# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phung-quang-thanh
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:40:41.808Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phung-quang-thanh"
name: "Phung Quang Thanh"
slug: "phung-quang-thanh"
description: "Phùng Quang Thanh was a General of the Vietnam People's Army and served both as Minister of Defense from 2006 to 2016, and Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission. He was Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam’s People Army from 2001 to 2006, A member of the Politburo and National Assembly."
tagline: "Vietnamese defense minister (1949–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mr._Phung_Quang_Thanh.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1949-02-02"
deathDate: "2021-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.916064
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mod.gov.vn/wps/portal"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "فونج كوانج ثانه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Phùng Quang Thanh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Phùng Quang Thanh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Phùng Quang Thanh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%C3%B9ng_Quang_Thanh"
    title: "Phùng Quang Thanh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "フン・クアン・タイン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "풍꽝타인"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Phùng Quang Thanh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Фунг Куанг Тхань"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Phùng Quang Thanh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9D%E0%B8%B8%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87_%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87_%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%8D"
    title: "ฝุ่ง กวาง ทัญ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%C3%B9ng_Quang_Thanh"
    title: "Phùng Quang Thanh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "冯光青"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump