Ngô Xuân Lịch (; born 20 April 1954 in Hà Nam) is a former Minister of National Defence and Chief of the General Department of Politics of Vietnam.Ngô Xuân Lịch là Chủ nhiệm Tổng cục Chính trị" Ngô Xuân Lịch became a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam on 8 August 1974.
Ngô Xuân Lịch was previously Vice Chief of the General Department of Political Affairs (January 2008 – 2011), and was promoted to the rank of four-star General in 2016. He replaced Lê Văn Dũng as Director of the General Department of Political Affairs in March 2011.
Rank Ngo Xuan Lich was promoted to Major General in 2003, then to Lieutenant General in 2008 and after that, Colonel General in 2011.
On October 5, 2015, he was promoted to General by the President along with Do Ba Ty who is now Vice-Chairman of National Assembly of Vietnam.President Truong Tan Sang announced the promotion of two senior Vietnamese military officials to General ranking during a ceremony in Hanoi on October 5."
On January 28, 2016, he was elected to the Politburo of Communist Party of Vietnam at its 12th National Congress.
On April 9, 2016, he was appointed as the successor to Phung Quang Thanh and became the new Minister of National Defense of Vietnam.
Awards and honors National awards Order of Ho Chi Minh Military Exploit Order (1st class) Military Exploit Order (3rd class) Feat Order (1st class) Feat Order (2nd class) Resistance Medal (1st class) Liberation Order (2nd class) Liberation Order (3rd class) Victory Banner Medal Glorious Fighter Medal (1st class) Glorious Fighter Medal (2nd class) Glorious Fighter Medal (3rd class) 50 years of Party membership badge
Foreign awards Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sahametrei (Cambodia, 2019) Order of Playa Girón (Cuba, 2022) Freedom Medal (1st class) (Laos, 2019) Order of Friendship (Russia, 2021)
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