BIOGRAPHY

H.E. Mr. Pham Quang Hieu

Ambassador-Designate

Of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to Japan

concurrently accredi

ted to the Republic of the Marshall Islands

Full name                                        Pham Quang Hieu

Date of birth                                    7 October 1975

Hometown                                      Le Loi Commune, Gia Loc District, Hai Duong Province

Date of Party Admission   15 June 2001

Education                                        Master of Laws

Foreign Languages                         English (C Level)

Family                                             Married with two children

Work Experience

  March 1998 - January 2007      Desk Officer, Department of Law and International Treaties, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

July 2002 - March 2005              Studied Master's Degree in Japan

February 2007 - July 2008         Secretary of the Deputy Minister, Office of the Ministry

July 2008 - August 2010             Assistant Director, Head of Office, Secretariat Division, Office of Ministry

September 2010 - January 2016 Deputy Chief of Office, Office of the Ministry

August 2012 – January 2016      Counsellor, then Minister-Counsellor, Deputy Chief of Mission, Second-in-command at the Permanent Mission of Viet Nam to the United Nations (New York, the United States)

                                                    Deputy Director-General, Secretary of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs

February 2016 – May 2016        Director-General, Secretary of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs

May 2016 – March 2019            Director-General of the Department of Personnel and Organization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

March 2019 – November 2019   Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Director-General Department of Personnel and Organization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

November 2019 – April 2023     Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chairman of the State Commission on Overseas Vietnamese, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

May 2023                                    Ambassador-Designate of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to Japan, concurrently accredited to the Republic of the Marshall Islands