Bùi Thanh Sơn

Bùi Thanh Sơn (born October 16, 1962, in Hà Nội) is a Vietnamese politician. He served as a Deputy Prime Minister from 2024 to 2026 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2025. He is also a member of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, a member of the National Assembly for the 15th term (2021–2026), representing the Vĩnh Phúc delegation, a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Central Agencies Bloc, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a member of the National Defense and Security Council.

Early life and education Bùi Thanh Sơn was born on October 16, 1962, in Tây Mỗ, Từ Liêm District (now Tây Mỗ Ward, Nam Từ Liêm District), Hà Nội. He currently resides at House A26-BT6, Mỹ Đình 2 urban area, Nam Từ Liêm District, Hà Nội.

He graduated from Ngô Quyền High School, Hải Phòng under the 10/10 system. In 1984, he completed his studies at the Diplomatic University of Vietnam (now the Diplomatic Academy) with a degree in Diplomacy, having attended from 1979 to 1984. From 1991 to 1993, he earned a Master's degree in International Affairs from Columbia University, United States.

Diplomatic and political career Bui with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before a bilateral meeting on January 13, 2017 He joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1986 and from September 1987, he started working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a research officer at the Institute of International Relations of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After that, he was respectively appointed to the positions of Deputy Head, then Head of the Europe – America Department at the Office of Academy of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

From March 1996 to January 2000, he served as the deputy director of the Institute of International Relations and from March 2000 to July 2003, he worked at the Embassy of Vietnam in Singapore as counselor at the mission. Bui served as deputy director and then Director of Foreign Policy Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from September 2008 to August 2009.

In November 2009, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and from November 2010, he concurrently served as a member of the National Committee on Youth in Vietnam. From September 2011 to 2015, he concurrently served as a member of the Central Theoretical Council.

In April 2020, he was re-appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs with period starting from February 10, 2020. This was the third time he has been appointed by the Prime Minister. On January 30, 2021, at the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, he was elected as an official member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam for 13th term.

On July 6, 2022, he met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Hanoi. Lavrov called Vietnam a "key partner" of Russia in ASEAN.

Personal life Bui is married and has a son. Certificate of Merit from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2005) Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister, twice (2009, 2011)