Officeholders
| No. |
Name (birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Rank |
Central Committee | Portrait |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trần Phú (1904–1931) |
27 October 1930 | 6 September 1931 | 1 | Provisional Central Committee (1930–1935) |
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| 2 | Lê Hồng Phong (1902–1942) |
27 October 1931 | 26 July 1936 | 1 | 1st Central Committee (1935–1951) | |
| 3 | Hà Huy Tập (1906–1941) |
26 July 1936 | 30 March 1938 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Nguyễn Văn Cừ (1912–1941) |
30 March 1938 | 9 November 1940 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Trường Chinh (1907–1988) |
May 1941 | 24 September 1956 | 1 |
1st Central Committee (1935–1951) | |
| 2 | 2nd Central Committeee (1951–1960) | |||||
| 6 | Hồ Chí Minh (1890–1969) |
24 September 1956 | 10 September 1960 | 1 | 2nd Central Committeee (1951–1960) | |
| 3rd Central Committeee (1960–1976) | ||||||
| 7 | Lê Duẩn (1907–1986) |
10 September 1960 | 10 July 1986 | 2 |
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| 1 | 4th Central Committee (1976–1982) | |||||
| 5th Central Committee (1982–1986) | ||||||
| 5 | Trường Chinh (1907–1988) |
14 July 1986 | 18 December 1986 | 1 | 5th Central Committee (1982–1986) | |
| 8 | Nguyễn Văn Linh (1915–1998) |
18 December 1986 | 28 June 1991 | 1 | 6th Central Committee (1986–1991) | — |
| 9 | Đỗ Mười (1917–present) |
28 June 1991 | 26 December 1997 | 1 | 7th Central Committee (1991–1996) | |
| 8th Central Committee (1996–2001) | ||||||
| 10 | Lê Khả Phiêu (1931–present) |
26 December 1997 | 22 April 2001 | 1 | ||
| 11 | Nông Đức Mạnh (1940–present) |
22 April 2001 | 19 January 2011 | 1 | 9th Central Committee (2001–2006) | |
| 10th Central Committee (2006–2011) | ||||||
| 12 | Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944–present) |
19 January 2011 | Incumbent | 8 | 11th Central Committee (2011–2016) |
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