Lê Thanh Hải (Vietnamese pronunciation: [le˧˧ tʰajŋ̟˧˧ haːj˧˩]; born 20 February in Tiền Giang province) served as Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee from 2005 to 2015.

Lê Thanh Hải was a member of the 11th Politburo, in which he is ranked 6th.

[1][2] Lê Thanh Hải was born on 20 February 1950 in Tiền Giang province.

In 1966, he went to Saigon as a welder and joined the propaganda team of the Sài Gòn – Gia Định Youth Union with the alias Hai Nhựt.

[3] Lê Thanh Hải became member of the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1968.