Zhang Jun (politician)

Zhang Jun
张军
Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
Assumed office
November 2011
Secretary He Guoqiang
Wang Qishan
Personal details
Born October 1956
Boxing County, Shandong, China
Political party Communist Party of China
Alma mater Jilin University, Renmin University of China, Wuhan University
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Jun (simplified Chinese: 张军; traditional Chinese: 張軍; pinyin: Zhāng Jūn; born October 1956) is a Chinese politician and former judge, serving currently as the Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the country's top anti-corruption body. 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, Shandong province, and joined the Communist Party of China in May 1974. He is a law graduate from Jilin University who attained his master's degree from Renmin University of China and his doctorate from Wuhan University.

Zhang joined the Changchun Municipal Propaganda department under the Communist Youth League of China 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.[1] 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 Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, he was selected as deputy secretary.[2] On November 2012, Zhang extended his term as deputy secretary of the CCDI during the first session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Academia

References

  1. ↑ "司法部副部长张军". Xinhua. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  2. ↑ "张军被增选为中央纪委副书记". China News. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
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