His Excellency Le Luong Minh is currently the ASEAN Secretary-General, term 2013 – 2017. Before assuming his post, he was Viet Nam’s Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs.

He was Viet Nam’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative to the UN (2004 – 2011), concurrently Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs (Aug 2007 – Dec 2008), and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs (Dec 2008 – Jun 2011).

He entered Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1975. He was appointed as Deputy Director-General for International Organizations in 1993, and Ambassador – Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva in 1995. Two years later, he was appointed as Ambassador – Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations at Headquarters.

He was Deputy Director-General, then Acting Director-General for International Organizations in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Dec 1999 – Dec 2002). He became Acting Director-General, then Director-General for Multilateral Economic Cooperation in the Foreign Ministry (Dec 2002 – Jan 2004).

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