BEIJING — Zhang Jun was elected procurator-general of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate on March 18 at the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress, the national legislature.

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.