What is Trần Đức Lương?
{{Infobox President | name = Trần Đức Lương | image= Tran Duc Luong, Nov 17, 2004.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = | order = [[List of Presidents of Vietnam|5th]] [[President of Vietnam]] | primeminister = [[Phan Văn Khải]] | vicepresident = [[Nguyễn Thị Bình]]<br />[[Trương Mỹ Hoa]] | term_start = 24 September 1997 | term_end = 27 June 2006 | predecessor = [[Lê Đức Anh]] | successor = [[Nguyễn Minh Triết ]] |office1 = Chairman of the [[Council for National Defense and Security (Vietnam)|Council for National Defense and Security]] |deputy1 = [[Phan Văn Khải]] |term_start1 = 24 September 1997 |term_end1 = 27 June 2006 |predecessor1 = [[Lê Đức Anh]] |successor1 = [[Nguyễn Minh Triết]] |office2 = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam|Deputy Prime Minister]] |primeminister2 = [[Phạm Văn Đồng]]<br>[[Phạm Hùng]]<br>[[Đỗ Mười]]<br>[[Võ Văn Kiệt]]<br>[[Phan Văn Khải]] |term_start2 = February 1987 |term_end2 = 29 September 1997 |predecessor2 = |successor2 = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|5|5}} | birth_place = [[Quảng Ngãi Province]], [[French Indochina]] <br> {{small|(now [[Vietnam]])}} | nationality = [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] | spouse = Nguyễn Thị Vinh |children = Trần Tuấn Anh |alma_mater = Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Academy of Politics | party = [[File:Flag of the Communist Party of Vietnam.svg|25px]] [[Communist Party of Vietnam]] }} '''Trần Đức Lương''' (born May 5, 1936) is a former Vietnamese politician and [[President of Vietnam]] from 1997 to 2006.<ref>Bruce M. Lockhart, William J. Duiker ''Historical Dictionary of Vietnam'', 2006, p. 371. entry Trần Đức Lương</ref> Trần Đức Lương became member of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]] on 1959 in [[Hanoi]]. And became a functionary of the party in 1970. Trần Đức Lương was Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam from August 1987 to Februray 1997. And became member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam in June 1996. ==References== {{re