Phạm Gia Khiêm (born 6 August 1944) is a Vietnamese politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam from 1997 to 2011 and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006-2011). He was previously Minister of Science, Technology and Environment from November 1996 to September 1997, and was born in Hanoi. He was a lecturer at Bắc Thái College of Electrical Engineering from 1968 to 1970, and gained a Ph.D. in Metallurgy in Czechoslovakia in 1975. He is fluent in English, Russian and Czech. [citation needed]
Phạm Gia Khiêm | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam | |
| In office September 29, 1997 – August 3, 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Phan Văn Khải Nguyễn Tấn Dũng |
| Succeeded by | Phạm Bình Minh |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office June 28, 2006 – August 3, 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng |
| Preceded by | Nguyễn Dy Niên |
| Succeeded by | Phạm Bình Minh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 6, 1944 Phú Thọ, French Indochina (now Vietnam) |
| Political party | Vietnam Communist Party |
Khiêm made an official visit to the United States in March 2007, meeting with expatriate Vietnamese and visiting the Consulate General of Vietnam in San Francisco, California. During the visit he stated he would look into the case of imprisoned journalist Nguyễn Vũ Bình following a request from then United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice;[1] Bình was pardoned and released on 8 June 2007.[2]
References
edit- ^ Kessler, Glenn (17 March 2007). "Vietnam to Consider Freeing Journalist After Inquiry by Rice". Washington Post. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
- ^ "Internet dissident Nguyễn Vũ Bình released". Amnesty International. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
External links
edit- Biography at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Biography at Nikkei
- Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Gia Khiêm's address to the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, 27 September 2008
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