Force
1. The Prime Minister shall appeal to the State President to grant, promote, demote and deprive the general rank.
Grant, promotion, demotion or deprivation of the general ranks of seconded officers in the People’s Public Security Force shall be subject to requests of receiving entities or organizations, and the Minister of Public Security.
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Thus, the Prime Minister shall appeal to the State President to grant the general rank to the People’s Public Security officers holding the position of Minister of Public Security.
Note: Grant of the general ranks of seconded officers in the People’s Public Security Force shall be subject to requests of receiving entities or organizations, and the Minister of Public Security.
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