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Nguyễn Minh Triết
	Nguyễn Minh Triết
	;
	President of Vietnam
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 June 2006
Prime Minister	Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Preceded by	Trần Đức Lương
Born	8 October 1942 (age 67); Bến Cát, French Indochina
Political party	Communist Party of Vietnam
Spouse(s)	Trần Thị Kim Chi

In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyễn, but is often simplified to Nguyen in English-language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Triết.

Nguyễn Minh Triết and First Lady Trần Thị Kim Chi meet with George W. Bush and Laura Bush at the President's Palace, November 2006.

Nguyễn Minh Triết (born October 9, 1942 in Bến Cát district, Bình Dương province, French Indochina) is the President of Vietnam. He was elected by the National Assembly of Vietnam with 464 votes (94.12%) on June 27, 2006. He was formerly the head of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Hồ Chí Minh City.

The presidency of Vietnam is a ceremonial position and the Prime Minister oversees the daily workings of the government.

After teaching Mathematics in Saigon, Triết joined the Party in 1965 in southern Vietnam, during the Second Indochina War (Vietnam War) that involved the United States. He is among the top leaders of Vietnam who are native southerners and one of the few that had not regrouped to the North following the division of the country in 1954 (after all, he was only 12 at the time!).^[1] In 1992, he was appointed party chief of southern Sông Bé province. He guided the largely agricultural province into an attractive destination for foreign investment.

He ascended to the Politburo in 1997 and became Party head of Hồ Chí Minh City in 2000. In that position, he oversaw a campaign against organized crime and corruption, including the arrest and execution of underworld kingpin Trương Văn Cam, known as Nam Cam.