Zhang Jun | |
|---|---|
| 张军 | |
 Zhang in 2022 | |
| Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations | |
| Assumed office 30 July 2019 | |
| Premier | Li Keqiang Li Qiang |
| Leader | Xi Jinping |
| Preceded by | Ma Zhaoxu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 15, 1960 Changchun, Jilin, China |
| Education | Jilin University, China (LLB) University of Hull, UK (LLM) , Master of Criminal Law from Renmin University of China, Doctor of Criminal Law from Wuhan University |
| Website | chnun.chinamission.org.cn |
Zhang Jun (Chinese: 张军, born 15 August 1960) is a Chinese diplomat who has served as the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations since July 2019.[1][2] From 2007 to 2012, he was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.[2] In March 2020, May 2021, August 2022 and November 2023, he became President of the United Nations Security Council[3] by assuming the monthly rotating role among Council members according to alphabetical order in the English language.
Zhang was born in Changchun, Jilin province in 1960. He earned a Bachelor of Laws from Jilin University in China and a Master of Laws in International Law from the University of Hull in the United Kingdom.[2][4]
In August 2022, Zhang warned that Nancy 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]
