Zhang Jun (; born October 1956) is a Chinese politician and former judge, serving currently as the Procurator-General of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, and the

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. He formerly served as Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China and Vice President of the Supreme People's Court.

Biography

Zhang was born in Boxing County,

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province, and joined the

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in May 1974. He is a law graduate from

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who attained his master's degree from Renmin University of China and his

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from

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. Zhang joined the

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Municipal Propaganda department under the

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in 1975. In 1978, with the restoration of state exams, he was able to join the Jilin University's Faculty of Law. He started working in the Supreme People's Court in 1985. During his tenure in the Supreme People's Court, Zhang served as clerk of the criminal office, Deputy Director and later Director of the Criminal Department, Deputy Director of Research and other roles, receiver of special government allowances in 2000. In 2001, Zhang had briefly served as executive vice president of the Beijing Municipal Higher People's Court; and upon his return to the Supreme People's Court, he was promoted to vice president of the higher courts, membership in the Trial Committee and was made a judge. In July 2003, he transferred to serve as Vice Minister of Justice. From April 2008 onward, he served as deputy party group secretary of the Supreme People's Court, becoming a minister-level official. In November 2011, Zhang was promoted to judge of the first grade. In October 2012, Zhang resigned his posts in the Supreme People's Court and in the 8th session of the Seventeenth Chinese Communist Party Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, he was selected as deputy secretary. On November 2012, Zhang extended his term as deputy secretary of the CCDI during the first session of the

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. In February 2017, Zhang was appointed as the Minister of Justice by the

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. In March 2018, Zhang was elected as the Procurator-General of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate.

Academia

* Vice President of China's Criminal Law Research Society

References

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