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Tô Lâm

PEP · Politician

Tô Lâm is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	To Lam · To Lams · Tô Lâm · Το Λαμ · До Лама · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Gen. To Lam · General Secretary To Lam				[sources]
Weak alias	苏霖 · 蘇林 · 蘇霖				[sources]
Birth date	1957-07-10 · 1957-07-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Nghĩa Trụ				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Vietnam				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Lâm				[sources]
Last name	Tô				[sources]
Political association	Communist Party of Vietnam				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q10831196				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	General Secretary · General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (2024-) · Minister of Public Security (2016-2024) · President of Vietnam (2024-2024)				[sources]
Education	Doctor of Philosophy · Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and leader of Vietnam since 2024

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-26

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ngô Phương Ly Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
General Secretary	-	-
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders10,955

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,615

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,763

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,635

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,373

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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