Võ Văn Kiệt

In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Võ. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should be called by the given name Kiệt.

Võ Văn Kiệt (23 November 1922 – 11 June 2008) was a Vietnamese politician who was Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 8 August 1991 until 25 September 1997. He has been praised by the media as having promoted the process of Đổi mới and policy reform in Vietnam since 1986. He was the master engineer of many of the bold projects of the Đổi mới period.

Võ Văn Kiệt
4th Prime Minister of Vietnam
In office 24 September 1992 – 24 September 1997
President	Lê Đức Anh
Deputy	Phan Văn Khải
Preceded by	Đỗ Mười
Succeeded by	Phan Văn Khải
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (acting)
In office 8 August 1991 – 24 September 1992
Preceded by	Đỗ Mười
Succeeded by	Himself
In office 10 March 1988 – 22 June 1988
Preceded by	Phạm Hùng
Succeeded by	Đỗ Mười
First Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
In office 23 April 1982 – 8 August 1991
Prime Minister	Phạm Văn Đồng Phạm Hùng Đỗ Mười
Succeeded by	Phan Văn Khải
Chairman of the State Planning Commission
In office April 1982 – March 1988
Preceded by	Nguyễn Lam
Succeeded by	Đậu Ngọc Xuân
Personal details
Born	23 November 1922 Trung Hiep, French Cochinchina
Died	June 11, 2008(2008-06-11) (aged 85) Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore
Political party	Communist Party of Vietnam
Spouse(s)	Phan Lương Cầm