Vietnamese politician

Vũ Đức Đam

Vũ Đức Đam is a Vietnamese politician who served as one of the Deputy Prime Ministers of Vietnam from 2013 until his sacking in 2023. A long-time assistant to the economic reformer Võ Văn Kiệt, Đam previously served as Chairman of the People's Committee (Governor) of Quảng Ninh province and as Minister of the Government Office prior to being appointed deputy prime minister, where he was in charge of the Science and Technology, Information and Communication, Tourism and Sports portfolio. He was also the Chairman of the National Committee for AIDS and the Prevention of Drug Addiction and Prostitution.

Born

1963

February 3

Died

Living

Era

1960s

Country

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About

Vũ, in brief

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Life timeline

Key dates

1963 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

1047 Drogo of Hauteville is elected as count of the Apulian Normans during the Norman conquest of Southern Italy.
1112 Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.
1451 Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
1488 Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south.

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The world in 1963

When Vũ arrived

april 10 One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
april 11 Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.
april 12 The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.[citation needed]
april 16 U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on February 3

Becky Bayless 1982– American wrestler Billy Meier 1937– Swiss author and photographer Blythe Danner 1943– American actress Bridget Regan 1982– American actress Dave Davies 1947– English musician Elizabeth Blackwell 1821–1910 American physician and educator (died 1910) Elizabeth Holmes 1984– American fraudster, founder of Theranos Felix Mendelssohn 1809–1847 German pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1847) Fran Tarkenton 1940– American football player and sportscaster

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1963

Alberto Nisman 1963–2015 Argentinian lawyer (died 2015) Alec Stewart 1963– English cricketer Andrea Leadsom 1963– English politician Anne-Sophie Mutter 1963– German violinist Arthur Adams 1963– American comic book artist and writer Brian Greene 1963– American physicist Brian Robbins 1963– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Chip Kelly 1963– American football player and coach Conan O'Brien 1963– American television host, comedian, and writer

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