Zhang Jun | |
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| 张军 | |
 Zhang in 2022 | |
| Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations | |
| In office 30 July 2019 – 31 March 2024 | |
| Premier | Li Keqiang Li Qiang |
| Leader | Xi Jinping |
| Preceded by | Ma Zhaoxu |
| Succeeded by | Fu Cong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-08-15)August 15, 1960 (age 65) |
| Education | Jilin University (LLB) University of Hull (LLM) |
| Website | chnun.chinamission.org.cn |
Zhang Jun (Chinese:张军, born 15 August 1960) is a Chinese diplomat who has been serving as the 4th Secretary General of theBoao Forum for Asia since April 2024. He served asPermanent Representative of China to the United Nations from July 2019 to March 2024 and as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of China from 2018 to 2019.
In March 2020, May 2021, August 2022, and November 2023, he served asPresident of the United Nations Security Council[1] by assuming the monthly rotating role among Council members according to alphabetical order in the English language.
Zhang was born inChangchun,Jilin province in 1960. He earned aBachelor of Laws fromJilin University in China and aMaster of Laws in international law from theUniversity of Hull in the United Kingdom.[2][3]
From 2007 to 2012, he was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of thePeople's Republic of China to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Permanent Representative to theOrganisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.[2] He was appointed to serve as thePermanent Representative of China to the United Nations in July 2019.[4][2]
In August 2022, Zhang warned thatNancy Pelosi should not visit Taiwan, threatening "This visit is provocative, and if [Pelosi] insists on making it then China will take firm and strong measures to safeguard our national sovereignty and territorial integrity. We allow no one to cross this red line."[5]
He was appointed as a member of the14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on 17 January 2023 from the Friendship with Foreign Countries Sector.[6] On 31 March 2024, he stepped down as permanent representative.[7]
On 30 April 2024, he was appointed as the 4th secretary general of theBoao Forum for Asia.[8]
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