Ex-German Vice Chancellor Joins Vietjet's Board of Directors

Philipp Rösler, who previously served as vice chancellor of Germany, has been appointed as a director at the low-cost carrier Vietjet.

The individual, who is of Vietnamese ethnicity, will serve until 2027 at the age of 52.

Previously, he served as an independent director at a different airline starting from 2023, where his role involved providing strategic guidance aimed at enhancing global partnerships, notably involving stakeholders and collaborators based in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

German politician Philipp Rösler at the city hall in Oldenburg (Germany) on August 25, 2011. The photograph was taken by DPA Picture-Alliance through AFP.

He hails from the Mekong Delta region in Soc Trang province but was adopted and brought up in Germany.

Previously, he served as a military doctor before transitioning to a political career.

In 2009, he was named Germany's Minister of Health. Two years thereafter, he took on the role of Vice Chancellor, concurrently continuing his duties as both the Minister of Economics and Technology and the Minister of Health.

In 2014, he stepped down from his political career and has subsequently taken up important roles at major German firms such as Siemens, Deutsche Bank, and Lufthansa.

Vietjet has also removed Donal Boylan, Luu Duc Khanh, Chu Viet Cuong, and Nguyen Thanh Hung from their positions as directors because they will join the company’s founding council instead.

At the company's yearly gathering held last week, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, who holds the position of chairman and ranks as the wealthiest woman in Vietnam, unveiled new strategies for the airline. add new destinations To expand its wide-body aircraft fleet twofold to reach 40 planes through an agreement made with Airbus.