Zhang Jun elected procurator-general of China's Supreme People's Procuratorate

Zhang Jun was elected procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate Sunday at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress, China's national legislature.

Zhang Jun takes an oath of allegiance to the Constitution in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 18, 2018. Zhang Jun was elected procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate Sunday at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress, China's national legislature. [Photo: Xinhua/Yao Dawei]

He took an oath of allegiance to the country's Constitution upon assuming office.

Zhang, born in October 1956, is a member of the 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee. He was appointed Minister of Justice in February 2017.