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Leadership
Dynamics
Emeritus
Professor
Carlyle
A.
Thayer
Presenta=on
[deleted]
Washington,
D.C.,
June
7,
2013
Politburo 14 members
Secretary General
Three
Approaches
Patronage
and
power
as
the
key
by- product
of
Vietnams
na=onal
party
congress
process
Personality
clashes,
policy
dierences
and
ideology
Leadership
selec=on
as
a
product
of
sectoral
(interest
group)
representa=on
Not
mutually
exclusive
Nguyn Ph Trng
Secretary-General
175 full and 25 alternate members, Central Committee required to meet in plenary session twice a year. Over last 8 years it has met on average 3 times a year.
42%
38%
5 2 3 2 13 13
Central CommiLee Commissions Party media Mass Organisa=on Secretariat Inspec=on CommiLee
Member of Politburo
The State
President Trng Tn Sang Vice President Nguyn Th Doan
Rule of Law
Proceedings broadcast on radio and television, voting results made public, full-time deputies, Ministers grilled, legislation amended, two of the Prime Ministers Cabinet nominees rejected, reviewed bauxite contract with Chinese firm, high-speed rail rejected, opne deputy called for Prime Minister to resign, confidence vote
State President
Prime Minister
Equilibrium 2011
State Pr esident, S
ecretary Gen
Under 65 in 2016
Conclusion
Ins=tu=onal
interests
mi=gate
against
strong
party
leader
State
(Cabinet
and
Oce
of
Prime
Minister)
has
grown
more
powerful
than
party
President
has
pushed
for
greater
power
The
party
has
aLempted
to
claw
back
some
power
from
the
oce
of
the
prime
minister