title: General (Police Vietnam)
text: # General (Police Vietnam)
  
  General of the People's Public Security of Vietnam is the highest rank in the Vietnam People's Public Security with the title of 4 gold stars. According to current Vietnamese law, the President is concurrently the Chairman Council for National Defense and Security conferring, promoting, demoting or stripping this rank.
  
  ## Overview
  
  The rank of General of the People's Public Security of Vietnam was first regulated by Decree 331/TTG dated September 1, 1959, providing for the rank system of the People's Armed Police (now the Vietnam Border Guards).
  
  ## List of Generals of the People's Public Security of Vietnam
  
  | No. | Name | Lifespan | date of appointment |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mai Chí Thọ | 1922 - 2007 | 1989 |
  | 2 | Lê Hồng Anh | 1949 | 2005 |
  | 3 | Trần Đại Quang | 1956 - 2018 | 2012 |
  | 4 | Tô Lâm | 1957 - | 2018 |
  